I don’t know… Moroccan repression of the Sahrawi in West Sahara makes me reluctant to give them any benefit of the doubt. Just being global south does not give them any extra leeway to expand, kill and settle in other peoples lands. The Polisario Front have waged armed struggle against Morocco since the 80s I think.
Not that I hold any good feelings about Spain that is, just that there is a lot of things going on.
But that’s not what they intended here, the people who swam to the Spanish cities were from different countries, and they are being used as a political tool. It was NOT any kind of “invasion” either, that’s reactionary rhetoric coming from Spanish xenophobes and racists. To me this is much like when the US uses social movements as tools, except here it’s not even a movement, it’s people looking to go to Europe for a better life.
Oh yes, but they originated from Morocco no? My understanding was that Spain pays Morocco to deter migrants with (sometimes lethal) repressive force to ensure they have a hard time getting into Spain. Then Morocco stop adhering to this and let people through when they want to exert political pressure on Spain (I believe the last time this happened was in 2019), something they seem to do in coordination with NATO this time.
I don’t know… Moroccan repression of the Sahrawi in West Sahara makes me reluctant to give them any benefit of the doubt. Just being global south does not give them any extra leeway to expand, kill and settle in other peoples lands. The Polisario Front have waged armed struggle against Morocco since the 80s I think.
Not that I hold any good feelings about Spain that is, just that there is a lot of things going on.
But that’s not what they intended here, the people who swam to the Spanish cities were from different countries, and they are being used as a political tool. It was NOT any kind of “invasion” either, that’s reactionary rhetoric coming from Spanish xenophobes and racists. To me this is much like when the US uses social movements as tools, except here it’s not even a movement, it’s people looking to go to Europe for a better life.
Oh yes, but they originated from Morocco no? My understanding was that Spain pays Morocco to deter migrants with (sometimes lethal) repressive force to ensure they have a hard time getting into Spain. Then Morocco stop adhering to this and let people through when they want to exert political pressure on Spain (I believe the last time this happened was in 2019), something they seem to do in coordination with NATO this time.
Yes, 100%