New Year Misery in Spain
January 4, 2013 12:18 am Leave your thoughts
On the second day of the new year a 57-year-old family man in Malaga set fire to himself because he has no work, no money and no future says Michael S
Tag Archive: Europe
Lying Around Like Dogs In Ditches
December 20, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Just two weeks ago in the London Progressive Journal I wrote of the hundreds of Republican supporters seeking refuge at La Sauceda who were rounded up by Franco's forces and slain at El Marrufo in AndalucÃa in the Spanish Civil War, today I report on another burial that took place on Sunday, writes David Eade.
Revolution in Spain
December 17, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mike S reports on a Spain at the crossroads of change
The development of the European social models
December 9, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The 19th century in Europe saw the development of philosophical, political and economical theories that challenged and questioned the political structure of the time (Part 1).
El Marrufo starts to give up its Spanish Civil War dead
December 6, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Spanish Civil War will always hold a special place in the hearts of those on the left of politics. In Spain the memories are still raw, nowhere more so than amongst the thousands of families who lost relatives, assassinated by Franco's forces
The Kurds and Human Rights
December 4, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
David Morgan asks what the Kurdish people have to celebrate as International Human Rights' Day 2012 approaches
Lenin on “Reactionary” Trade Unions: Chapter Six of “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder
December 1, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
In his latest article analysing "Left-Wing" Communism: an Infantile Disorder, Thomas Riggins looks at Lenin's views on what sort of relations a Marxist party should have with the trade union movement
The Fat of the Land
November 28, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The European Union's farm subsidies are a modern equivalent of feudal aid. As Europe suffers under austerity, it's right to call for reform, writes George Monbiot.
Mas means less
November 26, 2012 10:42 pm Leave your thoughts
LPJ Iberian correspondent, David Eade, provides a breakdown of the Catalan elections and discusses the implications the election results have for the issue of Catalan independence
Now they do not need evidence, they create secret witnesses
November 21, 2012 9:14 pm Leave your thoughts
Öcalan's isolation may be over as the hunger strike ends in Turkish prisons, but the unjust trials of the opponents of the Government continue. Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod report