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Spain’s left government stumbles at the polls
The coalition government that included the left-wing Podemos looks to be over after local elections — but as the alternative to the hard-right Vox party, the PSOE may be able to go it alone, writes ALAN McGUIRE
SPAIN DECIDES: A man checks his phone next to a wall with electoral banners for May’s regional elections, in Pamplona, May 26, 2023
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Laughter has always been how workers cope and fight back, but university-educated union reps now scold members for calling bosses ‘money-grabbing bastards’ and label everyday humour ‘problematic’ — this needs to be stopped, writes MARK JONES
A new report validates disabled people’s criticisms of a welfare system which, under capitalism, is designed to punish rather than support, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The recent report by UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese revealed the web of global corporations that prop up and profit from Israel’s genocidal policies against the Palestinian people, write UBAI AL-ABOUDI and VIJAY PRASHAD
DAVID RENTON talks to former neonazi, now anti-fascist campaigner, Matthew Collins about the costs associated with challenging bigotry and extremism, and his role in helping avert the assassination of a Labour MP in 2017
SPAIN went to the polls on Sunday May 28 to elect 8,100 city and town hall representatives including in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia; 12 autonomous communities which have legislative responsibilities over education, housing and health were also re-elected.
With the conservative and reactionary right on the rise over the past year, the Spanish left, which is currently in a coalition government nationally, had hoped to save certain strategic terrain. For the radical left, its aim was to enter or maintain some representation in big cities. Both the centre-left and radical left failed to do both.
The right has been on the attack for some time, weaving a narrative of an illegitimate government and using lawfare where possible. This started during the Covid-19 lockdown and was solidified by a rise in the polls for the People’s Party (PP).
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