Sandra Ezquerra is currently a sociology professor at the Universitat de Vic (Barcelona). She is also a member of Izquierda Anticapitalista and an active feminist participant in the !5-M movement of Barcelona.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.