Spain’s Streets Are Named After Immigrants
It begins with a simple observation: across Spain—and much of Europe—the streets, plazas, and churches are named after immigrants, or at least migrant ideas, from the Middle East who arrived two thousand years ago and helped shape what is now called “Christian civilization.” Yet in today’s political climate, migrants from many of the same regions are often portrayed as existential threats to European identity.
The piece in Counterpunch explores this historical contradiction through a mix of street-level observation, political context, and a touch of irony, looking at Spain’s current migration debate and the international backlash it has generated. At its core, the essay asks a straightforward question: why are the immigrants of the past celebrated as heritage, while the immigrants of the present are treated as crisis?
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