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Spain: On Strike

July 4, 2022 John Hird

John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). Since the lifting of COVID19 restrictions, various sectors of the organised workers in the Spanish state have started to take action. The catalyst was the magnificent metal worker’s strike and movement in Cadiz at the end of 2021. In the Basque Country, […]

Regional Elections in Castilla Y León: A New Warning to the Left

February 17, 2022 John Hird

John Hird is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in the Spanish State). The regional election results in Castilla and León are another clear warning to the left as the far-right VOX made the biggest gains for such a party in Europe since the start of the COVID19 pandemic. The results are stark. The Socialist […]

Madrid Election: Socialist Program to Unite Against the Far-Right

May 5, 2021 John Hird

John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). In a very polarised election the right-wing People’s Party have won a clear victory at the expense of the centre right Ciudadanos party and former left party PSOE. The clear victory of the right-wing People’s Party (PP) in the Madrid regional elections […]

With Capitalism in Unprecedented Crisis, Socialism is the Answer

December 3, 2020 John Hird

John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). The recent avalanche of articles reporting the pronouncements of the pillars of capitalist rule such as the IMF, World Bank and EU in the financial press regarding the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, indicate we are at an important […]

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Elderly Left Alone to Die as Virus Crisis Spreads in Spanish State

March 25, 2020 John Hird

John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). All Power to the Balconies! The COVID-19 crisis in the Spanish state, came to International attention on 6 March, when 60 cases in Haro, a small town in the La Rioja wine region, were traced to a funeral in the nearby Basque […]

Spanish state: ‘Wolfpack’ rapists convicted by Supreme Court

June 28, 2019 John Hird

John Hird is a member of CWI Basque country. An important victory for the mass feminist movement In an important victory for the mass feminist movement, the Spanish supreme court has increased the convictions in the Pamplona ‘Wolf Pack’ case to 15 years imprisonment for the five guilty men. It also ruled that the 18 […]