Patxi López throws hat into PSOE leadership contest
• Former Basque ‘Lehendakari’ hopes to bind internal rifts, rebuild Socialist party • Unclear whether ousted PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez will stand…
Cold temps put Spain’s homeless at greater risk
• NGOs say some 40,000 people living on streets across Spain exposed to cold • Energy poverty, social exclusion from affordable housing…
Thousands rally in Bilbao over ETA prisoner policy
• Some 78,000 protested dispersion of ETA inmates to 40 jails across Spain • Protesters demand ETA prisoners be able to serve…
Iglesias looks to Podemos unity in run-up to conclave
• Podemos chief’s ‘Plan 2020’ will incorporate ideas of Errejón, Anticapitalistas • Confrontation is out and party unity is in as ‘Vistalegre…
Survey shows high rates of university sexual assault
• Survey shows 62 pct of students suffered or know victims of sexual assault • Victims are 92 pct women, agressors 62…
Cádiz goes 100% renewables on electricity supply
• City’s utility to buy only power from renewable sources on wholesale market • Move means city will slash emissions of CO2…
Socialists set to kick party conference into June
• PSOE Federal Committee meeting set to announce leadership election dates • Caretaker commission leaks predetermined dates for elections, party conclave The long-awaited…
#VIDEO: Proactiva Open Arms gives voice to refugees
• Barcelona-based refugee rescue group videos let refugees tell own stories • Since 2015, Proactiva has rescued refugees stranded at sea in…
Spanish Volunteer Platform issues 2017 calendar
• 12 images by leading photographers present ’12 Views of Solidarity’ for 2017 • Umbrella organization represents 78 national, regional NGOs throughout…
Battle for PSOE continues, party conference distant
• After 100 days under ‘interim’ caretaker, still no date for party conference • Socialist party dissidents seek shift to left, Old…
Church NGOs, UNHCR decry state of migrant centres
• Catholic church, UN agencies condemn situation at North African centres • 6,400-plus migrants, asylum seekers passed through Ceuta and Melilla in…
Oxfam Intermón to open new charity shops in Spain
• Spanish affiliate of global NGO to open shops in Madrid, Barcelona this week • NGO drive to increase funding sees 50…
Podemos rejects unilateral Catalan referendum
• EnComúPodem calls for new elections rather than go-it-alone plebiscite • 59pct of Catalans want accord with central gov’t over independence vote…
#VIDEO: COGAM kicks off 2017 with gay pride video
• Madrid LGBT Collective video issues call to protect diversity, guarantee equality • 30-year-old activist group sets sights on 2017 as year…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2016
Following are 2016’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain … for your viewing pleasure over the year-end holidays … See you…
‘Robin Hood’ restaurant feeds Madrid homeless
• Normal restaurant by day, serves 100 Madrid homeless in two shifts each night • ‘Social restaurants’ concept to open in Toledo, Ciudad…
Iglesias launches Podemos leadership candidacy
• Uneasy truce between ‘Errejónistas’ & ‘Pablistas’ over Vistalegre II conference • Iglesias calls Errejón’s number-two post into question over strategy differences…
More Spaniards leaving legacy gifts to NGOs
• Number of those leaving funds to NGOs, charities triples over past decade •’Legado Solidario’ sees boom in legacy gifts to social-justice…
UGT & CCOO begin rolling labour protests Thursday
• Unions to protest PP ‘intransigence’ in negotiating labour law changes • Three-days of rallies, marches to culminate in Sunday demo in…
#VIDEO: NGO marks 10 yrs fighting for animal rights
• ‘Igualdad Animal’ releases video celebrating decade defending animal rights • Spain-based international NGO works to prevent cruelty to animals in captivity The…
Madrid Socialists want ‘Primaries & Congress Now!’
• PSOE-Madrid president Manuel Robles backs call for Congress on March 21st • Madrid Socialists join growing national push for new party…
Vatican mayors’ summit calls for refugee sanctuary
• European mayors to create ‘network of cities’ for refugee relief, resettlement • Despite Spanish government opposition, ‘Mayors of Change’ pledge support…
#VIDEO: SEO/Birdlife calls for sustainable hunting
• Conservationist NGO begins debate over position on sustainable hunting • Environmentalist group highlights impact of hunting on bird populations SEO/Birdlife, Spain’s…
Barcelona shoppers get naked truth on fur industry
• Nude protest against fur industry staged on Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia • AnimaNaturalis says ‘fur farms’ persist in Spain, despite bans…
Podemos petition opposing Iglesias gathers steam
• 330 party leaders nationwide sign petition over voting at February congress • Íñigo Errejón takes first public stance against Iglesias in…
Migrants storm Ceuta fence seeking asylum
• Nearly 450 successfully scaled 6-metre, barbed wire fence to request asylum • N. Africa migrant detention centre meant to hold 512,…
Socialist activists organize against Susana Díaz
• ‘Críticos’ movement forms national committee to demand party conference • Rank-and-file dissidents say they’ll rally against Díaz in Sevilla on Dec…
#VIDEO: Amnesty Spain calls out for volunteers
• International Human Rights Day set for Saturday, Dec. 10th • Amnesty calls for volunteers in ‘Gente como tú’ (‘People Like You’)…
Half of Spaniards know someone living in poverty
• Save the Children survey shows 1/3 know someone who can’t heat their home • Six in 10 people say gov’t does little, 54%…
#VIDEO: PAH rallies to protest Barcelona evictions
• Anti-eviction activist group launches week of events, demonstrations • Spain’s anti-eviction activist group PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, ‘Platform…
Spanish celebs urge gov’t to combat climate change
• Miguel Bosé joins drive to get Spain to up spending to fight climate change • Spanish celebrities are signing onto a campaign…