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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Spain’s Postfascism on Trial

February 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Yesterday the trials of Catalonian political prisoners in Spain began. Human Rights Watch has questioned the legitimacy of the trials, asking why “no police officer had been convicted for excessive use of violence during the […]

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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte: Spanish law is being used to silence political opposition yet Europe remains silent

February 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Today, 12 February, the trial of the Catalonian political prisoners begins in Spain. As the drama unfolds in front of the world, behind the scenes the Guardia Civil and the Spanish National Police will continue […]

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Corporate Human Rights Violations by Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte

October 24, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose The term “human rights” has a positive connotation: inalienable rights for everyone, regardless of location, religion, ethnicity or any other qualities. There is one clear anomaly in this system: […]

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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia and Spanish nationalism

October 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This weekend we are posting two articles concerning national independence, in Catalonia and Scotland, by authors we greatly value. There is little to criticise in their analyses. The problem is that both articles define their […]

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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia and Postfascism

October 1, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A year ago was the Catalan independence referendum, which was so brutally repressed by the Spanish government. The concatenation of events in Catalonia and Spain since then have confronted us with a nation that maintains […]

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Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte – The UN Human Rights Council’s “Draft Zero” still won’t prioritise human rights above the rights of corporations

August 31, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Next month, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will consider the first draft (“Draft Zero”) of a new treaty on the human rights responsibilities of corporations. It it has already been criticised for key shortcomings […]

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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia: A new king with old rules

August 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

What is becoming increasingly clear is that the Social Democrats have no solutions to Spain´s most pressing problems. Besides a few superficial actions will be the new enforcers of neo-liberalism in Spain. Somehow that has […]

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David Whyte – Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on

July 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much in common. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal studies at the University of Liverpool. His most recent book is The Violence […]

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David Whyte – Catalonia: the promise of a republic built on civil disobedience

December 1, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

When many nations in the EU come under pressure one suddenly realises how thin the democratic veneer is. This is of little surprise, as the principal raison d’être of the EU is economic, better said […]

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Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalan independence is not just ‘nationalism’ – it’s a rebellion against nationalism

November 3, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte argue that Catalonia’s independence movement is driven by solidarity – and resistance to far-right Spanish nationalists Ignasi Bernat is an academic sociologist and social movement activist based in Barcelona David Whyte, is  Professor of Socio-legal […]

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