On top of the feeling of abandonment among victims of the DANA, the natural disaster that occurred two weeks ago, far-right groups have infiltrated Spain and are repeating the same scaremongering as they did during the pandemic. Unfounded rumours for political ends have spread like wildfire, including violence, while […]
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Pegasus, journalism, self-censorship and espionage
In academic, journalistic and political terms, the Pegasus case confirms three irrefutable facts: first, that news criteria are not universal. Second, that self-censorship is perhaps one of the worst practices of journalists and media companies. Germán Ayala Osorio* And the third irrefutable fact is that the state, under […]
A type of Guantanamo for migrants
It is ‘a kind of Italian Guantanamo, outside any international standard, outside the European Union (EU)’. And it ‘constitutes a very serious violation of human rights and sacrifices the suffering of real people on the altar of political propaganda’. The first statement was made by Pierfrancesco Majorino, in charge […]
Israel and the special intent to commit genocide
In Palestine, innocent civilians including women, children, hospital workers, humanitarian aid workers and journalists, are killed for simply being. That is a world we cannot accept. These words are recorded in the “memorial”, the document recording South Africa’s main case against Israel and containing evidence showing how Israel’s government […]
Abya Yala: Resistance, solidarity and memory
A few weeks ago, many voices from the London-based diaspora expressed what “the invasion, genocide and colonisation” of the indigenous peoples of Latin America meant and still means. There they also condemned the horror that, with impunity, is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people. 12 October 1492 was the […]
















