Spain's Podemos holds its autumn congress
SPANISH socialist party Podemos began its autumn congress on Saturday, with the first day heavily focused on international solidarity and the need to build a strong united European movement of the left.
The war against the Palestinians in Gaza inevitably took centre stage.
Wearing a keffiyeh, secretary-general Ionne Balarra told the congress: “What is the difference between what the Nazis did and burning people alive under cloth in a hospital? None.
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