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20-603: After announcing their intention to leave Podemos in February 2020, Teresa Rodríguez and the rest of the ex-Podemos parliamentarians affiliated with Anticapitalistas were subject to an expulsion from their parliamentary group in October 2020. The party was eventually refounded as a left-wing nationalist organisation in June 2021. In 2017, Podemos Andalusia and United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV-CA) began to work on

40-795: A joint roadmap in the Andalusian Parliament . The plan involved acting as a strong opposition to the PSOE of Andalusia and the President of the Andalusian Regional Government , Susana Díaz . The coalition began to take shape in March and April 2018, with talks on running together in the following elections. The talks were joined by the ecologist party Equo as well as various Andalusian nationalist parties, such as Andalusian Spring and Andalusian Left. The coalition

60-902: Is a Basque politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain . He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament . Matute was born on 5 October 1972 in Barakaldo , Basque Country . He grew up in Bilbao but currently lives in Barakaldo. He has degree in business studies from the University of the Basque Country . Matute was an activist in the movement against compulsory military service in Spain and

80-503: Is a socialist political organisation that works as a confederation in Spain . Anticapitalistas is defined as a revolutionary socialism , anti-capitalist , proletarian internationalist , republican , and eco-socialist organisation, assuming Marxism in an open, plural, and critical sense. Its stated objective is the rebuilding of the revolutionary project through the creation of a unitary, anti-capitalist political expression sustained by

100-748: Is a member of the European Anti-Capitalist Left , a heterogeneous network of socialist political groups of various tendencies that have a Marxist inspiration. Anticapitalistas also participates in the United Secretariat of the Fourth International (post-reunification) , considered itself the heir of the former LCR and the historic POUM . The technological platform created by Nodo50 was its way of communicating with other movements. Oskar Matute Oskar Matute García de Jalón (born 5 October 1972)

120-716: The Province of Biscay but the party only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get elected to the Basque Parliament . However he was appointed to the Basque Parliament in January 2002 following the resignation of Javier Madrazo . At the 2005 regional election Matute was placed 2nd on the EB–B's list of candidates in the Province of Biscay but, again, the party only managed to win one seat in

140-471: The anti-globalisation movement , the labor movement , and the social movements at large. It is a member of the Fourth International (post-reunification) , a Trotskyist international organisation reformed in 1963. On 23 February 2009, IA entered in the register of political parties of the Interior Ministry, and presented candidacies to several elections. In January 2015, IA decided to become

160-735: The pacifist Elkarri movement. He was also a member of the Viento Sur and Ezker Gogoa foundations, and Lokarri and Euskadiko Langile Komisioak. Matute was co-ordinator for the presidency of the United Left–Greens (Ezker Batua–Berdeak, EB–B) and the federal presidency of the United Left (IU). He became a member of the EB's executive representing the Ekaitza faction. Ekaitza had been formed in 1993 by those supporting Basque sovereignty,

180-427: The right to self-determination , alternative social movements and citizen participation in political decisions. Following the 1998 Estella Pact (of which EB–B was a signatory), Ekaitza transformed into Batzen with Matute as its spokesperson. Matute was also a member of Espacio Alternativo (EA, Alternative Space), part of IU. At the 2001 regional election Matute was placed 2nd on the EB–B's list of candidates in

200-705: The 5th confederal meeting in December 2007, abandoning IU. Anticapitalistas is an organisation composed of various territorial organisations, the majority federated and three confederated: Esquerda Anticapitalista in Galiza , Antikapitalistak (in the Southern Basque Country ) and Revolta Global-Esquerra Anticapitalista (in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands ). Its organ of expression is

220-711: The Anticapitalistas political association and join Podemos , which lasted until 2020. Anticapitalistas was founded in 1995 under the name Espacio Alternativo (Alternative Space) by former militants of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), after its failed union with the Communist Movement , in the project Alternative Left , joined United Left (IU). By then, EA also had the support of some ecosocialists . Subsequently,

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240-688: The Corriente Alterna magazine, The youths of Anticapitalistas periodically publish a magazine called Combate Estudiantil . Several members also have a strong presence on the editorial board of the Marxist analysis magazine Viento Sur . Every year, Anticapitalistas organises the Summer University of the Anticapitalist Left, which brings together hundreds of people, including members and sympathisers. The 2013 edition

260-700: The Municipal Council of Madrid , of Anticapitalistas and Ahora Madrid ). Anticapitalistas prioritizes working in left-wing citizen platforms and in the anti-globalization movement . Its field of political intervention lies in the social movements , environmentalist , student movement , decent housing and the anti-evictions movement ), in the trade union movement (in the mareas that defend public and common services and in Comisiones Obreras and other unions) and also works in neighborhood associations and popular assemblies. Anticapitalistas

280-436: The alliance only managed to win four seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected. He contested the 2012 regional election as an EH Bildu electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Biscay and was re-elected to the Basque Parliament. Matute contested the 2016 general election as an EH Bildu candidate in the Province of Biscay and was elected to the Congress of Deputies . He resigned from

300-430: The organisation gained members in and out of IU. However, EA progressively lost weight as an internal current of IU, mainly due to the rupture with the ecosocialist sectors that originally participated in its foundation. Some prominent leaders of IU linked to EA abandoned the current in the early 2000s, for example, Julio Setién, Oskar Matute or Concha Denche. EA was, de facto, an external organisation towards IU. EA held

320-589: The province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Basque Parliament. However he was re-appointed to the Basque Parliament in July 2005 following the resignation of Javier Madrazo. At the EB–B's 7th Assembly in June 2008, held at the Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall in Bilbao, Matute challenged incumbent Javier Madrazo for the party's general co-ordinator position but

340-412: The rest of the ex-Podemos parliamentarians were expelled from their parliamentary group in October 2020. Anticapitalistas Anticapitalistas ( Catalan : Anticapitalistes , Basque : Antikapitalistak , English: Anticapitalists ), known as Izquierda Anticapitalista (Anti-Capitalist Left, IA) until January 2015 and as Espacio Alternativo (Alternative Space, EA) from 1995 to November 2008,

360-626: Was attended by Juan Carlos Monedero , Pablo Iglesias Turrión , Martiño Noriega , Sabino Cuadra , Esther Vivas and Jaime Pastor. The 2015 edition was attended by the Anticapitalistas European MPs Miguel Urbán and Lola Sánchez Caldentey , Katerina Sergidou, Pedro Santisteve (mayor of Zaragoza ), José María González Santos Kichi (mayor of Cádiz ), Albano Dante Fachín (leader of Podemos in Catalonia ), Jaime Pastor, Beatriz Gimeno, Teresa Rodríguez , Teresa Forcades , Antón Sánchez and Rommy Arce (member of

380-621: Was defeated after only receiving 22% of the votes. Matute founded Alternatiba Eraikitzen (Alternative in Progress) a socio-political organisation which became the Alternatiba (Alternative) political party. He left EB–B in April 2009. Alternatiba joined Bildu when it was founded in 2011. At the 2011 local elections Matute was placed 25th on the Bildu's list of candidates in Barakaldo but

400-513: Was officially presented in June 2018, holding its first event in the city of Córdoba . Throughout the month of September 2018, the coalition published the makeup of its electoral lists. Teresa Rodríguez was elected to represent the province of Málaga , occupying first place on the list. Meanwhile, Antonio Maíllo, the general coordinator of IULV-CA, would be in first place on the list of candidates for Seville . After announcing their intention to leave Podemos in February 2020, Teresa Rodríguez and

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