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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 8h

The Sindicato de Inquilinas, Madrid's tenants union, has been the key driving force behind the protest camp in Puerta del Sol. In this clip from our latest episode, activist Hannah Fakir explains the basic principle around which the Sindicato organizes itself: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 13h

New Episode: Madrid's Housing Revolt! @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social talks to Hannah Fakir from the @inquilinatomad.bsky.social about the protest wave hitting Spain over property speculation, evictions and soaring housing costs. open.spotify.com/episode/3cwi...

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Madrid Housing Revolt

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the latest @sobremesapod.bsky.social, I discuss the Spanish gov's mismanagement of the aftermath of the Ceuta surge and how there can no solution without transferring migrants to the Spanish mainland. The 1,500 unaccompanied children that arrived July 30/31 can't be cared for in a city of 80,000.

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Episode: Sánchez's Failure on Ceuta As the fallout from the Ceuta border surge continues to dominate Spanish headlines, we examine the government's management of crisis and how it dropped the ball after its initial success in containing the influx. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/s...

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Sánchez's Failure on Ceuta

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Sánchez's Failure on Ceuta

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Sobremesa podcast on Ceuta, Spain, Morocco and the far right weaponising a tragic situation - well worth a listen. @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

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Sánchez's Failure on Ceuta

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I had a fascinating conversation with Sumar MP Txema Guijarro about the Ceuta crisis, the EU response and wider Spanish foreign policy - particularly on China and the need for a policy of disconnection from US-Israeli military hardware:

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New Episode: Ceuta and Spanish Foreign Policy @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social talks to Sumar MP Txema Guijarro about the geopolitical & humanitarian crisis provoked by the migration surge at Ceuta's border, as well as wider Spanish foreign policy under Pedro Sanchez open.spotify.com/episode/2WEo...

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Ceuta and Spanish Foreign Policy

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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Ceuta and Spanish Foreign Policy

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sanchez's wager is that Spain has more to gain from adapting to the new geography of global economic power than it does from clinging to the old Atlantic order. Ceuta, however, is a reminder that such a wager is fraught with danger My op-ed in The Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Spain’s Pedro Sánchez is a progressive outlier in Europe – and over Ceuta, he is being made to pay for it | Eoghan Gilmartin

The Spanish PM has been one of few European leaders to stand up to Trump. He now faces coercive diplomacy and an emboldened far right at home, says journalist Eoghan Gilmartin

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Odyssey is the first major Hollywood production to shoot scenes in Western Sahara. This would have been unthinkable prior to 2020, when Donald Trump broke with decades of US foreign policy and recognized Morocco’s illegally established sovereignty over the territory....Nolan and his crew’s...

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Angus Laverty @gusclaw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lot of boxes ticked with this one, legendary Hemingway, modern Spain both getting the quality Sobremesa treatment @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

NEW EPISODE! Beyond Hemingway and the Instagram posts, Brittany Kennedy talks to us of the cultural, historical and political significance of the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7kOC... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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San Fermín Beyond Hemingway

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New Episode! Sanchez under Siege from the Courts and Washington The Trump Admin's intervention in a Spanish criminal investigation into former PSOE PM Zapatero looks politically motivated & adds to the pressure on Pedro Sanchez. We discuss with @joehas.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/43xP...

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Sánchez under Siege

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New Episode!!

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

NEW EPISODE!! Tribulete 7: The Building on the Frontline of Madrid's Housing Crisis with Leah Pattem Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Zwh... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...

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Tribulete 7: The Building on the Frontline of Madrid's Housing Crisis

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

NEW EPISODE!! Tribulete 7: The Building on the Frontline of Madrid's Housing Crisis with Leah Pattem Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Zwh... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...

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Tribulete 7: The Building on the Frontline of Madrid's Housing Crisis

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Luke McKeehan @lukemckeehan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Even if you don't follow current Spanish politics, this is a great listen. The tendency of the right wing to memory-hole history and repurpose in the name of "tradition" is a global trend they've all learned from each other #politics #espana

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New Episode!! Conquistadors & Culture Wars @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social on Ayuso & the Spanish right's revisionist rewriting of the conquest of the Americas & on how colonial history should be taught & remembered. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3UYl... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Sobremesa Podcast

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · The Sobremesa Podcast is about modern-day Spanish society, politics and history, without the stereotypes. Please donate at to make the podcast sustain...

