All posts tagged "Francisco Franco"

Ask not for whom the MAGA trolls cheer, you don't want to know. (It’s Franco.)

The American right’s current hero is the Nazi-backed Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco, whose war to implement religious authoritarianism in Spain claimed the lives of 500,000 people and heralded a world war against the global spread of fascism, according to a new Guardian analysis.

“These far-right voices make a direct comparison between Spain in the 1930s and the U.S. today – claiming that both feature a totalitarian, violent left that is prepared to overturn elections – and look forward to an authoritarian leader who will resolve the crisis,” writes Jason Watson. ...

Catholics and conservatives have denounced as blasphemous two recent exhibitions in Madrid featuring kinky nuns in lingerie and tattooed and near-naked Christs.

Spanish gays and lesbians are uniting to build Spain's first homosexual retirement residence, driven away from traditional homes by prejudices that linger since the decades of dictatorship.