No Right Turn

Spanish voters went to the polls yesterday in national elections. And it looks like everybody lost, with neither bloc winning a majority . ...

In the early 2000s, Argentinian victims of the Dirty War , denied justice due to a local amnesty, sought justice in Spanish courts, who obli...

Four years ago, the Spanish government jailed nine Catalan leaders for the "crime" of advocating peacefully for independence. Now...

The list of Spanish abuses of Catalonia's democracy is long. When Catalans voted for independence, Spanish riot police seized ballot box...

While the world is currently struggling with the pandemic, we have another crisis to deal with as well: climate change. Fortunately, not eve...

So far, universal basic income policies, which see people given a regular income without any conditions, have been trailed only on a small s...

Back in December, the European Court of Justice ruled that jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras was a Member of the European Parliament...

Back in May, jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras ran in the European parliamentary elections as head of the Ahora Repúblicas . AR won...

Spain went to the polls today in the second elections this year, after the Socialists (who had come to power in a confidence vote, then gon...

Back in April, Spanish voters went to the polls to elect a new parliament . The Socialists emerged as the largest party, with 28.7% of the ...

Last month, Catalans elected three exiled and jailed pro-independence politicians to the European Parliament. Unfortunately, Spain no longer...

Twelve Catalan politicians are currently on trial in Madrid on charges of "sedition" and "rebellion" over Catalonia...

Spain went to the polls yesterday in national elections forced by the government's failure to find a majority for its budget, and the re...

Twelve Catalan political leaders went on trial in Madrid today . Their crime? Advocating peacefully for an independent Catalonia and organis...

Another week, another Spanish comedian being legally threatened by the Spanish state : A court in Madrid is investigating the Catalan comed...

If we are to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change - meaning war, famine and death - humanity needs to end fossil fuel use by 2050. An...

Back in February, Spain sentenced rapper Valtonyc to three and a half years in prison for insulting the monarch . He promptly fled the count...

How backwards is Spain? They don't just have a sedition law, but also a law against blasphemous libel : A Spanish actor accused of ridi...

A week ago, a German court rejected the extradition of exiled Catalan President Carles Puigdemont on "rebellion" charges . He coul...

The European Union is founded on values of "respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for h...