The tactic of occupations of public squares was one of the main political movements of 2011 – a year which saw a rise in extra-parliamentary movements, as people lost confidence in the traditional political movements. No longer with faith in the system, traditional lobbying means such as petitions, pressure on elected representatives and marches was …
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Catalonia’s administrative position echoes that of Scotland. Situated within the Spanish State, it has its own devolved administration. While in the neighbouring Basque Country, the radical and autonomous left strongly support independence, within Catalonia, the position is more conflicted. Catelonia is one of the richer and more industrialised areas of the Spanish State, while the South of …
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Barcelona has a long and proud feminist tradition. In the Spanish Civil War, the Mujeres Libres were established to fight for a liberatory society prioritising the liberation of women. Although they worked closely with other aspects of the autonomous movement and the struggle against fascism the Mujeres Libres demanded autonomy within the movement to …
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After booking what seems like an age ago, I leave for Athens this Sunday. I’m super-duper excited, and everyone in Glasgow will probably be glad to see the back of me as I’ve gone on about little else for the last month.
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The idea for this for this tour came out of Glasgow Coalition of Resistance meeting. Overall CoR has been a brilliant experience – one of the best left organisations that I have been in. It has quite a diversity in terms of political participation, but also with a high participation of women, Black, disabled and …
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