The brutal eviction of the 87-year old disabled woman, María del Carmen Abascal, known as “Maricarmen”, who had been living in her Madrid flat for 71 years, sparked fury across Spain. She was carried out […]
“It’s like being in a disaster movie”, was the way that one person put it when asked how he felt about the recent wave of floods that have decimated large areas of Spain’s eastern coastline near Valencia. […]
These are days of unconsolable mourning and righteous anger in València. Accompanied by shouts of “murderer”, the king and queen of Spain were pelted with mud when they visited the area and on the same […]
There is currently a generation of young workers in Spain who have no idea what “prosperity” means. Those who acquired a consciousness of their surroundings after the 2008 financial crash, which in the Spanish State […]
Pablo Iglesias, one of the founders of Podemos and its most prominent representative, announced his resignation from politics earlier this year – the tenth anniversary of the movement of the indignados which gave birth to […]
Following a highly polarized and bitter election campaign, the right-wing party, Partido Popular (PP), has emerged victorious in the elections in Madrid. Led by the far-right figure, Isabel Ayuso, the PP emerged as the winners, […]
Weeks of protests against the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél have rocked Catalonia and other parts of the Spanish state, becoming a lightning rod for the anger of a generation whose lives have hit a […]
The second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic is washing over Europe, with the Spanish state the first to suffer. Workers are being asked to pay again for the inability of capitalism to solve the […]
The November general election has failed to break Spain out of the political impasse, in which it has been locked for over a year. The revolutionary events which have shaken Catalonia have taken place while […]
Following a month long trial, the Supreme Court of the Spanish state pronounced brutal prison sentences on nine leaders of the Catalan independence movement. In total, prison sentences of over 100 years have been imposed […]
The general election which took place on 28 April in the Spanish state, like elections throughout Europe, at this time, was marked by a deep polarization. The election came on the heel of the revolutionary […]
The dramatic events that have shaken Catalonia and the Spanish state have national and international implications. The decision of the Spanish government – led by the right-wing PP government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – […]
The following eyewitness report from Barcelona is by Mick Barry TD (member of the Irish parliament) for Solidarity (and a member of the Socialist Party/CWI Ireland).
Interview with Ana Garcia, General Secretary of the Sindicato de Estudiantes (Spanish Students’ Union)
Tens of thousands vote to strike in Student Union pre-strike assemblies
Another show of strength for independence – fight for a Socialist Catalonia
Only working class struggle can guarantee the right to decide and resist austerity
‘Podemos’ capitalises on failures of IU bureaucratic leadership
22M: A before and after moment for the class struggle
Let’s make 2014 the year of the political general strike!
A question of gender and class
Indefinite strikes, occupations, seeds of workers’ control
Debate centres on question of EU following massive human chain in favour of independence on 11 September
Defend pensions – General strike now to bring down the government!
Corruption crisis robs Rajoy government of all legitimacy
New panorama, which threatens a situation of practical "ungovernability"
Continue with the struggle! Name the date of a 48 hour general strike!
Growth in support for independence as early elections loom
Text of Socialismo Revolucionario leaflet
Now for an united and international mobilisation to take the struggle forward!
For a 48-hour general strike as next step in fight to kick out government and its policies!
Release the detainees! Solidarity messages needed
For a 48 hour general strike to bring down Rajoy government
“[R]ather than achieving convergence, the euro has sharpened the differences between the national economies”
International solidarity and action to oppose state brutality and austerity
Overall PP majority, but left forces gain and new struggles on horizon
Build the mass resistance to austerity!
For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!
This week is the 75th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, on 18 July 18. We mark this hugely important event in world history with an article first published on socialistworld.net in […]
Movement an electric shock to political life
Movement will not be broken by brute force!
Video of police brutally clearing square in Barcelona
Indignados are a new factor in Spanish politics
“I do not want to be a slave to this system”[to watch a live stream from Puerta del Sol go to SOL TV]
Conservative nationalists victory follows defeat of “left” tripartite
The aftermath of the general strike on the 29 September
The first step!
All out on 29 September to defeat the attacks!
Unions respond to new austerity measures
Union leaders deaf to demand for general strike
For workers’ unity against the bosses and government!
Spanish capitalism in deep crisis
Class battles brewing
Economic crisis and racism backdrop to polls
Only united working class struggle can win national rights
“The wars are yours – the deaths are ours,” read one placard on a demonstration in Madrid in the early hours, last Sunday morning. It summed up the mood of millions throughout Spain just days […]
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Seville last Saturday in a massive anti-capitalist protest. The government and the police desperately tried to play down the turnout. The local police claimed up to 60,000 […]
Belgian CWI member, Els Deschoemacker, who took part in the general strike demonstrations in Seville yesterday spoke to Geert Cool: "The demonstrations yesterday were massive. Estimations say there were 200,000 in Seville. In Barcelona it […]
20 June 2002 – Today’s 24-hour general strike in protest at the Aznar government’s decision to cut unemployment benefits has ground much of Spain to a halt. BBC World Service comments, "The strike got under […]
On 20 June, workers in Spain will strike for 24 hours against the imposition of a law that drastically cuts unemployment benefit.
Anti-capitalist protesters, trade unionists, and socialists will be demonstrating against the upcoming European Union summit to be held in Seville on 20-21 June 2002. CWI members and supporters from Spain and also from a number […]
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