BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif. He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza. Speechless.

Javier Bardem and other Spanish filmmakers call out Christopher Nolan for filming part of The Odyssey in occupied Western Sahara: "Nolan filmed there without the consent of the Sahrawi people. The only consent he received came from the occupying force: Morocco." www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine...

Awdah published this piece last week. He was killed yesterday. “Our children ask us why this is happening, but we have no answers.” www.972mag.com/umm-al-khair...

These pictures will be remembered for centuries. Future generations will ask: "Who did what, and when? Who made this abomination possible? Who spoke out - and who remained silent?" Make sure you have good answers.

We are witnessing an ongoing genocide, the use of mass starvation as a weapon of war and Europe has nothing to offer beyond gesture politics.

It’s not hidden and never has been.

1. El mercado de alquiler no está controlado por “pequeños propietarios”. Los caseros son la población con más renta del país y suelen tener varias viviendas alquiladas. Pero el mito del "casero particular" se usa para frenar cualquier regulación favorable a los inquilinos.

I had a fascinating conversation with @nicoabu.bsky.social about his 4 decade history of the Francoist dictatorship, 'Ni una, ni grande, ni libre'. We discuss the Spanish path to fascism, how it diverged from the Germany & Italy & how the dictatorship evolved post-WWII while demolishing any idea

The Spanish Path to Fascism & the Evolution of Franco's Dictatorship Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

New Episode! The Spanish Path to Fascism & the Evolution of Franco's Dictatorship Historian @nicoabu.bsky.social‬ speaks to @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social about his book 'Ni una, ni grande, ni libre' - a history of the 40 year Francoist dictatorship Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3JGU...

NEW EPISODE! Corruption in PSOE: Sánchez on the Ropes @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social , @alanmcguire.bsky.social & @joehas.bsky.social discuss the fallout from the corruption scandal that has hit the Spanish Socialist Party & ask whether PM Pedro Sánchez can survive. open.spotify.com/episode/4eUH...

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has broken ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. It’s a welcome move, and a rare voice of dissent from Europe’s rush to remilitarize.

Spain Is Right to Reject Increased Military Spending Pedro Sánchez, has broken ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. It’s a welcome move, and a rare voice of dissent from Europe’s rush to remilitarize. My latest: jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...

In his letter to NATO's GS Mark Rutte, Sanchez attacked the basic premise of the new military Keynesianism, namely that higher military spending with sustained cuts to other areas of the state would produce an overall economic stimulus. Against this, he argued that not only would Rutte’s plan...

Spain Is Right to Reject Increased Military Spending Pedro Sánchez, has broken ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. It’s a welcome move, and a rare voice of dissent from Europe’s rush to remilitarize. My latest: jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...

España, a la cola de la UE en conceder solicitudes de asilo a pesar de ser el segundo país que más recibe dozz.es/hsr5j1

An Israeli state defence company directly involved in the Gaza conflict is benefiting from millions in EU defence funding, thanks to an exemption allowing foreign-owned firms to participate in the bloc's military projects. New Investigate Europe investigation w/ @reportersunited.gr and partners:

This minor Spanish royal has just become the Duke of Seville on the death of his father.

A director of an Irish fintech company was arrested in Dubai in relation to Spain's largest ever cocaine bust. A 2nd director in ET Fintech Europe appeared before the Audiencia Nacional last week. But curiously, a 3rd director is a minor Spanish royal - Francisco de BORBON: t.co/W1ktLSu99N

A director of an Irish fintech company was arrested in Dubai in relation to Spain's largest ever cocaine bust. A 2nd director in ET Fintech Europe appeared before the Audiencia Nacional last week. But curiously, a 3rd director is a minor Spanish royal - Francisco de BORBON: t.co/W1ktLSu99N

Massive protests today in the Canary Islands (“the Canary Islands have a limit”) against the negative impacts of overtourism, namely on housing affordability and environmental degradation. Video taken in Tenerife by @eldia.es . 🧵

An image which seems to condense the contradictions of Spain's recent past.

Kind of mind blowing that Spain has the lowest ratio of grid to clean energy investment in Europe If you're looking for something to (constructively) blame post power outage under investment in a grid capable of managing a transition is it 👇

The dark money plot to install a MAGA pope Opus Dei and its allies are making moves as the conclave begins substack.com/@garethgore/...

"Spanish anti-fascists welcome the forces of liberation" 80 years ago today Mauthausen concentration camp was liberated by Allied forces. They were welcomed by Spanish Republicans prisoners' famous banner. Nearly 4,500 exiled socialists, communists and anarchists died in the Nazi camp.

A week before the national blackout in Spain, PM Pedro Sanchez announced a historic increase in defence spending. If the outage hinted at investment gaps in Spain's infrastructure, we discuss with @benwray1989.bsky.social how this coincided with the gov's pivot in investment priorities to rearmament

Always fun to talk to @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social and Alan McGuire at Sobremesa podcast. We explore Spain's blackout and the political fallout from it, Pedro Sánchez' decision to join the defence spending frenzy in Europe, & how the left is responding to all this. Listen: bsky.app/profile/sobr...

