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The November 2011 General Elections in Spain: Indignation Trapped in the Ballot Box
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http://insurgentnotes.com/2012/01/letter-from-spain-the-november-2011-general-elections-in-spain-indignation-trapped-in-the-ballot-box/Date Written: 2012-01-15 Publisher: Insurgent Notes Year Published: 2012 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX14057 The “outrage” expressed in the Spanish streets, deflated after the electoral ritual, is confronted with the limitations of the movement’s citizen-based abstractions (electoral reform, the affirmation of democracy, denouncing corruption, etc.) when confronted with the reality ( labor reform, social cuts) imposed by capital and its democratically elected administrators. Or, perhaps, indignation has completed its cycle and we are at the beginning. Subject Headings |