For five decades, #Morocco has illegally occupied #WesternSahara. The shooting of part of #ChristopherNolan’s #TheOdyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule. jacobin.com/2026/07/nola... vía @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

Filmed in Western Sahara, The Odyssey Endorses Colonialism

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to no...

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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...

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3w ago

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.

Much controversy around Christopher Nolan’s new “Odyssey” movie focused on the identity of the cast. Yet the real problem was its production, and the shooting of the film in Western Sahara under illegal Moroccan occupation.

Filmed in Western Sahara, The Odyssey Endorses Colonialism

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.

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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...

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3w ago

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.

Filmed in Western Sahara, The Odyssey Endorses Colonialism

For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.

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

@sobremesapod.bsky.social · 3w ago

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...

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...

San Fermín Beyond Hemingway

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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...

Sánchez under Siege

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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...

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

Episodio de podcast · The Sobremesa Podcast · 15 de junio · 54 min

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‼️EEUU envió a la Policía los mensajes clave contra Zapatero tras el "no a la guerra" de Sánchez a Trump Informa Álvaro Sánchez Castrillo

EEUU envió a la Policía los mensajes clave contra Zapatero tras el "no a la guerra" de Sánchez a Trump

Las comunicaciones se enviaron cinco años después de su obtención y en plena crisis diplomática

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

@sobremesapod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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...

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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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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Interesting piece by @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social connecting Spain's green energy transition with positive engagement with China and other majority world countries, diversifying alliances in the face of a declining and aggressive United States. jacobin.com/2026/04/pedr...

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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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...

For all Sánchez's challenges at home, such as continued wage stagnation, his foreign policy recalibration represents one of the only serious attempts in Europe to grapple with the multipolar, post-American world.

Eoghan Gilmartin@eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

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...

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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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...

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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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..."

Big week for Pedro Sánchez, currently in China to meet Xi for the 4th time in 4 years and next weekend will host 8 progressive heads of government (including Lula, Sheinbaum and Petro) as well as what remains of the European social democrats in Barcelona. He is positioning himself as the pivotal...

Some Sunday listening 👇👇👇👇

@sobremesapod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

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:

@sobremesapod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

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:

@sobremesapod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

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...

Gabriel Rufian and the Spanish left

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Tomorrow's front page 📰 Keir Starmer stays silent after Israeli Knesset passes horrific death penalty law for Palestinians

Each person shot in the head in the village of Tammun, while two other children of the deceased couple sustain injuries.

‘We killed dogs': Israeli troops kill two children, parents in West Bank

Each person shot in the head in the village of Tammun, while two other children of the deceased couple sustain injuries.

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Sánchez's defiance over the Iran conflict reflects a calculation that the geopolitical risks are manageable for Spain, the potential electoral rewards significant, and that the broad alignment with Trump’s militarism will not hold.

Eoghan Gilmartin@eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

"With conservative opposition leader (...) Feijóo openly defending military action against Iran, Sánchez can frame the party divide in terms likely to resonate with Spain’s anti-militarist public opinion, while portraying his rival as supportive of a conflict likely to drive up inflation at home."

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

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

Resisting Trump's crimes can be both a moral and pragmatic political choice. Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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