Spain

All change in Italy and Spain?

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Italy’s billionaire “playboy” prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is coming under increasing pressure to step aside as his country slips ever-closer towards economic crisis.

Berlusconi’s opinion rating dropped to a record low of 22% after a rally on 6 November.

Italian left party Rifondazione called last week for immediate elections, to act as a referendum on the economic policy forced on the country by the EU and carried out by Berlusconi.

Even Berlusconi’s Northern League coalition partner leader Umberto Bossi called on him to resign before a crucial budget debate as the interest rate on Italy’s borrowing reached 6.74%.

"Spain" by W. H. Auden,

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W. H. Auden, "Spain"

The Spanish Revolution and Civil War broke out 75 years ago.

"The stars are dead. The animals will not look.
We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and
History to the defeated
May say Alas but cannot help or pardon."

Tahrir Square comes to Spain

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James Bloodworth

"This is a protest they will never understand" said one youth, as he, along with around 2,000 other young people, camped out in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, defying a ban on demonstrations in the days before municipal and regional elections on Sunday 22 May.

Marxists, Stalinists, Anarchists, Fascists and Workers in the Spanish Revolution of 1936-37

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W H Auden, Miriam Gould, M. Casanova, Hal Draper, Paul Hampden, Chris Hickey, Robert Martin, Sean Matgamna, John McNair, George Orwell, Martin Thomas, Leon Trotsky