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Brussels conference lifts Ukraine solidarity to higher plane

Dick Nichols — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:30:00 +1000

The Brussels Solidarity with Ukraine conference drew together about 200 activists from a score of countries, in support of the Ukrainian people’s national and social rights, reports Dick Nichols.

How well did the left go in the June 9 European election?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:45:00 +1000

Dick Nichols reports that the parties to the left of the social democracy appear to have held their ground against the surge of the far right and mainstream right in the June 9 European parliamentary elections.

Catalonia: Independentism can’t afford another setback like the May 12 election

Dick Nichols — Fri, 17 May 2024 11:15:00 +1000

The May 12 regional election exposed Catalan independentism’s state of fragmentation, writes Dick Nichols.

Spanish Basque Country election: Change looming under the surface

Dick Nichols — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:45:00 +1000

In the Spanish Basque Country (Euskadi), all signs point to a difficult life for the incoming Basque Nationalist-Socialist Party of Euskadi government, following the April 21 election, reports Dick Nichols.

Spain: Can a PSOE-led government dependent on Catalan independentism last?

Dick Nichols — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:30:00 +1100

After two days of debate, the Spanish congress invested the second-term government led by prime minister Pedro Sánchez on November 16, following a deal between the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and Together for Catalonia (Junts), reports Dick Nichols.

Spain: Rubiales sexual harassment case detonates social explosion

Dick Nichols — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

While Luis Rubiales' resignation is a victory for the campaign against sexual harassment in Spanish sport, the case continues to shake up Spanish society, reports Dick Nichols.

#ItsOver: Playing ban by Women's World Cup champions rocks Spain

Dick Nichols — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:30:00 +1000

The #ItsOver (#SeAcabó) movement has erupted in Spain to demand the resignation of national football chief Luis Rubiales, over his sexist behaviour following the Spanish women's team's World Cup victory, reports Dick Nichols.

Spanish election: Right blocked, but now Sánchez needs Puigdemont

Dick Nichols — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +1000

�鶹ӳ��'s European correspondent Dick Nichols analyses the July 23 Spanish general election.

Spanish state: New local administrations emerge after dirty deals

Dick Nichols — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:30:00 +1000

Dick Nichols analyses the recent local and regional elections across the Spanish state.

YPJ commander: ‘Women create life, and we can make it free’

Cristina Mas — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:45:00 +1000

Sozdar Dêrik, commander of the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) speaks to Cristina Mas, in Barcelona.

Spain: Sánchez counters rout in local polls with general election call

Dick Nichols — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:00:00 +1000

The far right were the big winners in the Spanish local elections, reports Dick Nichols, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking to minimise the damage by calling a general election as early as July 23.

Far-right censure motion: Theatre of the grotesque staged in Spanish Congress

Dick Nichols — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:45:00 +1000

The Spanish far-right's latest attempt to censure prime minister Pedro Sanchez' government — with the help of a former leader of the Communist Party of Spain — has backfired, writes Dick Nichols.

Catalonia: Barcelona demonstrations highlight left divisions over Ukraine

Dick Nichols — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:45:00 +1100

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it soon became clear that there was a gulf between Catalonia’s peace movement and local Ukrainians, which continues to today, writes Dick Nichols.

Spain: Pedro Sánchez launches ‘class war’ election campaign

Dick Nichols — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:15:00 +1100

With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro Sánchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.

Scotland: British court blocks independence referendum

Dick Nichols — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:30:00 +1100

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for an independence referendum. Dick Nichols reports.

Catalonia: Junts membership votes to leave government to Republican Left

Dick Nichols — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +1100

The Catalan coalition government of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (Junts) split on October 7. Dick Nichols explains why, and what's at stake for the independentist movement.

Spanish state: PSOE’s NATO summit ‘triumph’

Dick Nichols — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 15:30:00 +1000

NATO’s hawkish Madrid meeting booked the political benefits from Putin’s Ukraine invasion to the account of the imperialist power that stood to gain most from it — the US, reports Dick Nichols.

Noam Chomsky has no proposal for ending Russia's war on Ukraine

Dick Nichols — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:45:00 +1000

Dick Nichols responds to political dissident and author Noam Chomsky's recent comments on the war in Ukraine published in �鶹ӳ��.

European Union bashes Algeria for upsetting Spain over Western Sahara betrayal

Dick Nichols — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:15:00 +1000

Algeria has suspended its treaty of “friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation” with Spain due to its public acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, writes Dick Nichols.

Spain: PSOE struggling to supress stench of ‘Catalangate’

Dick Nichols — Thu, 05 May 2022 14:00:00 +1000

The scandal of electronic eavesdropping on 65 leaders of the Catalan independence movement by Spanish state intelligence shows signs of becoming a long-running soap opera. Dick Nichols reports.

Spain: Will ‘Catalangate’ bring down the PSOE-UP government?

Dick Nichols — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:45:00 +1000

A New Yorker investigation has exposed that between 2018‒20, at least 65 leading figures in the Catalan government and independence movement had their mobile phones bugged, reports Dick Nichols.

How strong is Russian and Belarusian resistance to Putin’s Ukraine war?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +1000

An underground anti-war movement continues to organise in Russia and neighbouring Belarus, despite facing harsh repression, reports Dick Nichols.

Corsica: Youth-led revolt forces France to offer ‘autonomy’

Dick Nichols — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:30:00 +1100

The murder of Corsican nationalist hero Yvan Colonna sparked huge demonstrations on the island and renewed calls for self-determination, reports Dick Nichols.

Spain: PSOE manoeuvres to hand Western Sahara to Morocco

Dick Nichols — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:15:00 +1100

The Spanish state has announced it will accept the incorporation of Wester Sahara into the Moroccan state as an “autonomous province”, betraying the right to self-determination of the Sahawari people, reports Dick Nichols.

Ukraine and Catalonia: Using Putin’s aggression to help Spain’s

Dick Nichols — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +1100

In the context of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, supporters of Spanish unionism are taking every opportunity to attack independentist figures, reports Dick Nichols.

Spanish, French left: How to stop Putin without boosting NATO, EU?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:30:00 +1100

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered many political presents to forces supporting the status quo of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reports Dick Nichols.

Europe's left confronts the challenge of Putin’s Ukraine war

Dick Nichols — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:30:00 +1100

At first glance, nearly all parties and think tanks in Europe that lie to the left of social democracy seemed united in their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Dick Nichols.

Is worker struggle reviving in Spain?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:45:00 +1100

Spain is experiencing a wave of industrial unrest, as workers fight for secure jobs and to regain lost wages and conditions, reports Dick Nichols.

Basque left: Pain caused by ETA ‘should never have happened’

Dick Nichols — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +1100

In a historic declaration, left-independentist alliance EH Bildu has acknowledged the suffering caused by the actions of its former armed wing, Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA), reports Dick Nichols.

Catalan parliament officially recognises Rojava administration

Dick Nichols — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +1100

The Catalan parliament extended official recognition to the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria (AANES), commonly known as Rojava, on October 19, reports Dick Nichols.