As I grew up with television, the phrase “we were pending what they told us about the transistor”When the elders told us how they lived through certain historical events. Old and pretty. Now we receive the information through multiple means (radio, internet, messaging applications, TV …). And this is causing the information to be very...Read More
Last Tuesday, April 9th, the Permanent People’s Tribunal’s Report on the Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees was presented in the European Parliament. Amongst the people presenting the Report was our colleague (and one of the Judges of the PPT), Patricia Orejudo. She was accompanied by Bridget Anderson, Perfecto Andrés Ibáñez, Luciana Castellina, Mireille Fanon Mendes...Read More
Our colleague Daniel Amelang participated in the Half-Day of General Discussion of the 125th Session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee. The session is regarding Article 21 (right of peaceful assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 21 The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be...Read More
On October 20th, our colleague Daniel Amelang will participate in the conference “New Tools of repression against social movements and counter practices in Europe” in Torino (Italy).Read More
We are proud to announce that our colleague Silvia Beltrán will enter live on BBC News next Monday, April 30th, at 10:30, in order to discuss the conviction of ‘The Wolf Pack’ (“La Manada”), a group of men charged with gang raping a 19 year old woman during the San Fermines festivities in Pamplona.Read More
Extracted from: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-is-the-spanish-government-afraid-of-a-puppet-show The Witch and Don Cristóbal” débuted in January at an anarchist library in Granada, the latest production by the two-man troupe known as Títeres Desde Abajo (“Puppets from Below”). It tells the story of a squatter, the Witch, and an abusive landlord, Don Cristóbal, who comes to evict her from the house...Read More
Article extracted from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/world/europe/spain-europe-protest-free-speech.html?emc=eta1 MADRID — A puppet show at an open square in Madrid during Carnival festivities in February featured a policeman who tried to entrap a witch. The puppet officer held up a little sign to falsely accuse her, using a play on words that combined Al Qaeda and...Read More
