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Global Action calls for halt to funding for East African oil pipeline

Activists from 7 countries are singling out Marsh McLennan for its role in the development of the East African oil pipeline. They allege that the insurance brokerage violates OECD CSR guidelines. Members of the #StopEACOP coalition held a coordinated day…

Half a hundred bookshops declare war on war

The campaign ‘More books: it’s war!’, supported by bookshops and publishers, will be demilitarising thought and defends the right “to criticism, dissidence and rigorous, truthful and independent information”. Fifty bookshops, publishers and book agents have launched the campaign More books:…

12 years of 15M

This 14 May will mark the 12th anniversary of the 15 May that gave rise to the Indignados movement. At 12 o’clock in the morning, a demonstration will begin in the Gran Vía metro station (Madrid), which will pass through…

“War is costing us the world”: last days of the campaign against military spending GDAMS 2023

The Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS 2023) are taking place this year under the slogan “War costs us the world” (see the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, May 9, 2023). The campaign will end on…

On the “Sumar” proposal of the so-called “universal inheritance”.

Elections are approaching. With regard to the elections that elect representatives to the courts of the Kingdom of Spain, there is a new electoral proposal which is “Sumar”. It is not here that we wish to analyse either this political…

International Conference on debt and vulture funds

From 21 to 23 April at the Ateneo La Maliciosa in Madrid The International Conference on debt and vulture funds will be held at the Ateneo La Maliciosa in Madrid from 21 to 23 April. During these three intense days,…

Afghan refugee women. Safura

When you think you’ve arrived you realise that there are many other borders here. Language. The aid. The system says all the time: no documents. Bureaucracy is racist By María González Reyes¹/ctxt I know who she is and I approach…

The Cáceres mine gets closer and closer

In Spain, the people of Cáceres oppose the implementation of a mining project that the government continues to promote in spite of everything. As the author of this article says, “the administration is agile with large companies and slow, very…

Red Artea – “Disobedience has its potential when you make it public”.

If it comes to choosing between legality and human rights, the Artea Network, dedicated to the reception of migrants and refugees, has no doubts. By El Salto diario In the early morning of December 27, 2016, two Basque activists were…

New appointment to take to the streets in Madrid against Ayuso’s health policy

Next Sunday, March 26, at 12:00 noon, unions, professional associations and neighborhood groups are calling for a large march from Plaza España to Atocha to continue showing their muscle in favor of public health care. By Redacción El Salto The…

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