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Ganemos Madrid (Spanish for Let's Win Madrid) is a political movement in Madrid with a candidature represented in the municipal council. Alongside other Ganemos groups around Spain, many of its claimed principles are aligned with municipalism.

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History

Ganemos Madrid was born on June 28, 2014, from the Municipalia discussion space, which was primarily a location to discuss the creation of a “citizen candidacy” to be presented at the 2015 municipal elections... [1] It was proposed by the Movement for Democracy and its manifesto was signed on October 1, 2014. [2] [3]

In conjunction with Podemos, Ganemos Madrid created Ahora Madrid, which is an “instrumental party” to stand for municipal elections. More specifically, it is a candidature which allows anyone who wishes to participate, including voting for and proposing specific policies desired prior to the election. It puts representatives of parties Equo, Podemos, and part of Izquierda Unida into the same pool and allows all citizens to vote from among them. [4] [5] It also is crowdfunded, requires participating politicians to sign a code of ethics, and uses a Dowdall ranked voting system. In 2015, Ahora Madrid won 20 of 57 seats and formed a minority government (backed by PSOE) with Manuela Carmena as mayor. [6]

Ganemos Madrid has workgroups for specific issues corresponding to (1) social rights, (2) economy and debt, (3) city and urban ecology, and (4) local democracy. Each group holds a weekly meeting at which all citizens are welcome to participate. [7]

Projects

Ganemos Madrid has supported initiatives against remnants of a positive historical memory of Francoist Spain. For example, it has promoted the removal of 47 pro-Francoist street names in Madrid. Furthermore, it more broadly argued against the fact that the unelected Commissioner of the city of Madrid is the one making decisions about historical justice. [8] Despite arguments from outlets like El País that Ganemos Madrid is in so doing only deepening ideological boundaries between the left and right, [9] Ganemos Madrid has responded that they will continue to speak out . [10] [11]

As with many Ganemos groups, they also pursue municipalization. For example, they want the city council to take back full control of garbage collection [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nace en Madrid el movimiento 'Municipalia' que pretende fomentar "candidaturas ciudadanas"". El Diario. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ganemos Madrid preguntas frecuentes". Ganemos Madrid. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Manifiesto Ganemos Madrid". Ganemos Madrid. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Romero, Juanma (6 March 2015). "Las primarias de Ahora Madrid arrancan este lunes sin nombres de candidatos aún sobre la mesa". infoLibre. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Gallo, Bruno García (30 March 2015). "Manuela Carmena encabezará la lista de Ahora Madrid". El País. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Méndez, Ana (28 October 2016). "From common sense to power: municipal politics in Madrid". Red Pepper. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Grupo de programa y contenidos". Ganemos Madrid. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "La memoria histórica y los derechos humanos usados para imponer políticas de olvido e invisibilización, y para desarticular al gobierno municipal". Ganemos Madrid. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ganemos se encona". El País. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Memoria histórica, jornada de ciudad Ganemos Madrid". Ganemos Madrid. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Ganemos Madrid frente a la Comisión de Memoria Histórica". Ganemos Madrid. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jornada sobre remunicipalización de servicios públicos". Ganemos Madrid. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Ganemos apuesta por la remunicipalización de los servicios públicos". Europa Press. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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