You sense the pride immediately.
In meetings of Podemos ‘circles’ in the poorer neighbourhoods in the south of Madrid, many people are without work now. Some face eviction, as the local government increases rents and sells off pubic housing to private speculators.
Despite the difficulties, the people are proud of being part of a movement to build a democratic and just Spain. They recognise that they are ‘the people’ and that they face a pitiless enemy - Spain’s elite; a corrupt fusion of left and right universally described as La Casta (the Caste).
