As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Spain’s left government stumbles at the polls
The coalition government that included the left-wing Podemos looks to be over after local elections — but as the alternative to the hard-right Vox party, the PSOE may be able to go it alone, writes ALAN McGUIRE
SPAIN DECIDES: A man checks his phone next to a wall with electoral banners for May’s regional elections, in Pamplona, May 26, 2023
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
SPAIN went to the polls on Sunday May 28 to elect 8,100 city and town hall representatives including in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia; 12 autonomous communities which have legislative responsibilities over education, housing and health were also re-elected.
With the conservative and reactionary right on the rise over the past year, the Spanish left, which is currently in a coalition government nationally, had hoped to save certain strategic terrain. For the radical left, its aim was to enter or maintain some representation in big cities. Both the centre-left and radical left failed to do both.
The right has been on the attack for some time, weaving a narrative of an illegitimate government and using lawfare where possible. This started during the Covid-19 lockdown and was solidified by a rise in the polls for the People’s Party (PP).
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