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In 2013 the conservative ruling party of Spain, Partido Popular, launched a draft to a new Citizen Security Law that after a year of critical debate was rammed by the congress. The opponents claim that the laws are undermining democratic rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Partido Popular defends the laws with reference to security and safety while opponents claim that the un
This paper presents and discusses hitherto unexplored primary sources from the Spanish Civil War archive in Salamanca on the relations between the two largest anarcho-syndicalist organizations in the 1930s, namely Swedish SAC and Spanish CNT. The study shows how these organizations understanding and solidarity with each other,and discusses the traces the ideological contradictions of contemporary
Problem description: There is a big difference between the Swedish and the Spanish bread culture. In Spain they normally buy their baguette-looking “barra” in the bakery and then break it to eat together with the food. As the bread should be eaten the same day it’s baked, the Spaniards need to visit the bakery every day. Maybe the Swedish ryemeal bread, with a durability of many days, would be app
The debate on populism is and has been a contested phenomenon. Mostly, scholars focus on defining populism and explaining its development during the two past decades. What is still an unexplored area is why populist parties succeed in gaining electoral support in some countries and fail in others. Despite the consequences of the financial crisis of 2008, a right-wing populist party has failed to g
