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    Cannabis social club activists in Spain liberated
    November 2011
    Tom Blickman

    Cultivation and consumption of cannabis is decriminalised to an extent but lack of guidelines causes rogue social clubs to undermine the success of self-regulated social clubs. The result; an unwarranted arrest of three Pannagh activists. 

    Indignados movement takes root in Barcelona
    October 2011
    Hilary Wainwright

    Five months since the launch of the indignados movement, Spain is witnessing the emergence of an experimental movement committed to profound democratisation where leadership is shared and learnt.

    Cannabis Social Clubs en Espagne
    October 2011
    Martin Barriuso Alonso (FAC)

    Les Clubs Sociaux du Cannabis (CSC) sont des associations d’usagers qui s’organisent pour s’auto-approvisionner sans avoir recours au marché noir. Profitant de une zone grise juridique, il existe depuis plusieurs années, des clubs privés qui produisent du cannabis pour le distribuer, sans but...

    Série sur la Réforme Législative des Politiques des Drogues, Numéro 9
    Spain: The 'Indignant’ and the Paris Commune
    June 2011
    Atilio Boron

    One hundred and forty years after the Paris Commune similar demands for democratic change resonate strongly in Spain. Recent mass mobilisations show the Spanish people have had enough of politics that serve only the interests of a few, while public interests are subordinated to the profit...

    Carbon market “growth” is mainly fraudulent, World Bank report shows
    August 2010
    Oscar Reyes

    The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation.

    Interview with Susan George at Enlazando Alternativas, Madrid 2010
    May 2010
    Susan George

    Susan talked about the meaning and significance of Enlazando Alternativas as it met for the fourth time at the EA4 summit in Madrid, May 14-18 2010.

    Secrecy, Torture & Human Rights: US War Crimes, European Complicity, and International Law
    May 2010
    Tom Reifer

    Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's role in defending torture and rendition under the Obama administration raises serious concerns about the ongoing failure of the US government to end its own practice of extreme human rights abuses throughout the world.

    Putin and Europe on the same crisis page
    March 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The
    current wave of strikes across Europe are only a prelude to what will
    come, as the ruling elite are not prepared to change their anti-crisis
    policies that have merely supported the corporations that caused the
    crisis.

    Pinochet on Trial: Timeline
    November 2002
    TNI

    Pinochet arrest and trial timeline.

    Operation Exit: The Political Decision on the Pinochet Case
    March 2000
    TNI

    Full text of UK Home Secretary Jack Straw's decision not to extradite former dictator Augusto Pinochet to face trial in Spain.

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