{"id":7046,"date":"2020-03-30T20:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2020-05-01T20:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:29:43","slug":"coronavirus-how-progressive-ideology-led-to-catastrophe-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2020\/03\/30\/coronavirus-how-progressive-ideology-led-to-catastrophe-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: How \u201cProgressive\u201d Ideology Led to Catastrophe in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/03\/30\/coronavirus-how-progressive-ideology-led-to-catastrophe-in-spain\/women-day-2020\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7047\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/260-spain-progressive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/260-spain-progressive.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/260-spain-progressive-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Spanish government, comprised of a coalition of Socialists and Communists, is facing legal action for alleged negligence in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Coronavirus: How \u201cProgressive\u201d Ideology Led to Catastrophe in Spain<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15821\/coronavirus-spain-ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | March 30, 2020<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government, comprised of a coalition of Socialists and Communists, is facing legal action for alleged negligence in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The government is accused of putting its narrow ideological interests ahead of the safety and wellbeing of the public, and, in so doing, unnecessarily worsening the humanitarian crisis now gripping Spain, currently the second-worst afflicted country in Europe after Italy.<\/p>\n<p>A class action lawsuit filed on March 19 accuses the Spanish government \u2014 highly ideological by any standard, as the Communist coalition partner, Podemos, was <a href=\"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/investigacion\/policia-investiga-pago-272-000-dolares-pablo-iglesias-gobierno-venezuela-124602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">founded<\/a> with seed money from the Venezuelan government \u2014 of knowingly endangering public safety by encouraging the public to participate in more than 75 feminist marches, held across Spain on March 8, to mark International Women\u2019s Day. The nationwide rallies were aimed at protesting the government\u2019s perennial bugbear: the alleged patriarchy of Western civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people participated in those marches, and several high-profile attendees \u2014 including Spain\u2019s deputy prime minister, as well as the prime minister\u2019s wife and mother, and also the wife of the leader of Podemos \u2014 have since tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is unknown how many people were infected by the coronavirus as a result of the rallies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15821\/coronavirus-spain-ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish government, comprised of a coalition of Socialists and Communists, is facing legal action for alleged negligence in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[9,177],"class_list":["post-7046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus-crisis","tag-europe","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coronavirus: How \u201cProgressive\u201d Ideology Led to Catastrophe in Spain - 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