Spain in crisis: 15-M and the culture of indignation

Abstract

Nos encontramos ante un panorama sin ninguna esperanza y sin un futuro que nos incite a vivir tranquil@s y poder dedicarnos a lo que nos gusta a cada un@"-Comunicado de los detenidos de la manifestación del 15 mayo de 2011 "Es necesaria una Revolución Ética"-Manifiesto <<Democracia real ya>> (15/05/2011) 2011 already stands as a decisive year in the transformation of modern political culture. As a series of protest movements erupted worldwide in the spring and summer of 2011, an unprecedented number of global citizens found new ways to vocalize their indignation against governmental leaders and plutocrats (the so-called 1%) while advancing counterhegemonic strategies within the framework of primarily nonviolent mobilizations. 1 Interrogating the legitimacy of the elite in a wide range of political and economic contexts, movements such as the

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“…The initiatives engaged with in this research emerged not only independently, but sometimes through a conscious distancing from, progressive left‐wing national parties. In the case of both Ahora Madrid and Barcelona en Comú, the municipal electoral platforms were conceived only a few months after the formation of the national party Podemos—another child of the 15M movement (see Cameron ; Vilaseca )—and their surprise success in the 2014 European elections. Podemos changed the character of the national political scene in Spain, introducing a populist anti‐austerity discourse and crashing a two‐party system dominated by the Partido Popular and PSOE since the transition in the late 1970s.…”

“…Barcelona en Comú's position as a flagship of this new municipalist movement was already well established, not least due to the tireless work of those in their International Committee, who focused on building relationships and disseminating their experiences of attempting to “imagine a different city” and develop “the power to transform it” (BComú ). In a now well rehearsed narrative, BComú was born out of the experiences of social movements such as 15‐M (see Cameron ; Vilaseca ) and La Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Colau and Alemany ), which had spent more than five years working to resist and defend citizens against the impact of austerity measures and the financial crisis. This was coupled with a political system riddled with corruption—perhaps best illustrated by the vote of no‐confidence in the former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for his involvement in the Gürtel corruption scandal—and a perceived absence of “real democracy” in the face of a two‐party system that had governed since the Transition from 40 years of dictatorship.…”

Cuando El Teatro Es Necesario: Los Nuevos Formatos Teatrales Una Década Después (2009-2019)

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Renewable Energy Cooperatives as an instrument towards the energy transition in Spain

“…This fact implies rates of fuel poverty above 15% (Tirado Herrero et al, 2014), and an estimated population at risk of falling into poverty of 28% (Pye and Dobbins, 2015), in combination with the high rates of unemployment (20.8% in December 2015) (Eurostat, 2018), that results in a very complex and deep-rooted social problem. This context, together with the social mobilizations around 15M (2011) in the country (Cameron, 2014), has allowed social awareness of the importance of energy issues to increase and public recognition of the failures of the energy system in Spain (Haas, 2016). These have ultimately stimulated the active participation of society in promoting RES, thus creating the conditions for the development of modern RES cooperatives in the country.…”