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The left that no longer works. Ideas to get back on track.

48 min read JUAN TORRES

JUAN TORRES
The recent indictment of former socialist president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is riddled with accusations without evidence and based on unproven presumptions, but it cannot be denied that it is part of a very long trail of frustrations and disappointments produced by left-wing leaders in almost the entire world.

Even if his complete innocence were proven tomorrow on all the charges against him, we couldn't help but wonder what someone who presents himself as a moral reference point for the left was doing among commission agents, corrupt officials, and traitors, and what need he has to dedicate himself to making money on the always subtle border between right and wrong when, at the same time, he gives speeches as a champion of equality, transparency, and social justice.

Juan Torres: Economics has become the biggest intellectual fraud in history

8 min read PASCUAL SERRANO

PASCUAL SERRANO
We live in times when we constantly hear alarmist voices from the left about the rise of the far right, or even fascism. We see leaders fervently defending neoliberal economic policies, from Milei with his chainsaw to Trump with his tariffs. Therefore, finding a book that attempts to analyze this rigorously, without merely scratching the surface, is a welcome relief.

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Spain: Laws to protect those who break the law

5 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The paradox of some supposedly progressive measures by the Spanish government is that they are designed to guarantee rights even if you have previously, personally, broken the law. Let me explain. If a vulnerable family approaches social services or registers on public waiting lists for social housing, it would take years to obtain it, and they would probably never be offered it. Their constitutional right to housing would not be fulfilled.

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The Serbian high command that organized the human safaris in Bosnia was a CIA agent

8 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The emerging reports about the "human safaris" in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War point to Jovica Stanisic as "the Serbian officer in charge of organizing the trips for the wealthy snipers." In fact, the investigation by the Milanese judiciary identifies Stanisic as the coordinator of these trips under the guise of "hunting excursions."
But who exactly is Jovica Stanisic?

Europe Latin America Principal2

A Nobel Prize winner in war uniform

3 min read DANIEL JADUE 0 comments

DANIEL JADUE
When the Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, it chose to call "peace" what, in the South, we know as intervention and tutelage. It awarded it to a person who for years has placed herself at the disposal of a foreign power to promote a coup d'état in her own country. Someone who has even called, even in international forums, for foreign military intervention in the genocidal State of Israel, and who, in the midst of the devastation of Gaza, defends the Zionist entity with the grammar of "self-defense."

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Mariano Sánchez Soler: "The corruption of Franco's regime has barely been investigated."

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JAYRO SANCHEZ
Mariano Sánchez Soler is a Spanish journalist, writer, and historian. He is known for being the author of several seminal studies on the Franco regime and the ultraconservative legacies of Spanish democracy. He has just published *La familia Franco SA* (Editorial Roca, 2025). We spoke with him about the business dealings and secrets of the longest-lasting dictatorship of the 20th century in the West.

Europe News

Russian attack on Von der Leyen: Frame-up or sabotage?

11 min read JASIEL PARIS 0 comments

JASIEL PARIS
On August 31, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen landed in Bulgaria after reporting interference with her plane's GPS. The Financial Times reported that the plane was forced to continue flying for an hour without the ability to land, until the pilots landed manually using paper maps.

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The business of genocide: there are no limits to capitalism when it comes to making money

5 min read JUAN TORRES 0 comments

JUAN TORRES LÓPEZ
I'm sure many of the people who read my articles have heard about the latest report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published last June.

However, I want to return to activity after the summer break, echoing it for three important reasons. First, because we must continue to denounce and combat what I believe is a true crime against humanity, committed by Israel against the Palestinian people and with the complicity of the great powers that dominate the world.

Still from the film 'City of Life and Death', which recounts the Nanjing Massacre.

Asia China Europe Principal2

China in World War II: A Necessary Reassessment

7 min read XULIO RIOS 0 comments

XULIO RIOS
In China, the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the global victory over fascism reminds us of the enormous sacrifice endured by this country in its long struggle against the Japanese invader. The Japanese invasion of the 30s and 40s, marked by atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre (1937), subjected China to unimaginable cruelty.
nable. According to the most recent estimates, military and civilian casualties exceeded 35 million people in a battle that lasted 14 years. More than any other country involved in the conflict. This suffering added considerable difficulties to the reconstruction work promoted by the new power established in 1949.

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Sevim Dagdelen: The EU and NATO's massive rearmament plans have nothing to do with defense

11 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
Sevim Dagdelen, a former German Bundestag member and spokesperson for international affairs for the parliamentary group of Sahra Wagenkecht's party (BSW), has been in Spain (Madrid and Valencia) presenting her book "NATO: A Reckoning with the Alliance of Values," published in Spain earlier this year. Previously, she was the leader of the Left Party's Foreign Affairs, Defense, Interior, and Economic Committees.

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The European Union will fund the anti-communist radio station launched by the US during the Cold War.

9 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The European Union agreed on May 20 to provide emergency funding to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the U.S. government ended its subsidies to the network.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said EU foreign ministers had agreed on a €5,5 million funding package to "support the vital work of Radio Free Europe."

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Side…. which side?

5 min read XULIO RIOS 0 comments

XULIO RIOS
The barrage of criticism surrounding Pedro Sánchez's recent trip to China has been surprising. They say it's not "our side," that "there's more to Asia" than China (although the mission also included Vietnam), that the timing couldn't have been worse... However, the trip was a complete success, both in terms of the current situation and the expectations it met, judging by the official assessment provided by Moncloa.

And which side are we on? That of Mr. "Neckcutter," who assigns unavoidable duties to Minister Cuerpo? Or that of Robert Palladino, chargé d'affaires of the US Embassy in Hungary, who has warned the Hungarian government to refrain from attracting Chinese investment?