Madrid 1936: Spanish Workers Fought Back the Fascists

Originally posted on Red October Goth:
The banner reads “They Shall Not Pass! Fascism wants to conquer Madrid! Madrid will be the tomb of Fascism!” November 1936, Madrid workers erecting a barricade to keep Franco’s fascist army out of the city. Original Facebook Note #17 published 4 February 2017 “At the present time, while this…

About a Royal family and a fight against oppression

On the first full day of their US tour (above), it was a one-minute trailer for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix show that has caused frustration. Our royal correspondent breaks it down, frame by frame. The big story: Sussexes threaten to derail royal visit On day one, a royal racism row back

Upside stories about customised wheelchairs, art in hospitals architecture education and rebuilding Ukraine

Good morning. If you have a spare five minutes today I urge you to read this piece that follows the story of Zahida Qureshi, a Pakistani woman who set up a charitable organisation that makes customised wheelchairs for children and adults. Qureshi herself became a wheelchair user after she contracted polio as a child, and

The Telegraph Frontpage for 2022 December 02

By Danny Boyle We have an exclusive report on how No 10 has rowed back on a free speech law designed to stop university cancel culture – and the best analysis after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, above, appeared to seek to upstage the Prince and Princess of Wales. Bill to protect speakers is watered

The Telegraph for the weekend of 2022 November 19-20

A look at what got the news, and interest of the Telegraph’s readers, this past weekend.

This is Europe in the 2nd week of August

Parched rivers, dunes on fire – why this Europe-wide drought isn’t a freak event Boats upended on Swiss riverbeds, smoke rising from the pine forests of the Landes and hillsides of Galicia, parched arborio rice fields in the Po delta, sea water evaporating at twice the normal rate from the salt pans of the Loire-Atlantique;

The Guardian looking at the second week of August 2022

August 08 Metropolitan police / Revealed: Force strip-searched 650 children in two-year period The children’s commissioner for England has denounced the Metropolitan police’s record on child protection after new data revealed that 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period and the majority were found to be innocent of the suspicions against them. Dame Rachel

The first week of August 2022 as seen by the New York Times

August 01 Why Was Joshua Held for More Than Two Years for Someone Else’s Crimes? Honolulu incarcerated the wrong man for more than two years — a miscarriage of justice that shows the cruel inadequacy of America’s approach to mental health. Ukraine’s president urged hundreds of thousands of people living in the east to start

Presbyterians and Reformed Christians, membership and active involvement is part of a congregation’s DNA

Unlike some evangelicals for whom church membership is adiaphora, for Presbyterians and Reformed Christians, membership and active involvement is part of a congregation’s DNA.

The Independent looking at June 09 – June 15

Dear reader,   Take a few moments to get up to speed on all the latest news from around the globe with our selection of Independent Premium’s top stories. Your weekly round-up 13-year-old refugee girl ‘sent back to Ukraine after Home Office refused visa’ ‘I won’t apologise’: Angela Merkel defends relationship with Putin Starmer’s cunning