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Podemos: party of struggles or populist operation from above?

Alex Merlo — 2022-08-02T13:23:40Z

“ The movement, which was part of a global cycle of mobilizations, also allowed thousands of people to experiment with new forms of participation and political and social action: occupations of squares, popular assemblies, use of social networks as a means of expression and organization and so on.”

- IV571 - August 2022 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

“Alain made the construction of the Fourth International his life's project”

Alex Merlo — 2022-04-10T09:43:38Z

Trribute at the funeral on 21 March 2022, by Alex Merlo on behalf of the Bureau of the Fourth International.

- Tributes to Alain Krivine / France, Obituary, Fourth International

For an internationalist break with the EU institutions

Alex Merlo — 2018-08-02T04:00:47Z

Opinion polls indicate that Spanish citizens are among the most favourable to the European Union, and to a greater intervention on its part in national debates. The reasons for this situation are historic: in our country, European integration is identified with the end of the dictatorship and democratic normalisation. However, the economic crisis and the manner in which it has been managed from Brussels and Frankfurt has led to the beginning of a change of perception with respect to the EU.

- IV523 - August 2018 / Spanish state, European Union

“Not in our name”

Alex Merlo — 2015-11-25T15:45:01Z

Last Monday night (23 November) a group of social activists, intellectuals and newly elected mayors in the Spanish state launched a manifesto against war and hatred, in response to the war rhetoric and the restrictions in freedoms that have been spreading since the Paris bombings. You can find the full English text below and here.

We have obtained already more than 17000 signatures and a strong political echo. We are calling for demonstrations on Saturday noon, already in nine different Spanish cities. See on Facebook here.

- News from around the world / Spanish state