Tag: Spain
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Sunset for Podemos: A Farewell?
The creation of Podemos (We Can) in the Spanish state was an important attempt to build an anti-neoliberal and pluralist mass party to the left of social-liberalism. That experience, which … Keep reading »
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Spanish General Election 2019
On April 28, a general election, for the National Congress and the Senate, was held in Spain after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called new elections. Sánchez is the leader of … Keep reading »
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New Governments in both Spain and Catalonia: Will the Impasse Persist?
On June 1, less than three weeks after a new government was finally allowed to take office in Catalonia, the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy‘s People’s Party (PP) – which … Keep reading »
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Catalonia’s Paradox
October 1 has passed, closing a period of the shared history between Catalonia and the Spanish state and beginning an uncertain future. It was a day when all the tension … Keep reading »
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Spanish Left Falls Short in Poll Amid New Deadlock
The key question about the result of the June 26 Spanish general election is also the most difficult to answer: why did 1.09 million people – who in the December … Keep reading »
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Democratic Rebellion: Some Lessons From the Municipal and Regional Elections in Spain
Barcelona and Madrid are won. With Ada Colau and Manuela Carmena, two women will now occupy the mayoralties of both metropolises. Barcelona en Comú and Ahora Madrid were the names … Keep reading »
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Spain: ‘Popular Unity’ Councils Sworn In Amid Huge Enthusiasm
The squares in front of scores of town halls across the Spanish state were jam-packed with enthusiastic crowds on June 13. Tens of thousands had gathered to celebrate the inauguration … Keep reading »
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Theses on Podemos and the ‘Democratic Revolution’ in Spain
Even if one almost always goes wrong with such prognoses, the fact is that the Spanish state is facing the biggest rupture since the end of the Franco dictatorship. In … 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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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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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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Spain: A Spiral of Crisis, Cuts and Indignacion
In March 2011 several regular Guardian columnists analysed the crisis in the Spanish state and the response to “austerity” by the population. All agreed that young people were “apathetic” and … Keep reading »