The Marx Spain

Google searches for Marxism skyrocketed across Spain during the "housing revolution" that erupted with protests in 50 cities and led to the fall of Pedro Sánchez's government, forcing early presidential elections. According to data shared by user @kuarantamaula_ on the social network X, search engine interest exploded in terms of Marxism, socialism, communism, the housing union, and the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels—data that serves as a slap in the face to the imperialist officials promoting the "Advance of the Far Right Worldwide" campaign.

Interest in Marxist texts peaked sharply between September 25th and 27th, coinciding with the massive demonstration organized by the Tenants' Union following the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal and the start of the encampment in Puerta del Sol. Here are the graphs that illustrate this trends.

The image shows the search of Communist Manifesto

The revolutions in Spain and France, coupled with the triumphs of the Ukrainian revolution with " Operation Vivaldi," demonstrate that the notion of a "rise of the far right or fascism" is entirely false . What is actually happening is a shift to the left among mass sectors in our country and around the world, as the global revolution against capitalism deepens. The graphs show Google searches for the film "The Young Marx" and the "Communist Manifesto." The revolution in Spain is not an isolated event, but rather part of the third revolutionary wave sweeping the world, encompassing mass mobilizations in Nepal, the student revolution in France, the defeat of ICE in Minnesota and the mobilizations of the "No Kings" movement in the United States, the struggle against the dictatorships of Cuba and Venezuela, the mobilizations of the people in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bolivia, and Turkey, the Houthi victories in Yemen, the defeats inflicted by Iran on the US and Israel, the mobilizations in South Korea, Georgia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Syria, the Palestinian resistance in the Third Intifada, and "Operation Vivaldi" by the Ukrainian National Liberation Army in Donbas. The revolutions in France, Spain, and Ukraine place Europe at the heart of the global class struggle.

A step forward in the people's awareness in relation to the 15M movement

The development of the encampments and self-organization expresses a February revolution, and an advance in the people's consciousness if we compare it to the 15M movement of 2011, which was also a February revolution. In that year, imperialist capitalism suffered a collapse, and as a result of the bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble in the US, the housing bubble also burst in our country, which provoked a massive revolution known as the 15M movement or the "Indignados" (Outraged), which was part of the first global revolutionary wave. Spain's capitalist economy was "rescued" by the ECB with a €30 billion loan that was used to bail out the bankers, which led to the banking restructuring that gave rise to Bankia, and resulted in a greater concentration of wealth in the hands of the ruling classes in banks like Sabadell and BBVA. That movement was monopolized by the " autonomist" tendencies that rejected Marxism, inspired by Tony Negri, and the Zapatistas.

                                                                                    The image shows searchs of Marxism & Socialism

However, the encampments and mobilizations are now part of the third global revolutionary wave, marked by political revolution. The calls to action are led by two blocs of organizations: one is the Confederation of Tenants' Unions, the largest organization comprised of 11 federated unions from cities such as Madrid, Catalonia, Malaga, Seville, Cadiz, Asturias, Zaragoza, Vigo, Ibiza, Segovia, and Guadalajara; the other is the bloc made up of the Socialist Housing Union of Catalonia (SHSC) and the Madrid Housing Union. The spokespeople for these two blocs are Valeria Racu, Alicia del Río, Alejandra Jacinto, Carme Arcarazo, and Fernando de los Santos, activists who identify as independent.

The fact that unions are calling for self-organization, and that thousands of activists across the country are heeding the call, represents a shift in consciousness among broad sectors of society who no longer expect the regime's institutions to resolve their issues. Direct action and grassroots self-organization, driven by tens of thousands of young people and activists, has overwhelmed the bureaucratic political and union apparatuses. Compared to the 15M movement of 2011, this is a giant leap forward because anti-political prejudices have vanished from the squares and demonstrations, which have been filled with red flags and a clear class consciousness, with unequivocal anti-capitalist slogans, and which have made the expropriation of the rentier class and a general strike their immediate program.

The break with the PSOE, Podemos, and SUMAR is fueling the self-organization of the encampments. As we have been stating, there is a process of global political revolution underway, a break with the old parties and political leaderships, and a " Sovietization" with the emergence of self-organized bodies, which is evident in this movement and is now culminating in the popular struggle for housing—a tremendously progressive process that the Sánchez government is trying to "divert" toward the elections. In turn, the break of millions with the old parties and organizations is part of the global process of "political revolution," that is, a break with the old apparatuses, social democracy, Stalinism, and bourgeois nationalism that directed the mass movement for decades.

The groups that claim to be "Marxist" or "leftist" do not represent an alternative for the working class and the people. They focus on the fight against "the far right" and, in doing so, serve the interests of the PSOE government and Sánchez. In general, they pursue a Stalinist policy of class collaboration, refusing to support the Ukrainian people's revolution and to unite the European revolution against capitalism; in fact, they support Putin. But today, the current revolution in Spain presents us with the possibility of regrouping revolutionaries, uniting revolutionaries from all over Europe, to build a Marxist organization in our country to fight for socialism in Spain and the world. This is the invitation we extend to you from The Marx Spain.