Isabel Peralta has been on the front line in central Madrid. In this frank assessment of the Calle Ferraz demonstrations, their motive, and consequences – recorded last night and now uploaded with English subtitles – she draws a clear distinction between the radical nationalist response and ‘constitutional’ conservatism.
The disgraceful amnesty deal offered by socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Catalan subversives is (Isabel points out) legal under Spain’s “democratic” 1978 constitution.
Contrary to assertions by conservatives and reactionaries, the problem is not that Sánchez has acted unconstitutionally or anti-democratically.
The problem is “democracy” (in its present form) and the constitution itself. Yet the demonstrations have, Isabel believes, indicated that a revolutionary spirit – the true European spirit – is reviving among young Spaniards.
