For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain. Source: The European Challenge | JacobinFiled under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Podemos, Spain
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Parchment in the Fire: Spain’s left must unite to steer country on road to recovery
Giles Tremlett for the Guardian In his restaurant overlooking the Med at Mataró, a few miles north of Barcelona, Ricard Jornet declares himself an insumiso, a rebel who refuses to obey government demands to pay a so-called “tax on sunshine” for an award-winning solar power installation that allows his business to function almost exclusively off… More Spain’s left must unite to steer country on road to recovery
Parchment in the Fire: Podemos: how Europe’s political centre is being eaten by the radical left and nationalist right | Opinion | The Guardian
As the success of Spain’s upstart anti-austerity party shakes the country’s two-party system, the most likely outcome for ailing social democrats is a fusion with liberal conservatives Source: Podemos: how Europe’s political centre is being eaten by the radical left and nationalist right | Opinion | The GuardianFiled under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Podemos, Spain,… More Podemos: how Europe’s political centre is being eaten by the radical left and nationalist right | Opinion | The Guardian
Parchment in the Fire: Spanish politics: Why is Podemos losing ground? | In English | EL PAÍS
After topping voter intention polls, the party is falling behind rival Ciudadanos as it seeks to redefine its position and message Source: Spanish politics: Why is Podemos losing ground? | In English | EL PAÍS Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
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Podemos, Greece and the hot Spanish autumn. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Podemos, Spain, Syriza
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Merkel’s Toxic Tonic
Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s subjugation of Greece inadvertently poisoned European unity? That’s how a pro-EU lobby group sees it. “The last few weeks have laid totally bare the European Union’s brand of authoritarian dogma,” UKIP leader Nigel Farage wrote in the London Telegraph. “More and more people are waking
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Spain’s politicians distance themselves from euro crisis: ‘This isn’t Greece’ | World news | The Guardian
Spain’s politicians distance themselves from euro crisis: ‘This isn’t Greece’ | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Next Up, Spain
As events unfold over the next few weeks following today’s No victory in Greece there’ll be plenty of people watching in Spain. That country’s Podemos movement promotes a similar sort of anti-austerity platform to that of Greece’s Syrzia. It’s hard to imagine today’s defiant events in Greece not having a
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Spain: Madrid and Barcelona show — the greater the unity on the left, the bigger the win | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Spain: Madrid and Barcelona show — the greater the unity on the left, the bigger the win | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Podemos fuels hopes for Spain’s emigrated youth to return home
Podemos fuels hopes for Spain’s emigrated youth to return home. by Mischa Wilmers Over the last two years, Spain’s political landscape has been transformed by the emergence of the progressive, anti-austerity party, Podemos (“We Can”). Formed in 2014, the party has already built a membership of over 350,000. In opinions
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Spain’s Gag Law: spectre of an authoritarian past
Spain’s Gag Law: spectre of an authoritarian past. by Carlos Delclós On Friday 10 April 2015, holographic images of about 2,000 protestors from all over the world were projected onto the facade of the Spanish Parliament by the citizen platform No somos delito (“we are not a crime”). Images of
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Contesting Capitalism in the Eurozone
In light of the new Syriza government’s difficult struggle against the German dominated institutions of the Eurozone, I’ve revisited a little known book published ten years ago by political scientist Richard Dunphy called Contesting Capitalism? Left Parties and European Integration (Manchester University Press, 2004). In the book, Dunphy charts out the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: People Power in the Birthplace of Democracy
Syrzia, the radical leftist government of Greece has rocked the Eurozone on its heels by rejecting the German-driven austerity programme that brought the Greek people to their knees. The Euros have rallied and are pushing back, in no small part out of fear that the public in other EU countries,
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The rise of Europe’s new Left
The rise of Europe’s new Left. By Bryan Evans Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Podemos, Spain, Syriza
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Is a socialist EU possible via left-wing populist parties such as Syriza, Podemos and the HDP? | openDemocracy
Is a socialist EU possible via left-wing populist parties such as Syriza, Podemos and the HDP? | openDemocracy. Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: EU, Europe, Podemos, Socialism, Syriza
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Germany faces impossible choice as Greek austerity revolt spreads – Telegraph
Germany faces impossible choice as Greek austerity revolt spreads – Telegraph. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The political centre across southern Europe is disintegrating. Establishment parties of centre-left and centre-right – La Casta, as they say in Spain – have successively immolated themselves enforcing EMU debt-deflation. Spain’s neo-Bolivarian Podemos party refuses
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Los indignados to Podemos, The Making of a Party
Filed under: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Los Indignados to Podemos
Filed under: Austerity, Crisis, Socialism, Southern Europe Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Could Greece Become the Salvation of Western Democracy?
Greece is revered as the nation that gave mankind democracy. Could it now become the nation that restored democracy to mankind? Around the world, democracy has taken a pounding from the fist of neoliberalism. Market fundamentalism and democracy are simply incompatible over time. Neoliberalism promotes illiberal democracy, ultimately leading to
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: 100,000 flock to Madrid for Podemos rally against austerity | World news | The Guardian
100,000 flock to Madrid for Podemos rally against austerity | World news | The Guardian. los indignados – an impromptu revolt of thousands, camping out for weeks and rallying against a political establishment felt to be out of sync with the people. On Saturday, up to 100,000 people again filled
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