Spain

Football Fans March In Support As Palestine Plays First European Match

November 16, 2025 Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye. Resist! Basque, Europe, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Soccer, Spain

Thousands marched in support of Palestine in the Spanish city of Bilbao as Palestinian footballers played their first European match against the Basque Country team. The Basque Country team beat the Palestine team 3-0 in the friendly match, which was marked by shows of solidarity between both teams. Palestinians and the Basque have long shared political sympathies, with both involved in nationalist struggles for independence. The two teams celebrated side by side, arms around each other, on the San Mames pitch in front of more than 50,000 spectators.

General Strike Kicks Off With Road Cuts And Logistics Sites Blocks

October 16, 2025 Catalan News. Resist! Blockades, General Strike, Genocide, International Solidarity, Palestine, Spain

The first protests and demonstrations of Wednesday's general strike day saw more than a hundred people block access to the Zona Franca industrial area and Mercabarna market wholesalers in Barcelona. Workers at car manufacturer Seat went on strike during the night shift. The strike has been called across the country to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The atmosphere of the protest is peaceful and festive. The demonstrating workers then moved to the entrances of the Port of Barcelona, from where the different groups gathered together and started marching towards the city centre.

Spain To Submit ICC Complaint Against Israel Over Attack On Flotilla

October 8, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Global Sumud Flotilla, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Spain

Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced on 7 October that Madrid will submit a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Israel’s kidnapping of hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. Grande-Marlaska said any assault on civilians in international waters constitutes an act of unlawful detention under both Spanish and international law. On Sunday, 29 Spanish activists who were part of the flotilla landed in Madrid after being detained by Israeli forces in international waters. Many of the activists were subjected to “physical and psychological ill-treatment” while in detention.

Massive Pro-Palestine Protests Shut Down Spain’s La Vuelta Race

September 15, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Spain

The final stretch of the Vuelta a Espana road cycling race was abandoned in Madrid on 14 September after over 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted routes and forced organizers to call off the event. Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard was declared the winner as police struggled to contain the demonstrations, overwhelmed by their large numbers. “The race is over,” a spokesperson for the organizers told Reuters after barriers were overturned and crowds moved onto the course. More than 1,000 officers were deployed across the capital, but confrontations escalated as protesters threw water bottles and other objects at police, chanting “It's a genocide, not a war,” and the police responded with tear gas.

Spain And Brazil Launch Initiative To Push Global Tax On The Ultra-Rich

July 2, 2025 TeleSUR English. Create! Brazil, Spain, Tax the rich, Taxes

On Tuesday, Spain and Brazil will launch a joint initiative to promote a global tax increase on the superrich, aiming to achieve a fairer redistribution of wealth. The initiative, to be presented at the fourth U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, seeks to encourage a multilateral debate on the effective taxation of large fortunes and how it impacts social cohesion. The project aims to tackle the issue of extreme inequality and move toward a fairer redistribution of wealth “through a progressive and just tax system in which those who have more, pay more,” Spain’s Finance Ministry said.

Spain: International Conference To Call For Arms Embargo On Israel

May 26, 2025 Juan Cole, Scheer Post. Educate! arms embargo, European Union (EU), Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Spain, Weapons Embargo

The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure Israel to halt its total war on Gaza and to establish a Palestinian state. Convened by Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, the conference sought to move to concrete actions. Israel had blocked all humanitarian aid for two months beginning in March, provoking a crisis of malnutrition in Gaza, almost all of whose people have been made internal refugees several times over by the Israeli military. Israel began letting a small amount of aid in last week, apparently under the pressure of the Trump administration, but United Nations officials decried it as “a drop in the ocean” compared to the urgent needs of 2.2 million Palestinians.

Activists Urge Spanish Government To Implement Arms Embargo On Israel

May 24, 2025 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Resist! arms embargo, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine Solidarity, Spain

On Tuesday, May 20, a majority of representatives in the Spanish Parliament voted in favor of a motion calling for an arms embargo on Israel. Spearheaded by the progressive blocs Podemos, Sumar, and the Republican Left of Catalonia, everyone but the right-wing supported the motion – including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). While the news undoubtedly marks an important achievement for the months-long grassroots Palestine solidarity mobilizations in Europe and beyond, many activists caution against interpreting it as a decisive sign of Spain’s concrete commitment to halting the genocide in Gaza.

Spain Terminates Multimillion Deal With Israeli Weapons Maker

April 25, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! arms embargo, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Spain, weapons

The Spanish government ordered the immediate termination of a $7.5 million contract to buy ammunition from a company with direct ties to Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems on 24 April. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez canceled the deal after Sumar, a group of left-wing parties, threatened to leave the governing coalition. “After exhausting all routes for negotiation, the prime minister, deputy prime minister, and ministries involved have decided to rescind this contract,” a government source told Al Jazeera. Earlier this week, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska formalized a contract with Israeli-owned company Guardian Homeland Security S.A. for over 15 million rounds of ammunition

Top Manta Co-op Helps Barcelona’s Street Vendors Formalise

April 6, 2025 Anca Voinea, Coop News. Create! Cooperatives, Local Economy, Migrants, Spain

Undocumented migrants arriving in Spain with hopes for a better life get trapped into a life of informality. Their undocumented status prevents them from accessing jobs in the formal economy, and, as a result, they cannot get healthcare or contribute to the social security system. According to the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy, “most people enter the informal economy not by choice but as a consequence of a lack of opportunities in the formal economy and in the absence of other means of livelihood.”

