Ada Colau, campaigning in Barcelona. Demotix/Lino De Vallier. All rights reserved.
"This victory is thanks to the hard work of thousands of people who've shown politics can be done differently" Ada Colau, 24 May 2015
Ada Colau has been making headlines across the world since the shock triumph of the radical municipal platform, Barcelona en Comú, in the Barcelona city elections on Sunday. Colau, who will be the first female mayor of Barcelona, is a well-known and popular figure across Spain, thanks to her time as an activist and spokeswoman for the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (La PAH). “Anti-eviction activist to mayor” is certainly a compelling story, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg of what’s going on in the Catalan capital.
