Tag: marinaleda
SPAIN TRAVEL: Eight interesting villages to put on your Andalucia bucket-list
The Olive Press has compiled a list of the most interesting, beautiful or unusual villages in Spain’s Andalucia to visit this year.
Utopia: Marinaleda.
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Mayor of ‘communist utopia’ Marinaleda Juan Gordillo wins NINTH election in a row
The IU candidate has been top of the tree in Marinaleda since 1979
Supreme court closes case against communist mayor Sanchez Gordillo
The Robin Hood figure was being investigated over the use of town hall funds for hiring buses for the Andalucian Workers Party
‘Robin Hood’ mayor acquitted of supermarket raids
Communist Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo was accused of orchestrating raids on supermarkets last summer
Gordillo prepares for a summer of protests
The controversial radical mayor launches a new summer campaign of direct action around Andalucia
Meeting the Spanish ‘Robin Hood’
With unemployment at 33% in Andalucia, and 5.7 million without work in Spain, the Olive Press meets the radical mayor who has become a cult figure by leading the mass food raids to feed the poor