IS SPAIN’S NAME-CHANGING GAME-CHANGING?

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged aesthetics, Angela Ruiz Robles, Annalisa Merelli, anonymity, change, Ciudadanos, cordoba, Darren Anderson, environment, family, feminism, Franco, Frida Kahlo, gender, gender equality, herstory, history, Jane Austen, LD, libdems, names, Nick van Mead, podemos, politics, progress, PSOE, representation, roads, Rosa Parks, Soledad Cazorla, spain, Spanish, street, street name, well-being, women.

by Carmina Masoliver

Since moving into my own place in the beautiful city of Córdoba, I’ve realised how important the aesthetics of our environment are to our well-being. Both inside and outside of the home, I feel uplifted, and can meditate on the simple pleasures of my surroundings. So for many Spanish people, the news that street names are being changed is a lot bigger than it might seem on the surface.

Franco’s dictatorship is an all-too-present memory, which I learnt more about when speaking to my abuelito, my paternal grandfather, about it. It divided the family, and although a majority of Spain looks back on this time with regret and sadness, there are some who still support his legacy. At such times where we are becoming more divided, and dominant groups increasingly scapegoat, discriminate against, and oppress minorities, perhaps this is an important message from a government which is currently in disorder.Continue Reading

IS ANOTHER EUROPE POSSIBLE? – AN INTERVIEW WITH NATALIE BENNETT

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged air quality, antonia costa, british politics, caroline lucas, charter of fundamental rights, david raby, environment, environmentalists for europe, EU, EU referendum, Europe, european politics, european union, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, glyphosate, Greece, Green, Green Party, greens, interview, jeremy corbyn, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, maternity leave, migration, natalie bennett, neonicotinoid pesticides, Nigel Farage, people's assembly, People’s Assembly Against Austerity, podemos, political interview, political interviews, politics, portugal, spain, students, Syriza, tuition fees.

by Rowan Gavin

With just four days until polling day, the EU referendum continues to dominate news headlines and pub conversations. Like many, I have been exhausted by the fearmongering, unconvincing and generally depressing arguments churned out by the mainstream campaigns on both sides. So when The Norwich Radical asked me to interview Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, about the positive Green case for staying in the EU, I was excited to hear some refreshing ideas on the topic. I also got the chance to speak to David Raby, a Green Party City Councillor in Norwich.

THE DEATH OF THATCHERISM?

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 2020, blairite, Britain, corbyn, democracy, jeremy corbyn, jeremy corbyn national anthem, john mcdonnell, Labour, labour party, margaret thatcher, media, neoliberal, new labour, Parliament, patriotism, podemos, press, refugee policy, social commentary, team corbyn, Thatcher, thatcherism, uk politics.

by Alex Hort-Francis

Corbyn’s first week shows direct democracy is essential to empower his supporters, and keep his enemies at bay.

Watching the Andrew Marr show the morning after the Labour leadership election felt like waking up in a fictional alternate history; people like that never get into positions of power in the real world. Along with coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s win was an interview with the cyborgified brain of Adolf Hitler, who criticised Angela Merkel’s refugee policy, followed by Keith Richards on what his coven of deathless vampire musicians thought about the resurgence of Britain’s left.

The prompt media attack on Team Corbyn has been equal parts predictable and absurd. Within hours of his appointment as shadow chancellor the internet was plastered with the irrelevant factoid that John McDonnell once whimsically commented he would, were he a time traveller, return to the 80s and assassinate Margaret Thatcher — a premise I’m hopeful Chris Mullin turns into a feature-length tv drama.Continue Reading

RADICAL ANTI-AUSTERITY FROM THE EUROPEAN LEFT SHOULDN’T BE IGNORED

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Ada Colau, anti austerity, austerity, Barcelona, corruption, ECB, economics, election, employment, EU, Europe, finance, international, left, left wing, Madrid, Pablo Iglesias, podemos, political analysis, political party, politics, Populares, povery, PSOE, spain, Spanish, Syriza, tax evasion, work.

by Antonio Esposito Ryan

Pablo Iglesias’ party Podemos is just over 100 days old, yet it threatens to dismantle the monotonous duplicity in Spanish politics. Both the centre left ‘socialist’ PSOE and the centre right Populares are under threat from the party’s recent surge in support.

Iglesias, a lecturer at the University Compultense de Madrid, was known for his hyperactive stunts — such as asking his students to stand on their tables and assess power. He is unique in his approach to critiquing power amongst his academic counterparts; consistently reminding his students to continually scrutinize power. Iglesias vehemently opposes the neo-liberal capitalist orthodoxy of Thatcher and Reagan, and created Podemos as a backlash response to the highly critical politicians deriding the anti-austerity ‘indignado’ protests of 2011 in Puerta Del Sol. The establishment moaned saying the protestors should create their own political party. Iglesias responded to the request with a miraculous result.Continue Reading

PODEMOS MUST MOVE FROM ANTI AUSTERITY TO SOCIALISM

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged anti-cuts, austerity, cuts, Greece, international politics, podemos, politics, spain, Syriza.

by David Peel

I know it is a bit early to be thinking of Christmas 2015, but it is worth putting a note in your diaries to watch out for the Spanish General Election, which takes place on December 20. By then, here in Britain, we will be seven months into our own messy government coalitions, following the General Election in May, a time of extraordinary drama and instability not seen for a generation in British political and national life.

By then also, the issue of Greece might be resolved, but it is doubtful. With Syriza, the anti-austerity movement thought perhaps a corner had been turned. And yet a few weeks after the momentous victory and following tough negotiations with the Troika, it looks like austerity is alive and well. It’s most virulent opponent – a coalition of the Radical Left and anti-immigration Right – is managing to keep it going while hoping a desperate Greek people stay loyal.Continue Reading

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IS SPAIN’S NAME-CHANGING GAME-CHANGING?

IS ANOTHER EUROPE POSSIBLE? – AN INTERVIEW WITH NATALIE BENNETT

RADICAL ANTI-AUSTERITY FROM THE EUROPEAN LEFT SHOULDN’T BE IGNORED

PODEMOS MUST MOVE FROM ANTI AUSTERITY TO SOCIALISM

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