“The misinformation is absolute, our voice does not exist” Oriol Junqueras is in jail and top of the electoral list of ERC Esquerra Republicana Catalunya (Republican Left)
Catalonia ERC election campaign 21/12/2017
The Election taking place on December 21st for the Catalan Parliament, is the result of the recent intervention of the Spanish government to the Catalan Administration through Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. After the Referendum was celebrated 1st October, the Spanish government decided to nullify the voter’s choice, imprison their local authorities and call... Continue Reading →
Barcelona En Comú
Barcelona En Comú : 'Thanks to @romaynephoenix from London for visiting our HQ. Always a pleasure to chat about #municipalism and transforming our cities from the bottom up!'
Reds and Greens ?
Book reviews from Ian Angus Six new books on democratic eco-socialism, war and the environment, genes and intelligence, climate change and the Roman Empire, the little ice age in North America, and views of the Anthropocene. http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/12/09/ecosocialist-bookshelf-december-2017/
ERC campaign stall, Saturday 09/12/17
We met David and Josep, two activists at their stall in Barrio Gotico. They were very friendly and explained how they saw the election on the 21st of December. The square had a range of stalls from the major parties They invited us to a public meeting on Wednesday, 13th of December at Centre Civic... Continue Reading →
4 #ecosocialist policy areas
In 2009, "an Ecosocialist International Network meeting (*) in Belém, Brazil outlined four essential ecosocialist policy areas ........: Firstly, the energy system, by replacing carbon-based fuels and biofuels with clean sources of power under community control: wind, geothermal, wave, and above all all, solar power. Secondly, the transportation system, by drastically reducing the use of... Continue Reading →
A sharing economy?
Today, the owners of AirBnB, Über and similar web based platforms, are minting money on the supposed pillars of a ‘sharing economy’. Like much of what emanates from Wall Street, it is anything but ‘sharing’. It is web-based raw blooded capitalism. Pure and simple. For examples of what really constitutes a sharing economy, region... Continue Reading →
History rhymes in Catalonia
Given the relatively large size of the nation states France and Spain, the region north of the Ebro and the mountain range of the Pyrenees are generally seen as ‘peripheral’. A long way from Paris and Madrid. For centuries, Aragon and Catalonia were joined as one, as were regions on both sides of the eastern... Continue Reading →
Jeremy Corbyn walking with the local MP, near Grenfel, Tower. The picture came from a rightwing site.? Petrified that a leftwing Labour government might become reality in 2018.
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