Stories
What’s Left in Spain: Responses to Rufián Reveal Old Divisions and New Opportunities
John Collins surveys some of the key perspectives within an ongoing dialogue about the present and future of Spain’s perpetually fragmented Left. Is a change on the horizon?
Always Already Anti-Fascist: Lessons From a Lifelong Spanish Militant
Cristina Farré: “We have to try and give it our all”
Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)
In just over two weeks, Spanish voters will go to the polls for national elections, and the implications - both within and beyond the country - couldn’t be more far-reaching. I just arrived in Madrid and will be spending the next 12 months here, and I hope to provide Weave News readers with a critical, justice-oriented perspective that might be missing from much of the mainstream media coverage of Spanish politics. So, why are these elections so important?
Criminalizing Solidarity: The Eternal Fascist Playbook
Here’s the thing: Fascists hate solidarity. At a minimum, they want you to laugh at people who embrace the solidarity impulse and who act accordingly. At a maximum, they want you to support the criminalization and violent suppression of this impulse. What this means is that acting out of solidarity is a fundamental part of the larger project of fighting fascism - a project whose global urgency is growing by the day.