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What's new at Links: Euro election in Spain, Netherlands; king sparks
crisis in Spain, Gallipoli centenary, Michael Lebowitz on democracy and
socialism
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Spanish king abdicates: circuit breaker or fuse igniter?
<http://links.org.au/node/3895>
By *Dick Nichols*
June 9, 2014 -- On Monday, June 2, as news spread of the abdication of
the Spanish king, Juan Carlos of Borbon, a strange rustling sound could
be heard across Barcelona. Hard to work out at first, it soon became
clear what it was. It was the city---the capital of Catalonia---laughing.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3895>
Spain: Left parties call for referendum on monarchy
<http://links.org.au/node/3894>
Statement to Podemos Circles, Podemos voters and citizens in
general following the abdication of Juan Carlos de Borbon
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3894>
Murray Smith: Euro elections take place against background of crisis
and social insecurity <http://links.org.au/node/3891>
By *Murray Smith*
June 6, 2014 -- The 2014 European elections were the first to have been
held since the full extent of the financial and economic crisis and its
consequences became apparent.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3891>
Netherlands: Deckchairs quietly shuffled in EU poll fizzer
<http://links.org.au/node/3890>
By *Will Wroth*, Rotterdam
June 5, 2014 -- Rabid anti-foreigner populist Geert Wilderswas expected
to wipe the floor on the right; the "equally anti-EU" (according to the
media image) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders>Socialist Party
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders>(SP)would garner a protest
vote large enough to put the pro-Brussels traditional left on the back
foot; voter turnout would hit an historic low, itself a measure of
public anger, disillusionment or disinterest. That was the consensus
media guess as to likely Dutch results in the May 25 European election.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3890>
Spanish state: 'We must continue to widen the cracks that have begun
to open up' <http://links.org.au/node/3889>
By *Josep Maria Antentas*, translated by *Federico Fuentes*for /Links
International Journal of Socialist Renewal/.First published in Spanish
at /Dominio Publico/.
May 26, 2014 -- Six years have passed since the "official" start of the
crisis, when Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008. Four years
since [then president Jose Luis Rodriguez] Zapatero announced the first
big package of cuts in May 2010. Three years since 15M (the May 15
Movement) exploded onto the streets. Two years since the large
demonstration for independence in Catalonia on September 11, 2012.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3889>
Class conflict in the shadow of Gallipoli: What government
propaganda won't tell you <http://links.org.au/node/3888>
Review by *Chris Slee*
/*In the Shadow of Gallipoli*/
By Robert Bollard
NewSouth, Sydney 2013
June 3, 2014 -- /Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/ -- On
April 25, 1915, Australian troops landed at Gallipoli on Turkey's coast.
They were part of a British imperial force aiming to capture
Constantinople (now called Istanbul) and the land alongside the narrow
waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. It was hoped that
this would enable British ships to enter the Black Sea and bring
supplies to Russia, which was an ally of Britain in World War I.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3888>
Michael Lebowitz: Democracy under capitalism and socialism
<http://links.org.au/node/3887>
/Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/ -- *Michael
Lebowitz*'s talk at the international seminar, "Socialism, democracy and
visions for the 21st century", held in Hyderabad, India, on March 7-10,
2014.The seminar was organised by Telangana Vidhyavantula Vedika
(Telangana Intellectuals Forum), Center for Dalit Studies and Democracy
Dialogues.
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