#VIDEO: Activists attacked while filming ‘Correbous’
• Two women assaulted, cameras smashed by crowd at Correbous event • Second incident in 15 days against AnimaNaturalis activists in Ebro…
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#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…
Iglesias’ personal attack on journalist boomerangs
• Alleges reporters ‘professionally obliged’ to write negative stories on Podemos • Comments roundly condemned by news media, professional associations Podemos leader…
Film shines light on forgotten Franco-era victims
• ‘La desmemoria de España’ faults lack of political will to face Franco-era past • Justice for victims of Franquista repression hampered…
Youth competition against gender violence launched
• Fundación Mutua Madrileña competition open to students at all levels • Submissions can be made online at nosdueleatodos.com through May 22nd…
Fair Trade Challenge wants Spain to take a break!
• World FairTrade Challenge 2016 set for May 13-15th worldwide • Supporters to host fair-trade coffee break with friends, family or co-workers…
Andalucian NGOs shine light on ‘Invisible Poverty’
• NGO network raises awareness of multiple forms of poverty in Andalucia • A network of non-governmental organisations in collaboration with print…
#VIDEO: Podemos again denies financing from Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez via CEPS think-tank
• Errejón says charges ‘radically false’ and welcomes challenge in court • Leaders of Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos have denied fresh reports…
#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…
#VIDEO: Rock group La Raíz collaborates with DqD in calling for repeal of Spain’s ‘Gag Law’ [in Spanish]
• 50 percent of album’s download proceeds go to rights group’s work • Popular Spanish rock-and-roll band La Raíz has collaborated with political…
#VIDEO: Sánchez, Iglesias agree tri-party talks with Ciudadanos, but major obstacles to coalition remain
• Iglesias drops Vice-President demand, won’t join gov’t with Ciudadanos • Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist party (PSOE) and Pablo Iglesias of…
#VIDEO: Podemos spokesperson Íñigo Errejón breaks two-week silence with press conference [in Spanish]
• “New elections in Spain are neither necessary nor are they expedient” • Podemos’ Congressional spokesperson Íñigo Errejón ended a two-week drought…
#VIDEO: iAnimal video presents hidden story of animal cruelty in industrial pig farms [in Spanish]
• Angy Fernández narrates 360-degree video from perspective of animals • In a powerful video released this month by Igualdad Animal (iAnimal), the…
#VIDEO: CEAR’s Getafe refugees center gets new ‘Welcome’ mural from Boa Mistura arts collective
• ‘Freedom does not need wings, what it needs is to put down roots’ • Madrid-based arts collective Boa Mistura completed a…
#VIDEO: Madrid marchers demand protected status, end to ‘lethal control’ of endangered Iberian Wolves
• Protest calls for same protected status for Iberian Wolves as in Portugal • Chanting ¡Lobo Vivo, Lobo Protegido! (“Wolves Alive, Wolves…
#VIDEO: Galician women revive 1971 feminist anthem ‘Yo no soy esa’ for International Women’s Day 2016
• Women of all ages, walks of life sing Mari Trini’s 1971 hit in music video • More than 40 women —…
#VIDEO: Albert Rivera slams ‘extremes’ of both PP and Podemos during investiture debate [in Spanish]
• Ciudadanos leader calls out both parties: ‘Stop destroying … start building’ • Slams PP, Podemos, Catalan separatists for voting together to…
#VIDEO: PACMA president denounces hunters’ abuse, abandonment of greyhounds [in Spanish]
• Animal rights activist says thousands of dogs abused, abandoned each year • Greyhound hunting: ‘It’s not just one rotten apple, the…
#VIDEO: Pablo Iglesias ties Socialist ex-President Felipe González to 1985 murders of ETA members
• Iglesias links ex-President Felipe González to 1985 murders of ETA members • Podemos leader’s reference met with jeers, calls to ‘Get…
#VIDEO: NGO programme raises awareness among Madrid students about homelessness [in Spanish]
• ‘Cooperación Internacional’ NGO has homeless tell their stories to students • Programme makes youth aware that homelessness could happen to anyone…
#VIDEO: Sánchez calls on PSOE rank-and-file to support pact amid criticism from Socialist ‘barons’
• Socialist leader seeks to bolster support for ‘progressive, reformist’ pact • As sniping between between Socialist party (PSOE) and anti-austerity party…
#VIDEO: PSOE’s Hernando says Pablo Iglesias now Rajoy’s ‘great hope’ for blocking Sánchez investiture
• PSOE spokesman: “Pablo Iglesias is today the great hope of Mariano Rajoy’ • Accuses Podemos directly of ‘spreading lies’ about PSOE-Ciudadanos…
#VIDEO: Pablo Iglesias press conference rejecting PSOE-Ciudadanos accord [in Spanish] – 24/02/16
• Podemos rejects PSOE-C’s pact, says can only work with PP abstention vote • Iglesias: ‘neither legislative nor gov’t accord, because numbers…
#VIDEO: Animal rights group denounces ram fights as cruel and promoting suffering for entertainment
• Animals made to head-butt each other until one ‘loses’ consciousness • Animal rights party Equo has called on municipal authorities in…
#VIDEO: Thirty-five years later, the 23-F attempted military coup that nearly ended Spain’s democracy
• Guardia Civil officers’ 1981 attempt to takeover Congress thwarted • In recent weeks, many political commentators have remarked that the current…
#VIDEO: Pedro Sánchez responds to Iglesias, offering negotiations first and ‘photo opp’ later
• PSOE leader says negotiators should start work toward coalition accord • The leader of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, has…
#VIDEO: Podemos press conference on proposal for participation in coalition government [in Spanish]
• Pablo Iglesias says Catalonia referendum “essential” to accord with PSOE • Insists PSOE cannot negotiate simultaneously with Podemos and Ciudadanos ►…
#VIDEO: Valentine’s Day protest march in Madrid condemns ongoing gender violence nationwide
• Protest organized under theme of “Love neither hurts, nor kills” • Marchers condemn murders of 24 women by men in first…
#VIDEO: Sculpture at undersea museum in Lanzarote reminder of daily plight of refugees, asylum seekers
• Sculpture depicts Middle East refugees’ attempts to reach safety • Art work installed at world’s first underwater museum in Canary Islands…
#VIDEO: Historic Casa Pinet restaurant in Tàrbena issues ‘call to arms’ at Change.org to avoid closure
• Petitioners ask PSOE’s Ximo Puig to save Alicante mountain town tavern • The colourful Casa Pinet restaurant in the Alicante mountain…
#VIDEO: Pedro Sánchez press conference Feb. 5th, following meeting with Pablo Iglesias [in Spanish]
• PSOE leader rejects demand for ‘exclusive’ negotiations with Podemos • Sánchez leaves door open to inclusive, multi-party dialogue on policy issues…