Agree. And it’s not his to give away.

Wonderful, congratulations!

Yes, the official gaslighting was (and still is) incredible on this issue. Going against most evidence-based actions. Still, Westminster has clean air but hospitals, schools and universities don’t. And why are masks still so maligned? Etc

I know where they’re coming from those struggling are easily convinced that things were better in the past by those peddling nostalgia and offering a sanitised version of history. When one’s down it’s easy to not look beyond the hurt. But they must. They’re being played.

And Spain under Franco was a low wage economy. No extras, holidays spent at home, children dressed in hand me downs, child Labour (children as young as 6-7 working for food/board), etc. Read some history morons!

I always consider whether those saying “one lived better under Franco” are grandchildren of the former or the latter. If the former, they’re right. If they’re the grandchildren of working people they need to talk to older people more. Of course some are too afraid still to talk.

4/ in 1940s people died of hubger in the street, no state help
5/ Women had to ask for marital permission to work until 1975
6/ Free universal healthcare not available until 1986

But yes some people lived well stepping on their dead neighbours’ mass graves and exploiting poverty.

Trabajo en el Reino Unido como Reader (no sé hasta cuándo por las dificultades de las universidades inglesas), y me esfuerzo siempre para que el legado se mantenga a través de mis estudiantes. Muchas gracias a todos los que hicieron los estudios culturales posibles en España en los 90!