Spain
Spain: Judge Garzón abandons investigation into Franco-era crimes
By Paul Mitchell, November 22, 2008
Judge Baltasar Garzón has decided to abandon his investigation into the executions and repression carried out by the fascist regime of General Francisco Franco after protests from right-wing politici...
Spanish Stalinist leader Carrillo opposes Garzón indictment
By Paul Bond, November 14, 2008
Santiago Carrillo, the 93-year-old former general secretary of the Stalinist Communist Party of Spain (PCE), has publicly criticised moves by Judge Baltasar Garzón for an investigation of the crimes ...
Spain: Supreme Court halts investigation into Franco-era crimes
By Paul Stuart and Paul Mitchell, November 13, 2008
Spain’s Supreme Court has halted the investigation begun by Judge Baltasar Garzón into the executions and repression carried out by the fascist regime of General Francisco Franco.
Spain: What the Garzon indictment states about the crimes of the Franco era
By Paul Mitchell, November 5, 2008
Judge Baltasar Garzon has launched an investigation into the thousands of mass graves of the victims of the Franco scattered across Spain. To date, not a single person has been prosecuted for the crim...
Spain: Investigation launched into Franco’s crimes
By Paul Bond, November 3, 2008
Spain’s most prominent investigative judge has opened the country’s first criminal investigation into the executions and repression carried out by the fascist regime of General Francisco Franco.
IMF: Spain to be hit hard by recession
By Keith Lee and Paul Bond, October 20, 2008
A recent forecast by the IMF predicts Spain will enter recession next year and will be “harder-hit than other countries.”
The Spanish Civil War by Andy Durgan
Britain’s SWP lends credence to Stalinist line on Spanish Civil War—Part 1
By Ann Talbot, September 16, 2008
Andy Durgan, The Spanish Civil War (New York, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). The Spanish Civil War generates a massive body of historical work every year. This book stands out and merits attent...
Madrid plane crash: Pilot’s union warned months before that cut-backs placing passengers at risk
By Marcus Morgan, August 23, 2008
After the worst Spanish air tragedy in 25 years on Wednesday, accident investigators have begun examining the wreckage of the plane that crashed at Madrid’s Barajas airport, killing 153 passenge...
Spain: Economy slumps as unemployment hits ten year high
By Paul Stuart, August 19, 2008
News that the 15-member euro zone has recorded its first-ever contraction will put greater pressure on an already ailing Spanish economy.
Spain: Socialist government turns on immigrants as economy heads for recession
By Paul Mitchell, August 4, 2008
Spain’s Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government is turning on the country’s immigrant population as the economy heads towards recession. The PSOE administration headed by Prime Minister ...
Spanish government uses tragedy of African boat people to strengthen anti-immigration policies
By Paul Stuart, July 22, 2008
Once again, Spain has been gripped by horrific images of boats drifting from Africa to its shores overflowing with the traumatized and exhausted bodies of migrant workers lying motionless amongst the ...
Spain: Popular Party right-wing rejects “turn to the centre”
By Paul Stuart and Paul Mitchell, July 5, 2008
The right-wing of Spain’s Popular Party (PP) has rejected the “turn to the centre” endorsed at the June 20-22 party conference in Valencia. A significant and influential section of t...
