The Disaffected Lib: Merkel’s Toxic Tonic
Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s subjugation of Greece inadvertently poisoned European unity? That’s how a pro-EU lobby group sees it. “The last few weeks have laid totally bare the European...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Podemos, Greece and the hot Spanish autumn
Podemos, Greece and the hot Spanish autumn. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Podemos, Spain, Syriza
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Jason Kenney sails close to the wind on Anti-Terrorism Act...
PHOTOS: Liberal candidate Adam Vaughan’s photo of the Kurdish Peace and Cultural Festival in Toronto Saturday, with an image of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan visible in the background. (Grabbed from...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Will the Catalan elections see the reconfiguration of...
by Arturo Puente – On 27 September Catalonia is holding elections that will be pivotal in determining whether a territory in which 7.5 million people live will remain part of the Spanish state. The...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Was there just a coup in Portugal? Why did Canada’s media...
PHOTOS: The São Bento Palace, home of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon. Was it just the site of a constitutional coup with implications for Canada? You’d never know from the local media. Below:...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Spanish politics: Why is Podemos losing ground? | In...
After topping voter intention polls, the party is falling behind rival Ciudadanos as it seeks to redefine its position and message Source: Spanish politics: Why is Podemos losing ground? | In English |...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Spain: precarious employment fuels rise in...
The number of workplace accidents registered in Spain during the first six months of 2015 grew by almost 7 per cent in comparison to 2014. As many as 218,019 “minor” accidents were reported, 13,577...
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Parchment in the Fire: Income, Class and Austerity in Southern Europe
Data from Southern Europe indicates a trend of wealth distribution to the top 20% of income earners since the onset of austerity. At the outset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, the income share...
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Parchment in the Fire: What are political parties offering workers in the...
On 20 December, general elections will be held in Spain, amidst a climate marked by the fallout of the Paris attacks and the pro-independence debate in Catalonia, with a profusion of televised debates...
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Parchment in the Fire: Podemos: how Europe’s political centre is being eaten...
As the success of Spain’s upstart anti-austerity party shakes the country’s two-party system, the most likely outcome for ailing social democrats is a fusion with liberal conservatives Source: Podemos:...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Why Canada’s belligerent Conservatives are likely praying...
PHOTOS: The nuclear powered American aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf in in 2014. (U.S. Navy photo.) Mighty warships are the carriers, but in the constricted waters of the...
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Parchment in the Fire: Spain’s left must unite to steer country on road to...
Giles Tremlett for the Guardian In his restaurant overlooking the Med at Mataró, a few miles north of Barcelona, Ricard Jornet declares himself an insumiso, a rebel who refuses to obey government...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Greece eyes alliance of southern EU states – POLITICO
September conference planned with France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta. Source: Greece eyes alliance of southern EU states – POLITICOFiled under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: France, Greece,...
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Parchment in the Fire: The European Challenge | Jacobin
For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain. Source: The European Challenge | JacobinFiled under: Europe,...
View ArticleParchment in the Fire: Catalan Independence Struggle Impedes Formation of...
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Uncategorized Tagged: Catalonia, Spain ...read more
View ArticleCuriosityCat: The Pope: The one man who can save Spain.
Spain’s problem can be solved by one man: the Pope. How? Simple. The Pope invites (commands?) the two leaders of Spain and Catalonia to meet
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Western Canada’s artificial alienation: Catalonia here we...
Right on schedule, us Western Canadians are feeling alienated. Really! Don’t just take my word for it! The digital editions of the gutter press are
View ArticleNorthern Currents: The far right is more wrong than they think. Less than 5%...
Share this: Both France and Spain have been hit much harder than Canada during the Covid 19 pandemic. Two studies with preliminary findings have shown that less than 5% of France and Spain’s population...
View ArticleThings Are Good: Climate Crisis Course Required in Spain
Students at the University of Barcelona will now be required to take a class on the climate crisis regardless of their field of study. Adding the course to all students makes sense since the climate...
View ArticleThings Are Good: A Climate Hole in One in Spain
????Saboteamos 10 campos de golf en todo el territorio español ????Actuamos en diez campos de golf en seis provincias españolas, con el objetivo de denunciar el despilfarro de agua que supone el golf...
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