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I have moved my account in @bsky.app to @eurosky.social It is now managed by a European non-profit initiative, hosted on European cloud and governed by European law. You can do it too and keep your profile and messages www.eurosky.social/register

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

Remarkable contrast from Spain, which has been among the most outspoken European governments in condemning the Iranian regime's violence against its own citizens, but criticises the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attacks and defends international law now.

I feel utterly sickened by what this administration is engaged in... today illegally bombing Iran and killing 53 or more girls while violating international law, arresting and then abandoning a rohingya blind man to freeze to death on a dark and freezing

As South Asia slides into democratic decline, Nepal’s March 2026 election stands out as a rare test of whether youth power, republican values, and real electoral choice can still keep the idea of democracy alive. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1090...

My first interview with the Spanish-speaking press on the Politics of Hunger in Sudan. elpais.com/planeta-futu...

INSPIRED+ 2.0 strengthens the role of civil society & trade unions in monitoring the 27 international conventions underpinning the EU’s GSP+ scheme — advancing human rights, labour standards, environmental protection & good governance across 11 countries. @epd.eu | @accountlab.bsky.social

This week, we officially kicked off INSPIRED+ 2.0 at Club de Madrid, hosting the first in-person consortium meeting of this four-year EU-funded initiative. @epd.eu | @accountlab.bsky.social #INSPIREDPlus #ClubdeMadrid

It looks like that a political message based on hope, inclusion and progressive proposals like the one of @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk can be very popular in democratic terms. No real need to move politics to the right to fight the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is a fantastic interview. Must-read for leftists and progressives everywhere, but all the more important for a Spanish-speaking audience. I hope @jacobinmag.bsky.social translates it.

Happy Twin Peaks day to all who celebrate! For #Lynch and #TwinPeaks fans this starting pack of Academics obssesed with Twin Peaks created by @joshshepperd.bsky.social is a must to explore! go.bsky.app/HsVGGTE

Happy Twin Peaks day to all who celebrate! For #Lynch and #TwinPeaks fans this starting pack of Academics obssesed with Twin Peaks created by @joshshepperd.bsky.social is a must to explore! go.bsky.app/HsVGGTE

and "Th-Th... That's all NOT, folks!" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good to get current with @stevelevitsky.bsky.social today, talking protest, politics, social capital, and more. Video here:

“One protesting strategy has been shown time and again to be most effective in the US: nonviolence.” @owasow.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Brazilian political system is, structurally, very similar to the American one. But when they elected a Trump-style authoritarian back in 2018, their Congress and Supreme Court actually fought back. I went to Brazil to find out why. And what I learned surprised me. www.vox.com/politics/479...

My piece in The Guardian this morning: Europe’s path to technological independence from the U.S. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Club de Madrid and CDI reaffirm their commitment to Guatemala, and their willingness to continue supporting efforts that protect human rights, strengthen the rule of law, and promote solid, inclusive, and independent democratic processes. 🔗 clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr... #Democracy #Civilsociety

Last week, @clubdemadrid.bsky.social and the Institute for Climate, Democracy and Inclusion (CDI) concluded a mission in Guatemala led by three of our Members: former President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada, former Prime Ministers Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway and Stefan Löfven of Sweden.

If you ever wanted an actual hard copy of the book that I wrote with @doylecanning.bsky.social on narrative strategy for building transformative movements... now is your chance! 👇 36 hour sale at PM Press means it has been temporarily dropped from $22 to only $5! 🥳💥🌈✊ pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

After visiting this week journalist Rubén Zamora in prison with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social observation mission in Guatemala, news of his move to house arrest are very much welcomed. bsky.app/profile/apne...

En #Guatemala esta semana con una misión de observación del @clubdemadrid.bsky.social sobre procesos de elección de instituciones claves (Tribunales Constitucional y Supremo Electoral, Fiscalía), claves para los esfuerzos democratizadores del Presidente Arévalo efecomunica.efe.com/exgobernante...

On the sidelines of Club de Madrid’s mission to Guatemala, yesterday’s agenda focused on dialogue with key national and international actors committed to strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of law.

They have also engaged with indigenous leaders Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, who took part in the peaceful 2023 mobilisations in defence of democracy and electoral results, and who remain in prolonged pretrial detention.

🇬🇹 This week, Club de Madrid is on the ground in Guatemala to observe and support key institutional selection processes — the Constitutional Court, Supreme Electoral Tribunal, and Attorney General — crucial for the country’s democratic future ahead of the 2027 elections.

'Política de la noviolencia'. Mahatma Gandhi. Antología del pensamiento de Gandhi. Edición de Rubén Campos Palarea @rubencampos.bsky.social #ClásicosDelPensamientoCrítico buff.ly/lWB89xI

You can make a difference. ✨ Our dear colleague, Sarah Bireete, was released on bail last week after being arrested on 30 December for her work as a human rights and election defender. Sarah’s next court appearance is on 27 February. 🧵

Un placer seguir en directo en el @cbamadrid.es la grabación de la conversación entre @xanlopez.xyz y @alfatau.bsky.social para el podcast de @margendemaniobra.net sobre imperialismo fósil. Muy recomendable escucharlo para entender mejor el autoritarismo trumpista y la realidad geopolítica actual.

Pedro Sánchez in a guest essay at @nytimes.com: "I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants" A needed counternarrative to ICE and deportations in the US and far right positions on migration in Europe: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Club de Madrid urges @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to activate the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument amid growing economic pressure and external interference. 👉🏻 Full letter: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr... #EU #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #AntiCoercionInstrument #EUValues #ClubdeMadrid

We are excited to announce the release of a new and expanded edition of our book on the power of mass mobilization! whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/tenth-anni...

🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/port...

The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for a Nobel Peace Price. Help out below: https://bit.ly/4q9datK

In addition to arresting Don Lemon, the arrest of my courageous friend and Emmy award winning independent journalist Georgia Fort for REPORTING the church protest in Minneapolis is what FASCISM looks like. This is video of Georgia reporting her own arrest as FBI agents were at her door. 1/2

"The current protester tactics have been overwhelmingly nonviolent — nothing comparable to Minneapolis in 2020, when a police station burned, let alone the 1960s. The political question is not whether there has been disorder, but rather whom the public holds responsible for the killings."

Inspiring intervention by Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar at @gwlvoices.bsky.social Dialogue in Madrid today highlighting the need for women to lead the United Nations and multilateral institutions, starting with the election of a woman as Secretary General of the UN for the first time

Fully agree. By the way there is a policy alternative too. With proven economic positive results also. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...

"In chants of ICE out now Our city’s heart and soul persists Through broken glass and bloody tears ... We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis" @brucespringsteen.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Madrid, Spain — Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.

"Once in the old neighborhood, when he was seven or eight, he’d fallen off his bike, his helmet splitting cleanly in half like a cantaloupe. He showed the halves to all the neighbor kids as a way to warn them to never ride without one." - @kristenradtke.bsky.social www.theverge.com/policy/86856...

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

A little thread of some courageous people bsky.app/profile/nkal...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Read theory (about satyagraha) It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not supposed to be bloodless