https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/A-step-forward-in-Andalusia https://internationalviewpoint.org/A-step-forward-in-Andalusia 2026-06-04T13:59:10Z text/html en Daniel Albarracín, Pablo P. Ganfornina Spanish state <p>Is this the beginning of a shift in dynamics? To attempt to formulate an answer, our perspective cannot begin with the latest election results, but rather with an analysis of Andalusian political history. In this regard, we operate on a fundamental premise: there is no electoral victory without a prior social and political victory. In the south of the Spanish state, the right wing did not conquer the institutions by chance in 2018; it did so by first winning the battle for "common sense", displacing collective frames of reference and colonising the public agenda long before the ballot box validated its hegemony.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IVP617-June-2026-" rel="directory">IVP617 - June 2026</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Spanish-state-+" rel="tag">Spanish state</a>