Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
Ada Colau
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Rebel Cities 25: Barcelona En Comú Reclaims the City and Reimagines the World
Barcelona's visionary popular party stands at the forefront of a global effort to remake the city in the interest of citizens and neighborhoods – through popular assemblies responding to the will of the people.
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Spain's Electoral Rebellion: Welcome to the Post-Party Political Era, Part II
If the M15-Indignados movement inaugurated a new social grammar in Spain, last month's municipal election victories created a new political ecosystem – signaling transformational shifts that have upended the old order.
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Six Lessons for the U.S. from Spain’s Democratic Revolution
I traveled to Barcelona and Madrid last month to witness the historic elections firsthand, and to learn from Spain’s independent social movements – and what I saw was a whole new way of doing politics.
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Spain’s 15-M Movement made the move from city squares to the halls of power on Sunday in municipal and regional elections that saw the ruling People’s party battered at the ballot box.
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Let's Win Barcelona: Manifesto for A New Metropolitan Democracy
We want a new ethical contract between citizens and representatives – and Barcelona is a decisive place to promote this much-needed democratic rebellion.
