The Observatory on Migrations in the Mediterranean (OMIMED) has initiated a collaboration with the Proyecto Patrones, an initiative driven by lawyers and activists specializing in the defense of individuals accused of captaining vessels in the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. The objective is to analyze and improve the legal guarantees for alleged captains prosecuted in Spanish courts, especially in territories like the Balearic Islands, where these types of cases have increased in recent years.

The Drac Màgic bookstore hosts the book presentation this Thursday the 16th In their own numbers. Practicing sex work with rights with the participation of sex workers and members of the Otras union, such as its Secretary of International Relations, Miquel Biblioni. The book compiles much of the collective's work and is practically a transcript of the proposed law they drafted: a historical overview, a diagnosis of the current situation, and specific proposals for fair legislation for sex workers. It was published by Traficantes de Sueños (Traffickers of Dreams), with the collaboration of sociologist Paloma Martín, who will also be present at the presentation this Thursday. The event, also supported by the Transfeminist Coordinator of Mallorca, will take place at 6:30 p.m.

These weren't the best of times: it was the era of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. Even so, it was then that Llorenç Bisbal, a shoemaker who would later become mayor of Palma, insisted on uniting the various workers' associations of Mallorca under a common acronym: the General Union of Workers (UGT). That was in the now-defunct Casa del Pueblo (People's House) in Palma on October 4, 1925, one hundred years ago.