Spain ‘Major Transit Port’ For Weapons Shipments To Israel

February 21, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Spain, Wars and Militarism, Weapons Embargo

Over 60,000 weapon parts have been transported to Israel via Zaragoza airport in northern Spain since the start of the US–Israeli genocide of Palestinians in October 2023, according to an investigation by Progressive International (PI), the Palestinian Youth Movement, and the American Friends Service Committee. “The evidence indicates that these flights continue to this day,” investigators told elDiario.es, adding that the shipments include “parts and accessories for artillery, rifles, rocket/grenade launchers and machine guns” and “parts and accessories for revolvers and pistols.”

MetroCHARGE Powers EVs With Energy Recovered From Subway Train Brakes

December 27, 2024 Paige Bennett, EcoWatch. Create! Electric Vehicles, Energy, Public Transit, Regenerative braking, Spain

In Barcelona, energy from train brakes that could otherwise be wasted is now being harvested to charge electric vehicles. As part of Spain’s MetroCHARGE project, 16 subway stations in Barcelona use brake energy recuperators to redirect energy from the train brakes to EV charging stations on the streets, The Associated Press reported. Regenerative braking is not a new concept, especially for trains. But the move to transport the energy from the brakes through cables to electric vehicle chargers is an innovative way to supply power to charging stations.

Energy Communities Are Gaining Ground In Spain

December 24, 2024 Massimiliano Saltori, Next City. Create! Energy, Energy Democracy, European Union (EU), Spain

Across the European Union, traditional energy systems are still dominated by centralized fossil fuel power plants, slowing the transition to more ambitious climate targets. Spain is no stranger to this. Today, the country’s electricity generation accounts for nearly 15% of its global greenhouse gas emissions, ranking third after transportation (30%) and industry (18%). The good news is that the last five years have also been crucial for developing new solutions to curb emissions and improve energy efficiency. To reduce greenhouse gases, the E.U. has passed several directives promoting a more decentralized energy system, allowing local initiatives to flourish.

Spain To Block Maersk Ships Bound To Israel After Pressure From Activists

November 10, 2024 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Resist! Arms trade, Israel, Maersk, Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International (PI), Spain, US Aid To Israel, weapons

The Spanish government has announced it will block two ships—Denver and Seletar—operated by shipping giant Maersk and carrying military cargo bound for Israel, from docking at the port of Algeciras. This decision comes just days after the Mask off Maersk campaign released a report exposing the company’s regular use of the Spanish port for transferring cargo that enables the ongoing genocide against Palestinians, despite Spain’s stated arms embargo. Researchers from the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Progressive International (PI), who contributed to the report, told Peoples Dispatch that it is unclear whether Pedro Sánchez’s administration was genuinely unaware of the shipments or deliberately chose to look the other way.

Housing Activists In Spain Occupy Vacant Bank-Owned Buildings

October 29, 2024 Ella Fassler, Truthout. Resist! Evictions, Housing, Spain, Squatting

When I first arrived in Spain, a real estate agent told me to avoid Manresa, the working-class city outside of Barcelona where a friend of mine lived. “Don’t go there, it’s not very nice,” he said. “Go to Costa Brava [a vacation site up north] — instead.” Unperturbed, I took a train to Manresa the next day. After seeing hammer and sickle graffiti and anti-capitalist slogans as soon as I exited the station, I began to understand why a real estate agent may not feel comfortable in Manresa. I walked to the center of the city, through some windy, narrow streets and a charming plaza peppered with locals moseying around, to meet my friend at Ateneu La Sèquia, a towering building that was once a nunnery but has been turned into a social center thanks to a group of activists who reclaimed the space by squatting in it.

Anticipating Escalation: Neutralizing Swarming’s Armed Front

October 18, 2024 Misión Verdad, Orinoco Tribune. Strategize! CIA, Drug Trafficking, Maria Corina Machado, Mercenaries, Regime Change, Spain, Venezuela

In her effort to readjust the agenda of regime change and in the face of a clear mood of demobilization within her ranks, María Corina Machado has decided to publicly incorporate the concept of “swarming“ into her narrative. This decision reflects the consolidation of a path that goes beyond what is attempted to be presented as “peaceful protest” by proposing a more aggressive form of confrontation, embedded in the scope of military operations, while using the discourse on human rights to counteract the possible limitations suffered by the violent actions that the far right hopes to set in motion.

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