Spain
An exchange on the Spanish Civil War: Socialism or a bourgeois republic?
April 11, 2007
Below we publish an email from a reader and a reply by WSWS writer Ann Talbot. (See “Eric Hobsbawm on the Spanish Civil War: an anti-historical tirade” and “Introductory remarks by W...
Spanish Judge calls for architects of Iraq invasion to be tried for war crimes
By Vicky Short, March 27, 2007
Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who sought to prosecute Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, has called for US President George W. Bush and his allies to be tried for war crimes over Iraq.
The Madrid bombing trial: what has been revealed so far
By Paul Bond, March 24, 2007
On the third anniversary of the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, the trial of those accused of planning and perpetrating the atrocity has become a focus for bitter political divisions wit...
Eric Hobsbawm on the Spanish Civil War: an anti-historical tirade
By Ann Talbot, March 16, 2007
Eric Hobsbawm recently wrote an article in the Guardian about the Spanish Civil War, partly in memory of the 70th anniversary of that war, and partly to trail his forthcoming book Globalisation, Democ...
Thousands of African migrants drown trying to reach Europe
By Vicky Short, January 4, 2007
The year 2006 closed with yet another in a long list of tragedies suffered by African migrants seeking refuge in Europe. More than 100 people from Senegal drowned on December 15, in the open seas, whe...
Introductory remarks by World Socialist Web Site correspondent at Madrid congress on Spanish Civil War
By our reporter, December 11, 2006
A three-day conference was held in Madrid between November 27 and 29 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War. An account of the meeting, “Congress held in Madrid on 70th anniversar...
Congress held in Madrid on 70th anniversary of Spanish Civil War
By Bill Van Auken, December 4, 2006
The three-day congress held last week in Madrid on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War was one of the largest and most heavily attended academic and intellectual events in Sp...
Spain: Socialist Party government betrays victims of Franco’s dictatorship
By Paul Stuart, December 4, 2006
On November 16, the human rights group Amnesty International issued its report on the Law for the Recovery of Historical Memory drafted by Spain’s Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government.
Spain: Amnesty International details abuse of migrants
By Marcus Morgan, December 1, 2006
A report published by Amnesty International details the worsening situation facing many migrants from the sub-Saharan African region at the hands of both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities.
WSWS correspondent to address international conference on the Spanish Civil War
November 24, 2006
World Socialist Web Site correspondent Ann Talbot is to address the International Conference on the Spanish Civil War, in Madrid on November 27-29, 2006.
Spain: Popular Party attempts to wreck ETA ceasefire
By Paul Mitchell, November 18, 2006
Spain’s right-wing opposition Popular Party (PP) is attempting to wreck the ceasefire announced on March 24, 2006, by the Basque separatist group Euskadi ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freed...
Right-wing Popular Party attacks Spain’s leading judge
By Daniel O’Flynn and Vicky Short, November 9, 2006
A campaign has been mounted by the right-wing opposition Spanish Popular Party (PP) against the leading judge, Baltasar Garzón.
