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The bad light

Rural dwellers know it well and are very wary of approaching it. Although science has explained the “bad light” as a spontaneous combustion of gases that produces iridescence, villagers know it is a soul in pain that wanders the countryside…

Right-Wing Extremism and The Cold War Go Hand-In-Hand

U.S. “ironclad” support for militarism undercuts attempts to curb right-wing terrorism. From white supremacist violence in the West Bank to gendered violence in Olongapo, we can’t defeat at home what we export abroad. In his first month as secretary of…

Sánchez or Feijóo: Spain is moving towards an unpredictable Right-Wing

Pedro Sánchez is clinging to optimism and the epic of the comeback, but the polls point to the contrary and Alberto Núñez Feijóo is aiming to become president of the Spanish government. Beyond a classic duel between the socialists of…

PSOE and French far right support Morocco in the European Parliament

The vote of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party in the European Parliament alongside the French extreme right is increasingly inexplicable from the point of view of human rights and ethics. A vote against freedom of information and expression in Morocco.…

Undersecretary Ahumada in the right-wing crosshairs

The persistent attacks by the right wing and those in power against the Undersecretary of International Economic Relations (Serei) are signs of desperation. They are hurt that José Miguel Ahumada, in his outstanding academic work, has criticised the limits set…

Spain’s right wing goes to mass in memory of Franco – coincidentally?

The media and networks in Spain are hyperventilating because Pablo Casado, president of the Spanish Popular Party, has attended a mass with his family in Granada, held in memory of Francisco Franco, the dictator. To objectify it visually, which helps…

Trapped, between the Right that won’t and the Left that can’t

In recent times we have been witnessing a dangerous polarisation of political and ideological camps all over the world, and particularly in Latin America. The different positions are becoming more radical, moving down the path of verbal violence, disqualification and…

Goodbye Left vs Right; Hello Humanism vs Anti-humanism!

Today’s political landscape is confusing, to say the least.  The old framework of left and right seems to be crumbling before our eyes.  In the USA, the suffering working class voted overwhelmingly for a multi-billionaire dedicated to cutting taxes for…

Right-wing, left-wing, human-wing

There is a momentary sway in people’s political interest towards the Right, towards a conservative policy on immigrants and refugees mainly in Europe, as now seen in France with the wins of the political right-wing. Also in Europe, but in…