Spain is different (1)
- August 17, 2011
- by
- Matt
I’m writing from Barcelona, where I lived for nine years during the 1990s. The early 90s were boom years for the Catalan capital, as they were for Spain in general. It was a period in which the Barcelona town council and the regional government was pouring money into public building...
Los Indignados
- May 21, 2011
- by
- Matt
Astonishing events are unfolding in Spain, where anti-austerity protests have been taking place across the country on the eve of regional and local elections. 20,000 people have turned the Puerta del Sol in Madrid into a mini Tahrir Square.
Last week there were protests in more than fifty cities, in what appears to be a spontaneous...
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