Introducing this week’s theme: ‘Smile at the Indignados’: Podemos’ struggle for a new politics

With the 20 December 2015 general elections approaching in Spain, many eyes are on Podemos. The fate of the ‘purple party’ has fascinated analysts and publics in Europe and beyond since its inception in 2014, because Podemos’ future might easily be the future of the European anti-austerity left. This week's guest theme looks at the party, its origins, roller-coaster short history, and meaning for the future, through the eyes of some of those involved.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Spanish general election, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/spanish-general-election-2015/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?: Tag: Podemos https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/podemos-new-politics

ESO: Background information: A dilemma for Podemos http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-dilemma-for-podemos/

Wikipedia: Podemos (Spanish political party) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podemos_%28Spanish_political_party%29

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 15.12.15: Spanish general election preview: Podemos http://bit.ly/1Mdrvuq

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