In the opinion of the experts, if a cross-cutting agreement representing the whole of society is not reached, it is very likely that the population will end up voting against it in next December’s plebiscite and the constitutional process will fail once again. Carmen Esquivel Sarría “The fundamental […]
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Socialism in our days
The ideas and revolutionary practices of Marx also served as a guide for the continuation of other revolutions over the course of the 20th century. Claudio Chipana* Karl Marx, along with his loyal comrade and co-author of several key works on socialism as a social science, Frederick Engels, […]
France is burning: fascistisation, police violence and racism
Fascistisation of political life and the populist media debate are spreading throughout the whole of Europe like a new pandemic. They will continue to grow until they affect the majority of the continent, or the international community as a whole, and enter a phase of exhaustion and weakness.
Elections in Spain: Unite or fascism returns
Last week, the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for general elections to be held on the 23rd of July. Under the current economic crisis, the war and the rise of xenophobia, a government including the far-right Party Vox would diminish Spanish democracy.
The right’s popular support, a weakness for the left
The dominant class in Latin America and other countries represents a very small percentage of the population but manages to assemble in its defence social groups of some importance. But it also has the support of popular sectors which for various reasons adopt that oligarchy’s slogans.