Last week, the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for general elections to be held on the 23rd of July. Under the current economic crisis, the war and the rise of xenophobia, a government including the far-right Party Vox would diminish Spanish democracy.
Politics
The right’s popular support, a weakness for the left
The dominant class in Latin America and other countries represents a very small percentage of the population but manages to assemble in its defence social groups of some importance. But it also has the support of popular sectors which for various reasons adopt that oligarchy’s slogans.
Muslim and gay: Minority twice over
This progressive imam is convinced that the rejection faced by homosexuals in the majority of mosques in the West comes from the manipulation by a fundamentalist minority that has nothing to do with the teachings of the Koran. Noelia Ceballos Terrén He was thrust into the media when […]
One more male victim of sexual assault
“Why should a victim of crime feel stigmatised or ashamed of what’s happened to them? I can understand a child feeling that way – they’re manipulated into it.” “He was mixed race, a good looking guy. He said he liked me and asked me out for a drink. I said […]
Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is about corporate profit and oppression
Israel continues to cock a snook at its obligations under international law, and the British political class is complicit, because they have turned a blind eye to Israeli atrocities. Chris Williamson / Dorset Eye* April 17th marked Palestinian Prisoners Day, which aims to highlight the plight of Palestinians who […]