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Guanyem
Ganemos or Guanyem refers to a set of independent municipal initiatives in Spain seeking to create and improve mechanisms for more direct citizen participation in politics. The movement, like 15M, was initiated during the Spanish financial crisis amidst a growing perception of, and disdain for, corruption, privatization, a closed nature of primaries, and political stagnancy caused by the two-party system. Ganemos is used for Spanish-speaking communities and Guanyem for Catalan-speaking communities. In Galicia, similar lists were called ("tides"). History The movement began with Guanyem Barcelona (now Barcelona en Comú for legal reasons). This political platform was initiated primarily by activists previously involved with movements such as PAH and 15M. The group’s manifestohttps://barcelonaencomu.cat/sites/default/files/declaration_barcelona_en_comu.pdf was published on 24 May 2014 and on 10 February 2015 it announced that it would be running in the May 2015 municipal elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ara Eivissa
Ara Eivissa (, Ara) is a political coalition formed in Ibiza in 2019. It was created ahead of the 2019 Spanish general election, the 2019 Balearic election and the 2019 local elections as an electoral alliance formed by Let's Win Ibiza (Guanyem), Republican Left of Catalonia (esquerra) and Equo Greens Equo (GQ) and formerly EQUO, is a Spanish political party founded on 4 June 2011, when 35 Spanish green parties agreed to merge into Equo. It began as a foundation on 24 September 2010 with the goal of becoming "the seed and source of deb ... (eQuo). Composition References Political parties in the Balearic Islands Political parties established in 2019 Republican Left of Catalonia Unidas Podemos {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guanyem Les Illes Balears
Guanyem les Illes Balears ( Catalan for ''Let's Win the Balearic Islands'', Guanyem) is an electoral alliance formed by United Left of the Balearic Islands and Building the Left–Socialist Alternative to contest the 2015 Balearic regional election. Both parties also contested, together with Podemos, the 2015 Ibiza Island Council election. Member parties * United Left of the Balearic Islands (EUIB) * Building the Left–Socialist Alternative Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (, CLI–AS), also known as Socialist Alternative (, AS), was a left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achi ... (CLI–AS) References Federations of United Left (Spain) Political parties in the Balearic Islands Political parties established in 2015 Political party alliances in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Colau
Ada Colau Ballano ( ; born 3 March 1974) is a Spanish activist and politician who was Mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2023. On 13 June 2015 she was elected Mayor of Barcelona, the first woman to hold the office, as part of the citizen municipalist platform, Barcelona en Comú, Barcelona En Comú. Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (''Platform for People Affected by Mortgages''), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by unpaid mortgage loans and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Early and personal life Ada Colau was born in Barcelona, and grew up in the Guinardó neighbourhood. She went to school at the Santa Anna and Febrer Academies, and went on to study philosophy at the University of Barcelona but lacks the pertinent degree due to leaving her studies before completi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Málaga Ahora
Málaga Ahora (Spanish language, Spanish for ''Málaga Now'') is a citizen platform of ''Guanyem, popular unity'', formed as an ''instrumental party without organic internal life'', in order to contest the Spanish municipal elections, 2015, municipal elections of 2015 in the city of Málaga. For this project various organizations have converged, the most important being ''Ganemos Málaga'', a citizen platform inspired by ''Guanyem Barcelona'' (now called Barcelona en Comú) and the political parties EQUO and Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos. History In June 2014 Ganemos Málaga was presented, supported by the Movement for Democracy, linked to the 15-M Movement. Ganemos Málaga appeared as an horizontal organization, based in district assemblies and supported by political parties and social movements. The lawyer and activist of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, Ysabel Torralbo was elected as the candidate in the primary elections celebrated between the 9 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahora Madrid
Ahora Madrid () was a citizen platform of popular unity, formed as an ''instrumental party without organic internal life'', in order to stand for the municipal elections of 2015 in the city of Madrid. For this project, '' Ganemos Madrid'', a citizen platform inspired by ''Guanyem Barcelona'' (now called Barcelona en Comú) and the parties Equo, Podemos and PUM+J joined forces. History On 28 June 2014 "Municipalia", later renamed Ganemos Madrid, appeared. The goal of this platform was to ''gain Madrid as a citizens' horizontal initiative formed by a confluence of people, groups, parties and social movements''. On 29 January 2014, Ganemos Madrid confirmed that their goal was the confluence of different left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ... forces to st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalunya En Comú
Catalunya en Comú (, CatEnComú or CatComú), previously Un País en Comú () and collectively dubbed as Comuns (), is a Catalan-based political party established in December 2016 as an umbrella for Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV), United and Alternative Left (EUiA) and Equo, which until then had been collaborating through electoral alliances under the Catalunya Sí que es Pot and En Comú Podem labels in the September 2015 regional and December 2015 and June 2016 general elections. Its spokesman until 2018 was En Comú Podem's spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Xavier Domènech, with the new party being sponsored by Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau. It contested the 2017 Catalan regional election under the Catalunya en Comú–Podem label, in coalition with Podemos, then joined the En Comú Podem alliance ahead of the April and November 2019 Spanish general elections. History The first steps for constituting the political space previousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Marea
