Alan McGuire

Massacre in Melilla – The Sobremesa Podcast

In this week's episode we talk about the brutal killing of 37 migrant people at the hands of Moroccan security services along the border of the Spanish enclave of Melilla, as well as discussing the fallout from the results of the Andalusian elections.

1. Massacre in Melilla 30:32
2. Andalusian Elections and Spain's Right-Turn 39:18
3. The Spanish Government's Historic Feminist Agenda 50:14
4. The Other Special Relationship: Aznar & Blair and the Iraq War with Nathen Jones 01:01:56
5. Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War 54:29

Here I got to interview author and former Financial Times Spain correspondent Tobias Buck.

After The Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain is Tobias’ book documenting the country’s political, societal and economic response to the 2008 financial crisis and the territorial crisis that followed.

You can get a copy here and in all good bookshops.

We also talk about corruption, austerity, Rajoy, Podemos and Catalonia. He goes into how it was writing the book and expands on various elements included in it.

At the end of the episode, I also talk about my plans for the podcast in 2021.

Merry Christmas from all at The Sobremesa Podcast!

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