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The spark that lit a prairie fire: let's organise a hot autumn

Anticapitalistas — 2026-09-29T11:57:10Z

On Wednesday, 23 September, the police evicted Maricarmen in Madrid. Maricarmen is an 87-year-old woman whose rent was gradually increased by a vulture fund, until the fund decided it wanted the flat for new business ventures. In that sense, her case is not so unusual: in Spain, there are thousands of evictions every year. The housing movement fights against them every day, often in the face of a media blackout that looks the other way when it comes to a tragedy that is part of everyday life in working-class neighbourhoods.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Spanish state, Public services

Ceuta: the boundary of the right to have rights

Miguel Urbán Crespo — 2026-08-14T07:49:34Z

Last Friday [31 July], thousands of people swam across the border to reach the autonomous city of Ceuta. This enclave of some 83,000 people received, in a matter of 24 hours, just over 50,000 more people, exhausted from a migratory journey that has caused the deaths of at least 100 in the last two days. In summer, arrivals in Ceuta and Melilla by sea increase significantly, as sea fog hinders early detection on the coast by the Civil Guard. But no one in the government seemed to foresee a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude, with significant political repercussions that extend far beyond the usual media headlines.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Spanish state, Migration

Anticapitalistas on the Forest Fires of Summer 2026

Anticapitalistas — 2026-08-09T10:15:47Z

Once again, we face a summer plagued by fire. Tens of thousands of hectares, earlier than in any other year, have already burned, and a devastating season is expected in terms of forest loss, fertile soil destruction, and above all, loss of life.

- News from around the world / Spanish state, Ecology and the Environment

Reflexions on the Spanish Revolution of 1936

Andy Durgan — 2026-08-06T07:47:07Z

“Ultimately, the great absence in the Spanish revolution was the existence of a revolutionary organisation with the necessary strength to lead the seizure of power.”

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Spanish state, Historical events and figures

A step forward in Andalusia

Daniel Albarracín, Pablo P. Ganfornina — 2026-06-04T13:59:10Z

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.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state

Public education comes to a standstill in a historic strike in Valencia

Moisès Vizcaino, Vicent Mauri — 2026-06-02T08:39:22Z

“May 11th will be etched in the collective memory of the Valencian people. The teachers, the grassroots and union movement, and the entire educational community will make history for the dignity, determination, and strength they demonstrated during weeks of mobilisation and organisation. The indefinite strike is already a moral and political victory against an arrogant, authoritarian government that is completely out of touch with the reality of educational institutions.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Elections in Andalucia: After the Whirlwind

David de la Cruz, Manuel Garí — 2026-05-22T09:38:59Z

“We need a strong Andalusian left-wing force in the Cortes that can be decisive in ensuring our region is no longer treated as a political periphery. Andalusia's problems must, for once, be at the forefront. And we aspire to be in Congress and to play a decisive role.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, National question

A commitment to left-wing Andalusian nationalism

Brais Fernández, José Ignacio García, Martín Mosquera — 2026-05-13T08:15:52Z

Regional elections will take place in Andalusia on 17 May in a context marked by the consolidation of the PP, which in 2018 broke decades of Socialist dominance, and the rise of an increasingly aggressive right wing. Against this backdrop, the most striking development of the campaign is the growth of Adelante Andalucía: according to the latest CIS poll, the party is on course to secure 8.5% of the vote and win six seats, overtaking the coalition led by the Communist Party, which has (…)

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

The Left at the Crossroads: Notes For Building Anew

Julia Cámara, Rául Camargo — 2026-04-19T11:30:11Z

The crisis on the left and the need to start afresh from the middle.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

Nooshi – do you dare to do as Spain's Social Democrats have done?

Alex Fuentes — 2026-03-07T16:54:57Z

“What kind of leader is Nooshi, who does not dare to take a ‘clear and unambiguous' stance like the Spanish Social Democrats, whom she herself often praises?.”

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Spanish state, Sweden, Iran