Franco is still dead, the 50th year edition, Part I: Of Legacies and Denied Justice - 3 Quarks Daily

November 18, 20259 min read

by David J. LobinaHaving lived in Madrid through much of my teen years, I remember the “20-N” rather well – November the 20th being the date Francisco

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