Tag / Spain
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The Consciousness of Trauma
“Hundreds Hurt as Spain Cracks Down Catalan Referendum.” “800 injured in Catalonia.” “Violence Breaks out in Spain.” I scrolled through these headlines during the days following the historic Catalonian independence referendum, and I was in shock. I couldn’t imagine the scenes described by these titles in a country that I had visited countless times before,…
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FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: Athletic Rivalry or Political Tool?
BY BRIAN LEIBOWITZ “Més que un club,” reads FC Barcelona’s team motto, signifying that it is more than just a club soccer team. But what exactly is “more”? Throughout Spanish history, the bitter rivalry between the great teams of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, popularly known as El Clásico, has been symbolic of the political…
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Blood on Their Doorposts
BY GABE RUBIN Despite recent investor bullishness and cocky parliamentary speeches from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Spain remains mired in a profound economic crisis that has hurled its citizens into dire straits. While the overall unemployment rate stands at the American Great Depression level of 25 percent, youth unemployment, at over 50 percent, threatens to…
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Enough with Austerity
In the UK, the country I’ve called home for the past few months, we’ve now officially entered an unexpected double-dip recession. Like Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron inherited a huge debt. However, the British pound is much more vulnerable than the dollar, and the Tories decided to institute swift austerity measures for fear of becoming…
