Analysis: Spain’s ‘Socialist’ President is Courting the Far Right
by Tommy Greene
In the wake of the Melilla massacre, a floundering Pedro Sánchez made a predictable political play: cosy up to the cops.
Tag: morocco
Report: Coronavirus Has Made Things Even Worse for Migrant Workers on Spain’s Fruit Farms
by Nic Murray
Most strawberries sold in British supermarkets are grown in southern Spain, on fruit farms run by multinational companies that exploit migrant labour. Coronavirus has left fewer workers under pressure to meet high export targets, without PPE or cleaning products. Nic Murray reports.
‘Pacifism; It’s Over’: The Story of Morocco’s Hirak Movement
by Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns
The Hirak movement, centred in Morocco's Rif region, demands social change: ‘a university, a hospital, and work’. It has been met by brutal repression by the Makhzan: a word for the combined apparatus of the ruling class. But the Makhzan is now on the back foot, and tomorrow's protest is set to be the biggest yet, report Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns from Morocco.
Could Morocco’s Latest Wave of Protests Finally Force the Change They Seek?
by Joe Hayns
Following the murder of Mouhcine Fikri, protesters in Morocco have returned to the ‘unfinished business’ of the 20 February Movement of 2011. In doing so, they are showing that fundamental change in the country is not a question of if, but how.