Up to Here!

In this week’s Camino a ÍtacaCamino a Ítaca a look at how a hard, rightwing shift in UK politics robbed me of a democratic right. Click over to read the original version published in Spanish in HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo)  It was a proto neofascist that took away…

Madrid, The Fascist Riviera

In this week’s Camino a ÍtacaCamino a Ítaca a look at the recent Fascist Fest in Madrid, where the Spanish capital was momentarily converted into Neofascism ground zero. Click over to read the original version in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) The only pictures that were…

Release the …Bees?!

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at the agricultural protests that have been taking place across Spain and indeed Europe. Swayed by the siren song of the ultra right, farmers just may be delivering themselves into the hands of the very people who support the neoliberal policies that make their lives difficult. Click…

Swift for President

A surprising Pop Star twist in this week’s Camino a Ítaca. Taylor Swift now rules the world. I’m only wondering if her message will settle among everyone. Click over to read the originally published article in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) There are few things that…

Lest We Forget

Elvis (or Franco) is not dead The growth of forgetfulness, or willingly not remembering, in this week’s Camino a Ìtaca. Revisionism on the right of some of the past’s worst atrocities and what they may lead to. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation…

Lifting the Veil

The long Christmas season here in Spain is finally over and this week’s Camino a Ítaca looks at stories and myth, the differences between them and who believes what. Click over to read the original artcile in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) Some Africans say that…

Foreshadowing

In this week’s Camino a Ìtaca I use a word that I never thought I would in the newspaper. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo). I often wonder just how many times Maria Guardiola plays that crucial time…

Red Sky in the Morning…?

We recently had a Canadian visitor here in Spain, but this one wasn’t welcome. Smoke from the huge wildfires there had drifted across the Atlantic and changed the color of our sky. This week’s Camino a Ítaca looks at recent developments in Extremadura where the far right will enter into a coalition with the PP…