Can Barcelona rekindle its radical imagination?


Ada Colau
"The night of 26 May 2019 was a bad one for Spain’s so-called Fearless Cities. Four years after winning local elections, the left-wing municipal platforms that governed Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela and other key cities have suffered major losses. The only exceptions are Cádiz and Valencia. The former will certainly be governed by the anticapitalist Adelante Andalusia and the latter by the progressive Compromís. Everywhere else, the municipalists will be replaced by either Pedro Sanchez’s resuscitated Socialist Party or a right-wing coalition that includes the disintegrating Popular Party, the technocratic Ciudadanos and the neo-fascist Vox. ..."
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NY Times: Valls Puts ‘Identity’ at Center of Barcelona’s Mayor Race

Supporters of Spanish prime minister and Socialist Party candidate Pedro Sánchez gather at the party headquarters in Madrid to wait for the results of the general election, April 28, 2019.

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