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Brussels conference lifts Ukraine solidarity to higher plane

Dick Nichols — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:30:00 +1000

The Brussels Solidarity with Ukraine conference drew together about 200 activists from a score of countries, in support of the Ukrainian people’s national and social rights, reports Dick Nichols.

How well did the left go in the June 9 European election?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:45:00 +1000

Dick Nichols reports that the parties to the left of the social democracy appear to have held their ground against the surge of the far right and mainstream right in the June 9 European parliamentary elections.

Catalonia: Independentism can’t afford another setback like the May 12 election

Dick Nichols — Fri, 17 May 2024 11:15:00 +1000

The May 12 regional election exposed Catalan independentism’s state of fragmentation, writes Dick Nichols.

Spanish Basque Country election: Change looming under the surface

Dick Nichols — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:45:00 +1000

In the Spanish Basque Country (Euskadi), all signs point to a difficult life for the incoming Basque Nationalist-Socialist Party of Euskadi government, following the April 21 election, reports Dick Nichols.

Spain: Can a PSOE-led government dependent on Catalan independentism last?

Dick Nichols — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:30:00 +1100

After two days of debate, the Spanish congress invested the second-term government led by prime minister Pedro Sánchez on November 16, following a deal between the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and Together for Catalonia (Junts), reports Dick Nichols.

‘The power of education is key to achieving Afghanistan’s emancipation’: Interview with Malalai Joya

Dick Nichols — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +1100

Afghan activist and author Malalai Joya discusses the shape of resistance against the Taliban today, with �鶹��ý’s Dick Nichols.

Spain: Rubiales sexual harassment case detonates social explosion

Dick Nichols — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

While Luis Rubiales' resignation is a victory for the campaign against sexual harassment in Spanish sport, the case continues to shake up Spanish society, reports Dick Nichols.

#ItsOver: Playing ban by Women's World Cup champions rocks Spain

Dick Nichols — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:30:00 +1000

The #ItsOver (#SeAcabó) movement has erupted in Spain to demand the resignation of national football chief Luis Rubiales, over his sexist behaviour following the Spanish women's team's World Cup victory, reports Dick Nichols.

Understanding the belated rise of Portugal’s new far right

Dick Nichols — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +1000

In Part 2 of our interview, Left Bloc leader Jorge Costa discusses the recent rise of the far-right Chega (Enough) party in Portugal, with �鶹��ý’s Dick Nichols.

Portugal’s Left Bloc: ‘Our role is to be a left-wing reference point to the movements’

Dick Nichols — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:15:00 +1000

Left Bloc leader Jorge Costa discusses Portugal’s politics under the Socialist Party (PS) government and the party’s changing relation to it, with �鶹��ý’s Dick Nichols.

Spanish election: Right blocked, but now Sánchez needs Puigdemont

Dick Nichols — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +1000

�鶹��ý's European correspondent Dick Nichols analyses the July 23 Spanish general election.

Spanish state: New local administrations emerge after dirty deals

Dick Nichols — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:30:00 +1000

Dick Nichols analyses the recent local and regional elections across the Spanish state.

Spain: Sánchez counters rout in local polls with general election call

Dick Nichols — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:00:00 +1000

The far right were the big winners in the Spanish local elections, reports Dick Nichols, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking to minimise the damage by calling a general election as early as July 23.

Far-right censure motion: Theatre of the grotesque staged in Spanish Congress

Dick Nichols — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:45:00 +1000

The Spanish far-right's latest attempt to censure prime minister Pedro Sanchez' government — with the help of a former leader of the Communist Party of Spain — has backfired, writes Dick Nichols.

Marko Bojcun (1951-2023): A life for socialism and Ukraine’s national rights

Dick Nichols — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:45:00 +1100

When Ukrainian writer, teacher and activist Marko Bojcun died in England on March 11, an important link snapped in the chain of struggle for the Ukrainian people’s social and national emancipation, writes Dick Nichols.

Catalonia: Barcelona demonstrations highlight left divisions over Ukraine

Dick Nichols — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:45:00 +1100

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it soon became clear that there was a gulf between Catalonia’s peace movement and local Ukrainians, which continues to today, writes Dick Nichols.

Spain: Pedro Sánchez launches ‘class war’ election campaign

Dick Nichols — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:15:00 +1100

With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro Sánchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.

Catalonia: Barcelona cuts ties with Israel

Dick Nichols — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:30:00 +1100

Barcelona has suspended official ties with Israel over its violation of Palestinian rights, reports Dick Nichols.

Italy: Amid biggest anti-war march in a decade, peace movement and left wrestle with Ukraine war

Dick Nichols — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 17:15:00 +1100

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is generating debate among southern Europe's pacifist and progressive forces, who turned out for a massive anti-war protest in Rome last month, reports Dick Nichols.

Scotland: British court blocks independence referendum

Dick Nichols — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:30:00 +1100

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for an independence referendum. Dick Nichols reports.

Nicaragua: Families fear for lives of political prisoners on hunger strike

Dick Nichols — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:15:00 +1100

The Daniel Ortega regime treats its jailed opponents as badly or worse than the Somoza family dictatorship, brought down by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1979, writes Dick Nichols.

Russia: Parliament votes to outlaw promotion of LGBTQI relationships

Dick Nichols — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 11:30:00 +1100

Russia’s lower house of parliament passed a bill to outlaw the promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations” on October 27. Not one of the 400 MPs opposed it, reports Dick Nichols.

Catalonia: Junts membership votes to leave government to Republican Left

Dick Nichols — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +1100

The Catalan coalition government of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (Junts) split on October 7. Dick Nichols explains why, and what's at stake for the independentist movement.

Russia: Putin’s call-up stirs protests, endangers patriotic consensus

Dick Nichols — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:15:00 +1000

When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that 300,000 reservists would be called up to bolster the war effort, protests took place across the country, reports Dick Nichols.

Ukrainian workers’ war on two fronts

Dick Nichols — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +1000

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, social conflict inside the country was not put on hold: any illusion that its defence needs might produce a truce in the class struggle soon vanished, reports Dick Nichols.

Spanish state: PSOE’s NATO summit ‘triumph’

Dick Nichols — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 15:30:00 +1000

NATO’s hawkish Madrid meeting booked the political benefits from Putin’s Ukraine invasion to the account of the imperialist power that stood to gain most from it — the US, reports Dick Nichols.

Noam Chomsky has no proposal for ending Russia's war on Ukraine

Dick Nichols — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:45:00 +1000

Dick Nichols responds to political dissident and author Noam Chomsky's recent comments on the war in Ukraine published in �鶹��ý.

Spanish state: Seed of hope sprouts under right-wing vote avalanche in Andalusian election

Dick Nichols — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:30:00 +1000

The landscape after the parliamentary election in Andalusia looks bleak. But, Dick Nichols argues, that hidden beneath the dark statistics, a seed of hope germinated.

European Union bashes Algeria for upsetting Spain over Western Sahara betrayal

Dick Nichols — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:15:00 +1000

Algeria has suspended its treaty of “friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation” with Spain due to its public acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, writes Dick Nichols.

As Russian anti-war sentiment grows, will Ukraine be Putin’s Vietnam?

Dick Nichols — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:30:00 +1000

Anti-war sentiment continues to grow inside Russia, as the death toll rises among soldiers from some of Russia's most ethnically marginalised and poorest peoples, reports Dick Nichols.