En Marea (translated in English as "In Tide") was a political party and former political alliance integrated by Podemos, Anova, United Left of Galicia, and some municipal alliances that participated in the 2015 Spanish local elections ( Marea Atlántica, Compostela Aberta, and Ferrol en Común). It was formed in November 2015 as an electoral coalition to contest the 2015 Spanish general election in Galicia. As part of the coalition agreement with Podemos, the name on the ballot paper for both the 2015 and 2016 general elections was Podemos–En Marea–Anova–EU. En Marea would receive the support of Galician Eco-socialist Space (EcoSoGal) for the 2015 general election, which was joined by Equo's support in the June 2016 election. Both parties would end up joining the confluence in the run up to the 2016 Galician regional election, ahead of which the coalition partners chose to constitute En Marea as a political party, which was officially registered as such on 10 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marea De Vigo
Marea de Vigo (''Tide of Vigo'' in Galician language) is a left-wing citizen movement and political alliance active in the city of Vigo, Spain. History Marea de Vigo was created as a left-wing " popular unity" candidacy to the municipal elections of May 2015. Rubén Pérez Correa, a member of the United Left (EU) was elected as the candidate. The candidacy is supported by EU, Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, independents and some members of Podemos. It's one of the many "popular unity" candidacies formed by left-wing political parties in Galicia and Spain to the Spanish local elections, 2015; like Marea Atlántica, Ahora Madrid, Barcelona en Comú, Zaragoza en Común or Málaga Ahora. Marea de Vigo was the 3rd most voted list in the Vigo local elections of 2015 (16,227 votes, 11.5%), gaining 3 seats in the city council. Elected councillors (2019-2023) * Rubén Pérez Correa: member of United Left and local coordinator of the party. * Oriana Méndez Fuentes: member of An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plataforma De Afectados Por La Hipoteca
Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH; Platform for People Affected by Mortgages) is a Spanish grassroots organization that takes direct action to stop evictions and campaigns for housing rights. The PAH was set up in Barcelona in February 2009 and by 2017 had 220 local branches across Spain. It was established in response to the 2008 financial crisis that triggered the bursting of the Spanish housing bubble and resists evictions due to foreclosures. Activity and campaigns The Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH, Platform for People Affected by Mortgages) was set up in Barcelona in February 2009, by activists previously involved in V de Vivienda (H for Housing). The group aimed to protest and combat the foreclosures which were evicting people from their homes. It is organised horizontally by assembly and grew exponentially across Spain, with 220 local groups recorded by 2017. The group organises non-violent resistance to evictions and campaigns for a social rent an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compostela Aberta
Compostela Aberta () is a grassroots movement and political coalition in the city of Santiago de Compostela that runs a left-wing " popular unity" candidacy. It was founded for the municipal elections of May 2015. Martiño Noriega, a member of Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova) was elected as the candidate. The candidacy is supported by EU, Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, Equo, Podemos, Espazo Ecosocialista Galego and independents. It's one of the many "popular unity" candidacies formed by left-wing political parties in Galicia and Spain to the Spanish local elections, 2015; like Marea Atlántica, Ahora Madrid, Barcelona en Comú, Zaragoza en Común, Marea de Vigo or Málaga Ahora. History The members of the candidacy were elected, in addition to mayor Martiño Noriega, were María Rozas (financial management consultant and member of Esquerda Unida, United Left), Jorge Duarte (architect, former president of the College of Architects of Galicia), Branca Novoneyra (writer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Del Sol Sí Puede
Costa del Sol Sí Puede (Spanish for ''Costa del Sol Can'', CSSP) is a political platform of '' popular unity'', formed as an "instrumental party" that presented lists for the local elections of 2015 and 2019 in the comarca of Costa del Sol with a common platform. CSSP was supported by Podemos, Equo and local social collectives and movements. IULV-CA chose not to join the coalition. Since the 2015 elections, CSSP has moved on and is a totally independent party, with no relation to others. CSSP submits lists to the municipal elections in May 2019 in Torremolinos, Benalmadena, Mijas and Fuengirola. They lost all political power they had and the support of main political parties (Podemos, Equo, ...). Election results The party gained representation in some of the town councils of the Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (; literally "Coast of the Sun") is a region in the south of Spain in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia En Común
Galicia en Común () was a left-wing alliance in Galicia formed by Podemos and United Left (EU) as a successor to the En Marea alliance, which after turning into a party broke up from their three constituent parties in early 2019 as a result of political and leadership differences. The alliance has contested the April 2019 and November 2019 Spanish general elections under the En Común–Unidas Podemos label (), and it also exists as a sub-group within the Unidas Podemos confederal parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies. In September 2019, Podemos and EU, together with Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood, comprised the Grupo Común da Esquerda () parliamentary group, and the alliance is scheduled to be renewed ahead of the 2020 Galician regional election. History The political space until then represented under the umbrella of the En Marea party had broken up in January 2019 after internal disputes throughout the two previous years had reached their peak in December 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
