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Spain needs its own SYRIZA
Alexis Tsipras and Pablo Iglesias. Click for more on Podemos and politics in Spain.February 2, 2015 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The victory of SYRIZA in the January 25,...
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Spain: Podemos leads left gains in Andalusia poll
Podemos’s lead candidate Teresa Rodriguez.Click for more on Podemos and politics in Spain.By Dick Nichols, BarcelonaMarch 25, 2015 -- Green Left Weekly, posted at Links International Journal of...
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Lessons from Spain: grassroots democracy and the movements against capitalism
"Podemos, whose decision-making process is based on online voting by a passive mass membership of 300,000, is a highly centralised operation that is in many ways the polar opposite of the grassroots...
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Reino de España: 24 M, prólogo para australianos
[English at http://links.org.au/node/4417] Por Dick Nichols, Barcelona17/05/2015 -- Sinpermiso -- Si algunas personas que conozco del sector más cínico o desencantado del espectro de la izquierda...
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Spain: 'Barcelona Together' and the fight for people-first city councils
Conversation in the Reina Sofia Museum Square, Madrid, attended by various left coalitions standing in the May 24 municipal polls.For more on politics in Spain, click HERE.By Dick Nichols, Barcelona...
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Spain: How did the radical new mayor of Barcelona win Spain’s second city?
Ada Colau.For more on politics in Spain, click HERE. See also "Spain: 'Barcelona Together' and the fight for people-first city councils"May 25, 2015 -- Revolting Europe, posted at Links International...
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Spain: Leftist Ada Colau wins Barcelona mayor, traditional parties lose support
Ada Colau, who won the May 24 Barcelona mayoral elections, with Podemos leader Pablo Iglasias.For more on politics in Spain, click HERE. See also "Spain: 'Barcelona Together' and the fight for...
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Spain: Madrid and Barcelona show -- the greater the unity on the left, the...
Supporters of the Madrid Now! ticket await the results of the regional and municipal elections in Madrid, May 24, 2015.For more on politics in Spain, click HERE. See also Spain: 'Barcelona Together'...
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Spain: 'The elections sent us a message: we have to rebuild the United Left'
Alberto Garzón in his office at the Congress. Photo by Marta Jara.For more on politics in Spain, click HERE. See also Spain: 'Barcelona Together' and the fight for people-first city councils"June 1,...
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Spain: Huge advance for left in local/regional elections, but 'Spanish...
In Barcelona, central St. James Square was packed with chanting, whooping and confetti-throwing supporters of the winning Barcelona Together and its leader, housing rights activist Ada Colau.For more...
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Catalonia: Premier falls on sword to allow pro-independence government to form
Artur Mas announced he would be stepping down from the role of premier of Catalonia on January 9 in order to help pave the way for the formation of the region's first pro-independence government By...
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Catalogna: il premier si suicida per consentire la formazione di un governo a...
[English at http://links.org.au/node/4600 ] di Dick Nichols, traduzione di Giuseppe VolpeZNet Italy 19 gennaio 2016 – Il 9 gennaio il titolo di prima pagina di La Vanguardia, il quotidiano...
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Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias on a 'government of change' for Spain
By Pablo Iglesias, translated by Dick Nichols Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The result of the December 20 election put an end to Spain's political shift-system, and opened up the...
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After Spanish elections: establishment in funk over Podemos
Supporters of left-wing political force Podemos celebrate the strong showing for their party in the December 20 general elections By Dick Nichols February 12, 2016 — Links International Journal of...
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Podemos and the crisis of the Spanish state
People hold up banners during a Podemos march in Madrid in January 2015 March 13, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from SpectreZine -- Early in February Australian...
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Spanish state: Basque leader Otegi freed as Podemos-PSOE war intensifies
Basque independence movement leader Arnaldo Otegi at a welcoming party in his home town of Elgoibar following his release from prison on March 1. By Dick Nichols March 9, 2016 — Links International...
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Spain: As Podemos and United Left join forces, is a left government in sight?
United Left (IU) spokesperson Alberto Garzón and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. By Dick Nichols May 31, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal a much shorter version of this...
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Spain: Can the Left’s economic plan turn back austerity?
The left-wing coalition Unidos Podemos (United We Can), is currently polling over 25% and looks set to surpass the vote of the social-democratic Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). By Dick...
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Spanish general election: United We Can knocking at the door
The United We Can campaign is generating enormous enthusiasm and by far the biggest rally crowds of any of the parties in the lead up to the June 26 general elections in the Spanish state. By Dick...
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Spanish general election: snapshot of a big disappointment
Spain's June 26 national elections saw the right-wing Popular Party win 137 seats (up 14 from the December 2015 elections), while the left-wing United We Can coalition won an addition two seats (up...
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Catalonia versus the Spanish state: the battleground in 2017
By Dick Nichols January 17, 2017 –– Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal–– 2017 will be the year of showdown between Catalonia and the Spanish state over whether the Catalan people have...
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Podemos Congress: The three main positions at Vistalegre II
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Spanish state: big issues for Podemos left unresolved by congress
By Dick NicholsMarch 11, 2017 —Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— In the end the close result that participants and commentators alike were expecting never happened: at the second...
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New Catalan political space: one hurdle cleared on the road to left unity
By Dick Nichols May 7, 2017 –– Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal –– The struggle to build a Catalan political force inspiring the level of support and activism needed to implement...
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Spain: Socialist Party leader’s shock rebirth unnerves establishment
By Dick Nichols May 31, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— The plan had seemed so well organised. Its first stage was successfully executed on October 1 last year when the...
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Showdown in Catalonia: Can the independence referendum actually happen?
By Dick Nichols June 26, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Nothing alarms Spain’s establishment more than the prospect of the unity of the Spanish state being threatened by...
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The Catalan national struggle and the left in the Spanish state—a dossier
Introduction and translations by Dick Nichols September 10, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — The June 9 decision of Catalonia’s pro-independence Together For The Yes...
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Catalonia referendum: resisting the Spanish government siege
By Dick Nichols September 20, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — In 1713-14, it took the troops of Spain’s Borbon monarchy 14 months of siege before taking Barcelona and...
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Catalan referendum: a ‘democratic tsunami’ rises against Spanish state siege
By Dick Nichols September 24, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — The most critical week in modern Catalan history began today, September 24. With one week to go to the...
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Catalonia braces to resist Spanish state war on its self-rule
By Dick Nichols The Spanish People’s Party (PP) government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has decided to impose direct rule on Catalonia under article 155 of the Spanish constitution. This clause...
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