Despite Setback, Podemos Forges Depth And Staying Power

The events highlight certain aspects of this political party that is often lumped in with “post ideological” or, worse, “populist” groups. But it’s not like that: The Podemos electoral campaign was about a world that’s much more complex and difficult to label and, maybe, it supplies a few fundamental and necessary elements in order to understand the phenomenon. And maybe that’s also why this campaign was less electrifying than the one leading up to the Dec. 20 vote. For those elections, the party’s creative committee pulled all stops to convey the full force of the party’s pre-electoral journey.

As Sunday’s results indicate, it’s difficult to conjure the same freshness six months later. But Podemos has tightly maintained its character.

First of all we must highlight these leaders’ extraordinary skills. The meeting at the Aluche Park, the one PP called illegal, as well as the other initiatives distributed throughout the city, were attended by the party’s “second ranks.” The attendees were Lola Sanchez, one of Podemos European Parliament members, a few city councillors from Madrid, and Marina Albiol, Izquierda Unida’s European spokeswoman. The feeling was that this political force might fail to obtain the maximum result in this electoral campaign, but it might also give assurances about the party’s depth, building some antibodies into the Spanish political system to stave off future tragedy.

As such, the examples set by the administration in Madrid and Barcelona are helpful, especially in the debate against the party considered by Unidos Podemos as its main adversary, the People’s Party. “Scum” is a recurring term for PP and Ciudadanos, and its a demonstration of how Unidas Podemos never mentions PSOE, to which, in fact, it has always offered alliance.

Source Article from https://www.popularresistance.org/despite-election-setback-podemos-forges-depth-and-staying-power/

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