ICYMI:

NEW EPISODE!! Spanish Football under Franco: Sportswashing Avant la Lettre @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social talks to Alex Quiroga about the use of football as a propaganda tool under the Francisco Franco dictatorship Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6xD6... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/s...

NEW EPISODE!! Spanish Football under Franco: Sportswashing Avant la Lettre @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social talks to Alex Quiroga about the use of football as a propaganda tool under the Francisco Franco dictatorship Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6xD6... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/s...

The first half of a conversation I had with Dan Finn for his @jacobinmag.bsky.social Long Reads podcast looking at the last decade of Spanish politics, concentrating in particular on the contradictory figure of Pedro Sánchez: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Flc...

A must-read article that highlights how climate change, labour exploitation, health and the rise of the far right are all connected.

“They treat us worse than dogs", one worker told me. Based on reporting in Huelva & Lleida, my latest for Jacobin looks at how climate breakdown is aggravating yet further the harsh realities faced by migrant farm workers in Spain's lucrative agri-industrial sector. jacobin.com/2025/10/spai...

NEW INVESTIGATION: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse Financed by @journalismfund.bsky.social, this project traced dozens of EU payments to farms committing serious labour abuses. A🧵of cases demonstrating the lack of safeguards on CAP funds: www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...

Investigados y condenados por explotación laboral siguen recibiendo millones de euros de la PAC En un caso un concejal del PP en Lugo fue condenado en 2024 a nueve meses de prisión por explotar a dos jornaleros migrantes irregulares. Ese mismo año recibió 41.000 € en subvenciones de la PAC

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...

As always worth listening, informed and informative

Podéis escuchar a nuestro compañero @nicoabu.bsky.social en 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 @sobremesapod.bsky.social conversando con @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social sobre 𝙚𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣̃𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙤 𝙮 𝙡𝙖 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙤́𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖. 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/3JGU...

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! 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...

A slender volume packed with emotion, image and craft that landed in my hallway with a wallop, Salut Alan Maguire Salut Miguel Hernández Thank you @sobremesapod.bsky.social and thank you @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social

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...

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.

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...

Very last minute location change due to double booking. Now will take place here: maps.app.goo.gl/Gt4q82oyfmz6...

Tonight!

New Episode!! The 2nd episode in our series on Francoism: 'Franco’s Holy War and The Catholic Church' with historian Pablo Sánchez León Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3GKj... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/f...

New Episode!! The 2nd episode in our series on Francoism: 'Franco’s Holy War and The Catholic Church' with historian Pablo Sánchez León Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3GKj... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/f...

En @sobremesapod.bsky.social pueden encontrar una excelente entrevista con el autor del hilo (y del libro) sobre el Opus, @garethgore.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Are you in Madrid on Friday 30th May? Come see Alan McGuire launch his new poetry pamphlet "The Last Days of Alicante" in conversation with Eoghan Gilmartin They will also be recording an episode of the podcast live🎙️ Address: CS Pasillo Verde Ferroviario, Martín de Vargas, 46. Madrid Time: 19:30

Are you in Madrid on Friday 30th May? Come see Alan McGuire launch his new poetry pamphlet "The Last Days of Alicante" in conversation with Eoghan Gilmartin They will also be recording an episode of the podcast live🎙️ Address: CS Pasillo Verde Ferroviario, Martín de Vargas, 46. Madrid Time: 19:30

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

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

Brilliant episode! The portion about the set designer was fascinating. Jorge Bogaerts published this fantastic book on the architect of these papier-mâché spectacles, for those curious for more info on the subject

It's a graphic novel and is really well done. Here he is sacrificing his moustache

"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.

Los españoles creen que la UE debería invertir en vivienda, industria y políticas sociales antes que en seguridad y defensa, según la encuesta 40dB. para EL PAÍS y la Cadena SER sobre “los retos de la Unión Europea”

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

La parte del apagón es lo de menos (hasta dónde llega Turiel!), mucho más interesante cómo tres británicos(?) que viven en España(?) ven las relaciones entre Sánchez y los partidos a su izquierda.

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?...

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...

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...

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?

New Episode: A Radical Guide to Semana Santa On the oppresive and emancipatory sides of Semana Santa - from clandestine saetas to the Legion's Cristo de la buena muerte. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5WxN... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

New Episode: A Radical Guide to Semana Santa On the oppresive and emancipatory sides of Semana Santa - from clandestine saetas to the Legion's Cristo de la buena muerte. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5WxN... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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...

Spain says hello. You should have a listen to this. Holy Week is off the scale here bsky.app/profile/sobr...

This is our 3rd Holy Week here and I still can't get my head around it 😃

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 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