Spain's socialist moment

The left in Spain is involved in a process that will culminate in a practical political programme, with a focus on social rights
Martyn Richard Jones, guardian.co.uk,

Contrary to published opinion, the "socialist moment" which was supposed to be triggered by the financial crisis is not evaporating.

While conservatives and social democrats find themselves mired in the contradictions of neoliberal economics, and in the willful sacrifice of participatory democracy and constitutionality on the altar of market dogma, leftwing movements around Europe, from Estonia to Portugal, are constructing alliances to counter the noxious effects of yet another crisis of capitalism.

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