Nationwide rallies Dec. 12th to protest war in Syria
• Facebook campaign goes viral, anti-war demonstrations to be held in 13 cities • Peaceful rallies to focus on plight of 470,000 war…
Barcelona
Barcelona triples budget to aid city’s homeless
• City will spend 15 million euros over next 3 years to combat homelessness • Nearly 950 homeless sleep on Barcelona streets…
Barcelona fines Airbnb, Homeaway for illegal listings
• Barcelona mayor says fines doubled to 600,000 euros for tourist rental sites • City blames illegal tourism rentals for high rents,…
Barcelona seeks migrant detention centre closure
• City official cites ‘infrahuman’ conditions for immigrants, asylum seekers • Interior Ministry given 20 days to transfer detainees or face legal…
Not everyone in Spain exalts Hispanic Heritage Day
• Madrid and Barcelona mayors, Podemos’ Iglesias avert celebrations today • Catalan nationalists claim sovereignty, solidarity with indigenous America “In fourteen hundred…
#VIDEO: Barcelona’s Colau pressured over dolphins
• Mayor Colau recently scrapped a costly renovation of the city’s Dolphinarium • Activists want to see dolphins in sanctuary facility prior…
#VIDEO: Activists seek freedom for Spain’s dolphins
• Spain to hold 100 dolphins in captivity with new ‘Texas Ranch’ tourist shows • Activists call for closure of Spain’s 12…
#VIDEO: Protesters greet world’s largest cruise ship
• Barcelona protest cites negative impacts on environment, neighbourhoods • Taller than Eiffel Tower, 2,500 staterooms, 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew About…
Barcelona’s Colau scrambles to resolve ‘okupa’ riots
• Police engage supporters of ‘okupa’ squatters in three nights of street battles • Fight over eviction from vacant bank branch when…
Socialists to join Colau government in Barcelona
• Accord would see PSC’s Collboni become Mayor Ada Colau’s second lieutenant • Socialists lost Barcelona mayor’s seat in 2011 after governing…
Catalan ‘Mossos’ get first transsexual police agent
• Police expert on jihadist document falsification completes gender transition • Maria Reina cites ‘unconditional support’ from police colleagues, superiors A Catalan…
#VIDEO: Pro-refugee ‘okupas’ take over BCN’s Llotja
• Alternative Labour Day march spawns occupation of historic ‘Llotja’ building • Protesters demand building be used to shelter Mid-East refugees and…
#VIDEO: Unions avow general strike over labour law
• Tens of thousands in ‘May Day’ marches in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities • Leadership threatens general strike if 2012 labour…
Colau warns Endesa, Gas Natural on energy cutoffs
• Barcelona mayor says utilities have yet to sign up to energy cutoff protocols • Companies face 100,000-euro fines per violation under…
#VIDEO: LGBT rights group denounces Barcelona fans’ homophobic slurs against Cristiano Ronaldo
• Slurs mar pre-match ‘Moment of Silence’ for ex-Barca star Johan Cruyff • La Liga denounces chants in report to Royal Spanish…
Barcelona mayor’s Tweets backpedal on criticism of Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias in just-released book
• Ada Colau critical of Iglesias’ ‘arrogance’ in Catalan journalist’s new book • Barcelona mayor Ada Colau quickly used her Twitter account…
#VIDEO: Activists to gather Feb. 7th in 15 Spanish cities to protest brutal mistreatment of greyhounds
• Greyhound used to hunt wild hares mistreated, tortured at end of season • Thousands of dogs killed, maimed, left for dead…
Barcelona, Madrid still awaiting refugees’ arrival, with food, shelter and budget set aside for months
• Officials blame Spanish government for ongoing delays in refugees’ arrival • Officials in the Spanish capital of Madrid and in the…
Barcelona-based NGO launches mobile application to help locate, assist homeless sleeping on streets
• Arrels foundation helped more than 600 homeless find shelter during 2015 • Barcelona-based Fundación Arrels has launched a mobile app for…
Barcelona-based Privalia and UNICEF net 600,000 euros in ‘Future for Children’ fundraising campaign
• Privalia partnership with UNICEF to benefit children worldwide • Spanish online fashion outlet Privalia and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
PAH anti-eviction activists call on new Congress to tackle housing crisis through emergency measures
• Group wants anti-eviction, pro-housing commitment in government talks • The nationwide anti-eviction activist Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (Platform of…
Homelessness up 6 percent in Barcelona in 2015, with as many as 900 sleeping on streets every night
• Fundación Arrels assisted 1,700 homeless last year, up from 1,600 in 2014 • The number of homeless people in Spain’s second-largest…
Colau’s BComú movement nixes talk of her leading broad-left coalition in re-run of Catalan regional vote
• Hints that Colau could lead En Comú Podem to Generalitat victory dismissed • Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau has seemingly scuppered…
LGBT federation says Spanish laws not sufficient to protect against transgender bullying, discrimination
• Vigil marks suicide death of Barcelona transgender teen bullied at school • Rights group says nearly half of all LGBT youth…
Animal-rights activists bare bodies in chilly Barcelona protest over leather luxury apparel
• Annual AnimaNaturalis protest staged in downtown Placa de Catalunya • Protesters draw attention to use of animal skins in leather fashion…
Anti-eviction activists in Barcelona criticize mayor Ada Colau in letter protesting continued evictions
• PAH says Colau falls short of pledge to stop evictions • Group demands greater effort to turn vacant flats into emergency…
Barcelona rallies to open, close PSOE campaign: ‘We’re the Solution. Let’s Get Rid of Rajoy’
• Party leader Pedro Sánchez to headline national campaign rallies in Barcelona • PSOE-PSC lead candidate Carme Chacón to join in Dec….
Global March for Climate takes to streets of Spain’s cities on Sunday Nov. 29th
• Saturday citywide blackout in Madrid to draw attention to climate change • Spanish celebrities to participate as part of global climate-awareness…
Podemos-backed ‘En Comú Podem’ coalition to campaign on Catalans’ right to referendum
• En Comú Podem sets sights on referendum measure over secession • Left coalition sees negotiated plebiscite as only way forward for…
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau wants 27% increased funding to combat domestic & gender violence
• Activist mayor of Spain’s second city seeks more funding to protect women • Funds to go toward prevention & attention to…
Spanish anti-war campaigners launch petition, call for peaceful Nov. 28th protests in cities nationwide
• Call for peace demonstrations echoes 2004 protests after Madrid bombing • Activist mayors, celebrities and 11-M victims’ group in support of…