HeyJaredThe Almagro School
I mainly write about Argentine and Spanish politics, but there may occasionally be stuff about other topics. "Almagro School" comes from when I lived in Buenos Aires and used to hang out with a friend in Almagro and argue about politics.
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After Maricarmen: What’s Next For Renters in Spain? (opens the original)
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The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal from her apartment in Madrid last week attracted international attention; the Guardian has the story here. It’s led to a wave of protests about the housing situation, including the setting up of a camp in la Puerta del Sol in Madrid, the epicenter of national politics in Spain.Maricarmen’s flat was in a block bought by a property in
The Garvaghy Road: Your Questions Answered (opens the original)
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There’s a good conventional explainer here, so read that first if you want, but I guess you’re not here for that. So, first question please…What the hell is the Orange Order?It’s kind of Protestant freemasonry but without the freethinking bit. It’s a hardcore unionist brotherhood whose members wear weird regalia on special occasions. They believe they are true Britons, the bearers of the flame of British nationhood, the real deal, not like those limp-wristed weakli
Sánchez, Starmer, Free Palestine And The Politics of Feelings (opens the original)
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Alan Lockey, a former speech writer for Keir Starmer, has interesting things to say here about why his boss’s political project failed. Some of it, especially this bit below, helps us understand why Pedro Sánchez has held on to power for eight years against intense institutional and media pressure, and also why he looks likely to lose the next general election.In fact, I believe it speaks to something that has fundamentally changed in progressive politics. It is not a new complaint or analysis.
The Harwicz Affair, Jews, and the European Left (opens the original)
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1.Is it really necessary to belabour us with more about a squabble between a handful of writers and intellectuals?If it was only that you would be right, but I think more needs to be said because of its meaning for Jews in Europe and the European left, and Europe needs Jews to be safe and a decent left which focuses its efforts on the historical role of the left: class politics. If you haven’t heard anything about the Harwicz affair you can get yourself up to speed by reading my previous post.2.
Ariana Harwicz And The New Edict of Granada (opens the original)
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Ariana Harwicz is an Argentine writer long resident in France. Her work has been widely translated and if you haven’t already I suggest you give it a try. You can’t put her literature in a box with a nice label on it, but if I had to, mine would be “Madness, Motherhood, and Marriage”.She’s also Jewish but unless I’ve missed something Middle East politics don’t appear anywhere in her art. However, in the media she’s been forthright about the rise of antisemitism in recent years, especially in Fra
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