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Podemos in the debate of the ‘Left(s)’: elections and aspirations for change at the ‘End of History’

Podemos has not given up on being part of the left, it has simply renounced being part of this left that can be content with losing, time after time. Español.

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Thousands celebrate the second anniversary of the 15-M, Madrid, May 2013. Demotix/Betsabe Donoso. All rights reserved.Despite the fact that all of us militants in traditional left organisations did not like it, the truth is that when 15-M exploded in May 2011, public squares were full of people while revolutionary organisations remained empty of activists. Capitalism had done its job of ideological indoctrination, defending its interests; with social majorities perceiving the traditional left more as an enemy than as an ally.

Capitalism had done its job of ideological indoctrination, defending its interests; with social majorities perceiving the traditional left more as an enemy than as an ally.

The scenario has not changed much since then; revolutionary organisations remain empty and people look towards other options for change, from the left to right, options that do not walk along traditional ideological avenues.