Madrid’s health workers and people unite in the struggle for primary health care
Following a massive protest coordinated by community groups mid-November, primary-level physicians in Madrid will embark on a strike against the deterioration of health care
Progressives mobilize across Spain to protest privatization of healthcare
The protesters demanded strengthening of the public health sector through increased investments and the repeal of laws allowing privatization of health care
West European countries see unprecedented surge in new COVID-19 cases
Spain has become the first European country to record more than one million cases with France set to follow suit. Italy, Germany and the UK are badly affected too
Daniel Gallardo and the Spanish walls
Daniel Gallardo was arrested on October 17, 2019 when he was participating in a solidarity rally with Catalan political prisoners
Working class demonstrates in Spain for a social emergency plan
The demonstrators demanded the protection of workers’ rights and for an urgent social emergency plan to tackle the COVID-19 crisis
Far-right rallies against lockdown in Spain met with resistance
Right-wing groups including the Vox and Francoists have organized rallies across Spain protesting the lockdown
In Spain, demands for ensuring safety of Basque political prisoners
Patxi Ruiz, a political prisoner belonging to the Basque ethnicity in Spain, started a hunger strike in the Murcia II prison where he is being held to protest harassment and threats by the jail authorities
Progressive sections in Madrid protest evictions at La Ingobernable social center
La Ingobernable is a platform of feminists, environmentalists and anarchists running a series of self-managed social centers in central Madrid. The Madrid committees of Izquierda Unida (IU) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) have condemned their eviction during the lockdown
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