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The taming of Podemos

Posted on 20th April 2022 by Richard Donnelly

The world economic crisis of 2008-9 and the politics of austerity it ushered in saw the rise of mass movements of resistance in many parts of the world.1 In some cases, this formed the context for the radical left to… Continue Reading →

Podemos, Catalonia and the workers’ movement in the Spanish state

Posted on 29th June 2017 by Camilla

Three years ago, the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy looked like the captain of a sinking ship.1 Following the outbreak of the 2007-8 economic crisis and as an austerity package, imposed by the Spanish state with the support of European… Continue Reading →