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From 15M to Elections: the Left-Wing Forces Threatening the Old Guard of Spanish Politics

David Ferreira

Since the 15M movement, the Spanish political terrain has been irreversibly shaken up. From the Podemos surge to the recent success left-wing municipal platforms, new forces have put the old guard on the back foot. The general election will take place before the end of the year, but the result is far from a foregone conclusion. In this guest essay, David Ferreira explores the options.

6 Reflections on the Spanish Elections

David Ferreira

New electoral expressions emerging from the indignados movements made a big splash in last weekend's Spanish municipal elections - most notably in the right-wing base Madrid, and in Barcelona where an anti-evictions activist was elected mayor.

6 Reasons to Care about the Spanish Municipal Elections

Bue Rübner Hansen

Sunday 24 May is municipal election day in Spain. Here @BueRubner explains why people outside Spain should turn their attention to Spain.

The Revolt of the Ladders: the Technicians Fighting a Telecommunications Giant

David Ferreira

An indefinite strike of independent trade unionists is growing across Spain in response to precarious working conditions. Instantly recognisable for their use of ladders on demonstrations, la revuelta de escaleras is being spearheaded by subcontracted technicians for the telecomms giant Telefonica.

The social democrats are dead: only a left bloc will challenge austerity’s dominance in Europe

David Ferreira

Europe's future hangs in the balance and the social democrats are either dead or floundering. As southern Europe heads to the ballots and the Troika's time marches on, the radical left is our best option for a rebellion against the austerity consensus, says David Ferreira.

How Madrid’s Fascist Ultras are Getting Away With Murder (Literally)

David Ferreira

On Sunday 30 November, fascist ultras belonging to La Liga champions Atletico Madrid beat a Deportivo de La Coruna fan to death. The victim was a member of the Galician nationalist and anti-fascist ultras group Riazon Blues. Now the state is using the murder to justify an attack on leftists.

Novara FM: Podemos, Can They?

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the rise of Podemos, the new party on Spain's radical left.

8 Reflections on the Rise and Rise of Podemos

Tom Youngman

Podemos (‘We can’) is a Spanish radical left party founded in January 2014 with pretensions of breaking the two-party hegemony in Spanish politics. In October 2014 - 14 months ahead of the next general election - they topped national opinion polls for the first time.

6 Things You Almost Definitely Didn’t Know About #VagaDeTotes

Alicia García Rodríguez

Word of the huge Catalan feminist social strike is now spreading through the English-speaking left, but who's behind it, what's it about and, crucially, what's coming next?

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