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Angus Laverty @gusclaw.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Another good one from the Sobremesa team

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Chris Shenton @shentonfreude.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This was an excellent episode, thanks.

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This was a great conversation. Thank you Eoghan for having me in a podcast I have listened to so many times!

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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laraque @laraque.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

There is an open air copy of that work in Gernika. Just for anyone who'd like to see it.

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our episode on ´The Battle over Picasso's Guernica' has been selected as the podcast of the week by @the-syllabus.bsky.social!

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Spain’s dispute over Guernica's home exposes who controls memory. Our podcast of the week explores the relationship between the work’s power and universality and the concrete, historical atrocity inflicted on Gernika, the town. With Brittany Kennedy on @sobremesapod.bsky.social buff.ly/dIAK8qG

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

From our new episode: on how the universalising of Picasso's Guernica into a symbol for the horrors of war has led to a certain forgetting of the original massacre behind the painting - which in the context of Spain's memory wars is highly problematic. open.spotify.com/episode/57us...

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

NEW EPISODE! Should Picasso's Guernica be moved to Gernika? We discuss the battle between Madrid & the Basque government over the anti-war masterpiece, why it should be loaned & why the Guggenheim is the wrong home for it. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/57us...

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a sharp critic of Donald Trump. But he's also pushed for a broader realignment of European policy, recognizing the need for new international partnerships with China and the Global South after the end of US hegemony. jacobin.com/2026/04/pedr...

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For Pedro Sánchez, Europe Has to Leave the US’s Shadow

Spain’s Premier Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a sharp critic of Donald Trump. But he's also pushed for a broader realignment of European policy, recognizing the need for new international partnersh...

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Listening to an interesting panel discussion on global inequality & democracy at the Global Progressive Mobilisation in BCN, then when they open up for questions, a guy in the 2nd row with sunglasses sticks up his hand: "I am Gabriel Boric and until about a month ago, I was president of Chile..."

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Some Sunday listening 👇👇👇👇

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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It is vital that EU policymakers find effective ways to syphon off the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. It is the only way to lessen the economic shock, using price controls or transfers, while limiting the pressure on public finances. 1/4

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The always interesting La Sobremesa Podcast. The best podcast by far in English on Spain, and its history and politics. I've learned so much listen to these guys in recent years. @sobremesapod.bsky.social

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

From Catalan independentist to the Spanish left's working class hero, Alan and I had an interesting discussion on the trajectory of Gabriel Rufian with historian Andrew Dowling:

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

NEW EPISODE: Gabriel Rufian and the Spanish left As Yolanda Díaz departs the scene, how has a pro-independence Catalan MP turned himself into the great white hope of the Spanish left? We discuss! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/62K9... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A Political Guide to Semana Santa We discuss the emancipatory and repressive sides to holy week celebrations in Spain, and trace its history with anthropologist Carlos Cañete: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5WxN... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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A Political Guide to Semana Santa

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky but the truth is he is a sound strategist at home and abroad. Few other centre-left leaders have shown his instinct for seizing political moments in recent decades. My opinion piece in The Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroad, says journalist Eoghan Gilmartin

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Bécquer Seguín @becquer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yesterday, I was on @sobremesapod.bsky.social, hosted by the wonderful @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social, to talk about why Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to be loved everywhere but in his own country. (Link in the thread, which includes other related links.)

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Great episode despite the lurch to the anti-Coddle side by my former friend @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social

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sobremesapod.bsky.social @sobremesapod.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Why has Pedro Sánchez been willing to reject US-Israeli aggression against Iran? @becquer.bsky.social & @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social discuss the domestic factors informing his foreign policy & Sánchez's vision for Spain and the EU's place in the new world order: open.spotify.com/episode/7lRT...

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Sánchez on the World Stage

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