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Two different words mysteriously meet to become synonymous. The voyage abounds in meanders, ambiguities and hidden meanings, always bordering the narrow strip which separates a concept from its opposite. The words ‘work’ and ‘pleasure’ are symptomatic of this problematic journey to synonymy...

The most pleasurable work | Periódico Diagonal How do we live and how could we live was William Morris’s reaction to the industrialisation of his native Manchester in the 19th century.

After the occupation of the Puerta del Sol during June 2011 and the initiatives of the 15M movement focused in the neighbourhoods, the occupation of abandoned buildings to be used as headquarters for social initiatives has soared in Madrid. Despite the continuous evictions, the number of “social buildings” has increased during this time from 10 to 18.

Okupation after 15M: The movement in the plazas extend into fresh social centres | Periódico Diagona Jue, 01/17/2013 - 19:06 -- DIAGONAL EnglishBy Richard Crowbar / Translated by Rob Dyas and Susana MacíasThe recovery of abandoned buildings to be used as social centres soars in Madrid. We talk to some of the activists of these new “free centres”.Casablanca social centre / Photo: Olmo Calvo.After th...

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The S in the PIGS | Diagonal Blogs There’s a demo at six pm. It looks like rain, you’re cold, you already went to Thursday’s demo and the ones before that. And what if you don’t go? On the screens you see the world continues, different people talk about what they’re doing; they remind you of the demo but they too carry on with their ...

The recent dismissal of several household names in Radio Televisión Española (RTVE, Spanish TV & Radio) lead to rumours about larger scale redundancies while standards slip.

Redundancy fears and anger at RTVE :: Periódico Diagonal Raúl F. Millares (Madrid) / Translation: Susana Macías