Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s marvelous 1979 movie Being There.
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EU politics
The Irish Times: Spain’s judges back in spotlight after ‘lack of impartiality’ verdict
A good summary of why Spanish courts of law have fallen into disrepute. For further reading see Georgina Blakeley – Catalonia: a year on, political prisoners go unnoticed by the rest of the world here […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: May 1968 and inequality
The May ’68 Movement was the start of a historical period of considerable reduction in social inequalities in France which ran out of steam later for quite different reasons. Read here
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte: Spanish law is being used to silence political opposition yet Europe remains silent
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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