Spain
Catalan Labor Union Calls Strike on International Women’s Day
The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in Catalonia has called for a 24-hour strike on International Women’s Day, March 8.
IzquierdaDiario.es
March 3, 2020Is it a Betrayal for Podemos to Join the Spanish Government?
In the aftermath of the November 10 elections in the Spanish State, the left-wing Podemos party has agreed to join a government with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE. It is an alliance fraught with traps for the Spanish working-class.
Scott Cooper
November 25, 2019Spanish Elections on November 10: Vote for the CUP!
The Revolutionary Workers Current (CRT) calls for a vote for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in Catalonia and for a blank vote in the rest of the Spanish State.
IzquierdaDiario.es
November 3, 2019Catalunya: A Letter to the Young People in Prison
As millions of people in Catalunya have taken to the streets to fight for the right to self-determination, many have been thrown in prison by the regime. The anticapitalist youth organization Contracorrent (Against the Current) sent this letter to the young political prisoners. “The best solidarity we can send is to continue the struggle to break the chains of this system.”
IzquierdaDiario.es
November 1, 2019Stop Repression: In Defense of Democratic Rights for Catalonia
We, the undersigned alternative media and journalists, condemn the repression by the Spanish State and criticize the bad practices of the Spanish media. We appeal to left parties and organizations to position themselves against the repression.
Left Voice
October 21, 2019General Strike in Catalunya Against Long Prison Sentences for Independence Leaders
Earlier in the week, the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced leaders of the Catalan independence movement to unusually harsh prison sentences of up to 13 years. Hundreds of thousands of people have mobilized on the streets, shutting down freeways and the Barcelona airport and clashing with the police. They are now preparing for massive demonstrations and general strike that will paralyze Catalunya this Friday.
Sou Mi
October 17, 2019Over 1,600 Attend Talks by Socialist Feminist Andrea D’Atri across Europe
Andrea D'Atri, a feminist and socialist from Argentina, the founder of the women's organization "Pan y Rosas", has been touring Europe for three weeks. Meetings in Rome, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Paris attracted over 1,600 people. This Saturday, she concluded her tour with a meeting in Berlin.
Stefan Schneider
February 23, 2019Spanish Students Organize Referendum on Ending the King’s Reign
The Spanish State has been a constitutional monarchy since 1978. Starting today, students from more than half of the country's public universities are demanding a right to decide about an anachronistic, anti-democratic, corrupt and patriarchal institution.
Nathaniel Flakin
November 29, 2018Madrid’s Amazon Workers Strike Over Rights and Wages
Amazon workers in the Spanish State are fed up and ready to fight. Last night at 10 p.m., 95% of the workforce in the largest logistics center in the country owned by Amazon have walked off the job to protest against planned wage cuts.
Sonja Krieger
March 21, 20185 Million Protest, Strike on International Women’s Day in Spanish State
5 million people in the streets of the Spanish state. There are also hundreds of work stoppages all over the country.
Left Voice
March 8, 2018