Podemos
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Podemos could lose half its seats in Spain’s general election By Alejandro López and Paul Mitchell
Support for Spain’s pseudo-left Podemos party has slumped ahead of the April 28 general election as a result of its pro-austerity, pro-Socialist Party (PSOE) policies. Continue reading
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This is for the Guardian, NYT and the BBC: 1939 to 2018 By William Bowles
I don’t think you need a crystal ball to figure out that capitalism is headed down the major war path, it’s displaying all the same pathological signs as it has done in past decades; economic crisis, economic collapse, repression abroad and repression at home. Increasing intolerance; increasing censorship of any opposition to the maniacs allegedly… Continue reading
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Understanding Transversality: Spain’s Podemos By Juan Antonio Gil de los Santos
When the 15-M movement broke out onto the streets across Spain in 2011, it didn’t coalesce into a series of political parties on either end of the political spectrum. In fact, there was a common declaration that stood out among all of the indignados: “They don’t represent us”. This referred to the “Regime of ‘78”… Continue reading
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Spanish State: After the Abdication of the King, It’s Time to Checkmate the Regime By Esther Vivas
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 name given to the political process following the death of Franco, which culminated in the Constitution of 1978] been as widely challenged as it is… Continue reading
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Spanish state: ‘We must continue to widen the cracks that have begun to open up’ By Josep Maria Antentas
Overall, the crisis of the two-party system is, for now, tilting towards the left. This is worth noting given that across Europe, reactionary forces advanced everywhere. The vote for the left to the left of social democracy in the Spanish state is possibly, together with the vote for Syriza in Greece, the only two bits… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 