There have been signs of new interest in Participatory Budgeting (PB) in London. It offers a parallel democratic process to elections and is open to immigrants without the right to vote. Resistance to PB comes from misunderstanding what it can achieve, and from restrictions on local council spending. People can change their reality.
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Spain: between the far-right and the ‘Latin American’ connection
In a few weeks’ time, conservative and Francoist nostalgia groups and those defending the rule of law and achievements in social justice, human rights and civil liberties will face each other in Spain. Miguel Ángel Ferris Correspondent in Paris A scenario in which the political centre has vanished […]
Sudanese exiles: Pariahs in their own land
Combat has caused the internal displacement of 3.7 million people, many of whom are now surviving on the fields of (west) Darfur, with a great humanitarian crisis that made more than 800,000 flee to countries like Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Any description of the tribulations that they have […]
Gas field closure: cold news for the European Union
Not only the Netherlands’ neighbours must prepare for the closure of the Groningen field, but also the Kingdom itself: the money received from the sale of gas was the main source of budget revenue for the last 60 years. The Dutch government’s decision to close the Groningen camp on […]
“Correistas” aim to win in first round
Although there are still pending candidacies, such as that of the Revolución Ciudadana (The Citizens’ Revolution) (RC) movement, the strategy of this collective is to try to win the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador on 20 August, i.e. without the need to measure forces in a second round. […]
















