Vila Web – Heavy clashes with police during fifth night of protests in Catalonia

In the 20th century, when electoral results did not please the established elite and its international allies, tanks rolled down the street. In the 21st century, the reaction is less bloody, but no less intrusive. […]

Representatives of more than 16 professions including doctors and lawyers have joined strike action to defend their self-funded pension schemes which they say the government’s pension reforms ignore. Read here

As the climate crisis deepens, fault lines between different possible political-economic pathways are widening. Read here