New Episode: Spanish Blackout as Europe Rearms We're joined by @benwray1989.bsky.social to discuss the political fallout from Monday's blackout & the irony that only a week after Pedro Sanchez announced a record increase in military spending, the gaps in investment open.spotify.com/episode/5j8m...

In the Preston interview we talk about how instead of writing a manifesto or essay laying out his worldview like Mein Kampf, Franco wrote the screenplay for La Raza, a film which offered an idealised view of his childhood & his national-Catholic ideology youtu.be/wfNEdJGa1mo?...

New Episode! Paul Preston on Franco 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. Historian Paul Preston discusses his monumental biography of the dictator & offers a psychological portrait of the man: open.spotify.com/episode/3ubt... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/p...

Sumar built its political brand around a narrow deliverism that chimed with the technocratic spirit of the early pandemic politics. But as Mario Rios notes, “in the current political landscape, governance is necessary, but it is not the main tool for attracting voters and winning elections,”

Pedro Sanchez announces Spain's "security and defence" spending will reach 2% of GDP this year rather the previous commitment of 2029. Yet without a clear parliamentary majority & having not passed a gov. budget in over 2 years, how will this extra €10 billion be arranged? Another executive decree?

La última gran batalla.

Late last year, @Harpers sent me to the West Bank to report on the state of the nonviolent resistance movement. Nothing I had seen over more than a decade of reporting there prepared me for the levels of fear and devastation I encountered. harpers.org/archive/2025...

NEW EPISODE!! A Radical Guide to Semana Santa with anthropologist Carlos Cañete Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5WxN... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Sumar built its political brand around a narrow deliverism that chimed with the technocratic spirit of the early pandemic politics. But as Mario Rios notes, “in the current political landscape, governance is necessary, but it is not the main tool for attracting voters and winning elections,”

“Sumar is caught in a pincer movement between PSOE & Podemos. On the issues like Gaza, rearmament, or housing, there is very little space left for it to occupy between Sánchez’s broadly progressive positioning, however timid in substance,& Podemos’s left-wing maximalism.” @pascualsergio.bsky.social

Spain’s left-wing alliance Sumar sought to use high office to deliver workers’ rights and lower the cost of living. During the pandemic, it made progress — but now that the broad-left coalition has no majority, Sumar is struggling to make itself heard.

“Sumar is caught in a pincer movement between PSOE & Podemos. On the issues like Gaza, rearmament, or housing, there is very little space left for it to occupy between Sánchez’s broadly progressive positioning, however timid in substance,& Podemos’s left-wing maximalism.” @pascualsergio.bsky.social

The speed of at which Spain's left-wing alliance Sumar has unravelled since 2023 is staggering - with Yolanda Díaz failing to expand out from her popularity as a pandemic-era minister to construct a sustainable electoral project. My latest @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2025/04/yola...

Sumar built its political brand around a narrow deliverism that chimed with the technocratic spirit of the early pandemic politics. But now, as Mario Rios notes, “in the current political landscape, governance is necessary, but it is not the main tool for attracting voters and winning elections,”

Sumar built its political brand around a narrow deliverism that chimed with the technocratic spirit of the early pandemic politics. But now, as Mario Rios notes, “in the current political landscape, governance is necessary, but it is not the main tool for attracting voters and winning elections,”

The speed of at which Spain's left-wing alliance Sumar has unravelled since 2023 is staggering - with Yolanda Díaz failing to expand out from her popularity as a pandemic-era minister to construct a sustainable electoral project. My latest @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2025/04/yola...

Ojo: los aranceles de Trump son negativos porque son universales e indiscriminados, no porque hagan caer las bolsas. Cualquier medida de izquierdas como un fuerte impuesto a los ricos o a las grandes empresas también haría caer las bolsas, y no por eso lo veríamos mal.

"políticas cooperativas, de unidad... a las políticas que hemos desarrollado a lo largo de la pandemia." En ningún país ha resistido este tipo de liderazgo tecnocrático de la pandemia. Que Sumar aun lo toma como modelo en 2025, demuestra lo perdido que está. www.eldiario.es/politica/lar...

Rectificar es de sabios, pero el estropicio seguramente ya no tiene arreglo. Este es el talón de Aquiles de la actual legislatura. Algunos lo advertimos antes del 28 de mayo del 2023.

A great proposal but unfortunately it is only that. Hardly even a remote chance it'll become law. Junts has made it clear it won't vote for it & most likely will never reach a vote in the Congreso as Gov knows it doesn't have the numbers. So what is Sumar's plan after 18 months of parl. deadlock?

Un problema de base que ya tenía Podemos, pero que Sumar ha llevado al paroxismo, es ese pasar por ellos, no con un sentido de militancia, sino de vivencia de una experiencia, como irse de voluntario a Lesbos o de Erasmus a Florencia; la escritura de una línea en el currículum.

Ultimately, reorganizing the Spanish left around such a personality-centred platform, v dependent on Díaz's high approval rating, was a shortcut too far after a decade of audacious electoral projects looking to skip the hard work of on-the-ground organizing (from Podemos to Ahora Madrid).