#SafePassage for Refugees: marches slated for more than 25 Spanish cities at 12 noon, Saturday Feb. 27th
• Marchers will demand an end to ‘closed borders’ policy toward refugees • More than 25 marches are planned in cities across…
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Activists, Spanish government say 17,000 girls of African descent at risk of female genital mutilation
• Activists say girls under age 15 at risk in Spain may number up to 24,000 • Spain’s government Council of Ministers…
#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…
Renewables associations criticize Spain’s ‘zero-cost’ auction of wind and biomass projects as untenable
• Producers’ cite unprofitability, doubt winners will actually develop projects • Two of Spain’s largest groups of renewable energy producers have sharply…
Podemos struggles to avoid rift with three regional coalition partners over Congressional caucus groups
• Podemos faces deadline Tuesday to sort situation with coalition partners • New-left, anti-austerity party Podemos is struggling against a deadline today…
PSOE ‘Plan B’: Align with Ciudadanos, force Podemos to either abstain or join with PP to block government
• Option puts Podemos in difficult position, neutralising opposition to PSOE • Now faced with a virtually nil chance of negotiating a…
Europe’s ‘Plan B’ anti-austerity campaign is headed for Madrid, gains support from Spanish Left leaders
• Leaders of Spanish Left sign onto pan-European anti-austerity campaign • Barcelona mayor and leader of the Barcelona en Comú activist platform…
En Comú Podem’s Colau slams PSOE for ceding Senate seats to Catalan pro-independence parties
• Barcelona mayor criticizes Socialists for ‘cynicism’ of the ‘old politics’ • Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau has excorciated Spain’s Socialist party…
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…
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…
Ciudad Real to discuss renaming city street in honor of last Republican general to surrender in Civil War
• Proposal to rename street in honor of Republican general causes controversy • City to begin name changes in keeping with Spain’s…
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…
Police bust Russian sex-trafficking ring in Andalusia
forcing women into prostitution in Granada clubs
• Police say Russian women lured to Spain with promise of employment • Once in Granada, women forced to work in strip…
Spain to protect marine mammals by restricting exploratory drilling within Mediterranean corridor
• Ibiza-based Alianza Mar Blava says gov’t to set aside coastal areas • Move will halt planned drilling activities by three international…
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…
Podemos says it would extend municipal voting rights for EU citizens to Spain’s regional elections
• Left party wants legally resident foreigners to vote in regional balloting • Move would affect citizens of EU, 12 other nations…
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…
Power struggles, disagreements put brakes on left coalition campaigns in Dec. 20 elections
• New-left Podemos, old-left Izquierda Unida fail to agree on national coalition • A ‘broad front’ strategy left to local regional movements…
Tens of thousands march in Madrid to protest violence against women, domestic abuse
• Massive march protests chronic problem of gender violence & domestic abuse • 84 women have died in gender-related violence in first…
Church agency sees poverty becoming chronic in capital of Cataluña
• Cáritas sees 24% jump in people seeking assistance in 2015 • Year-on-year recurrence among six of every 10 people seeking aid…