Author: Esther Vivas
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What Remains of All Our Outrage?
It’s been five years since the massive occupation of May 15, 2011 that gave birth to the movement of los indignados, known as the 15M movement, followed by five years … Keep reading »
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Spanish State: After the Abdication of the King, It’s Time to Checkmate the Regime
The regime is collapsing, it is dying and in its last-ditch struggle to survive, the king has abdicated. Never has the regime resulting from the Transition [The Transition is the … Keep reading »
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Spain: Popular Resistance Delivers Results
“Resisting is pointless,” we hear endlessly repeated. “So many years of protest but the crisis continues, why bother?” insist others, inoculating us with apathy and resignation. “Protests could lead to … Keep reading »
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Spanish State: They Want Us Poor, Silenced and Straight
The governing Popular Party (PP) is on a crusade – not only against fundamental rights such as health, education, housing, work, but also against sexual and reproductive freedoms. The PP … Keep reading »
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From the World Social Forum to the Arab Revolts
Tunisia, cradle of the revolts in the Arab world, hosts from today [26 March] and until Saturday the World Social Forum (WSF), the most important international meeting of social movements … Keep reading »
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Land For Those Who Work It
The land is a source of wealth for a few, here and on the other side of the planet. In the Spanish State, the housing boom has left a legacy … Keep reading »
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La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
Via Campesina is the world’s foremost international movement of small farmers. It promotes the right of all peoples to food sovereignty. Via Campesina was established in 1993 at the dawn … Keep reading »
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When Will We See Tanks in Barcelona?
“Independent Catalonia? Over my dead body and those of many other soldiers.” It was with these words that on August 31, retired infantry lieutenant-colonel Francisco Alaman Castro referred to the … Keep reading »
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Spanish State 25S: The Salvaging of Democracy
“They call it democracy but this isn’t one” was the cry repeated in the squares and on the demonstrations. And as time went by, this slogan took on still more … Keep reading »
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M15: A Look Toward the Future
Untimely and unexpected. That’s what the emergence of this movement of collective outrage at the Spanish state was. If we had been told on M14 (May 14th, 2011) the next … Keep reading »