Spanish state

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After two days of debate, the Spanish congress invested the second-term government led by prime minister Pedro Sánchez on November 16, following a deal between the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and Together for Catalonia (Junts), reports Dick Nichols.

NATO meeting in Madrid

NATO’s hawkish Madrid meeting booked the political benefits from Putin’s Ukraine invasion to the account of the imperialist power that stood to gain most from it — the US, reports Dick Nichols.

Unidos Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias will head the party's list in Madrid's regional elections, writes Dick Nichols. But will Madrid's working class mobilise in numbers to support the left and prevent a far-right victory?