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Lavapiés and the anarchist roots of 15-M

January 4, 2013
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Lavapiés and the anarchist roots of 15-M

How much does Spain’s 15-M movement owe to past political struggles? The protests that broke out on May 15, 2011 reveal an interesting convergence of the old and the new. On the one hand, the encampment at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid (Acampada Sol) was a 21st-century revolution driven by social media like...
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