Little by little, women are coming to power in a European Union that takes pride in its plans for gender equality, despite the fact that many people do not consider such equality a done deal. Mario Muñoz Lozano Two weeks ago, 63-year-old judge, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, became president of […]
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Challenges of the new government in Spain in times of crisis
The obstacles facing Pedro Sanchez in the new Spanish government are not easy to resolve. It is a mystery how the first coalition government in the Post-Franco period is going to play out, with an unclear national outlook and an exterior outlook plagued by uncertainties.
In London, voices for Catalonia and democracy
After having committed human rights abuses during the Referendum for Catalan Independence that took place two years ago, the Spanish State has once again exhibited its strong hatred towards the Catalan region, this time by giving excessive sentences to pro-independence leaders who took part in the referendum on 1st October […]
A genocide does not just happen, we allow it to happen
Gregory H. Stanton, president of Genocide Watch, has identified the 8 stages of a genocide: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. These 8 stages are predictable but not inexorable and at each of them, there may be preventive measures in order to stop it.
José, my homeless friend
We feel an enormous emptiness when we lose a friend. An emptiness which fills with anguish, and overflows with anger when we discover in the empty spaces of our lives that the time we should have given to our lost friend has slipped away.