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 →
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.
The 7 billion
Test ....
This is where we are heading unless we do something…..
Was Charlton Heston alking about a nuclear holocaust, environmental catastrophe .. or was he referring to Brexit? Given Trump has walked away from the Paris Accords, is promoting coal, fracking and threatening to unleash nuclear war in East Asia (Korea) ...... perhaps this picture is prescient ........
Catalonia
For weeks, Europe has been talking about Catalonia. Yet, with honourable exceptions, the supposedly progressive Left and Green mainstream leaders in Europe have been very quiet. Despite the fact that Raül Romeva, the de facto Foreign Minister of Catalonia, was a long time Green-Left politician. Or the radical leftwing CUP is at at the forefront... Continue Reading →