L'Hospitalet de Llobregat elections: let's go with the cup
He 28 municipal elections will be held in May. New mayors and councilors will be elected in all the town halls of the Spanish State. in Catalonia, the CUP will be presented in several municipalities. In L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (LH), It will do so with the support and participation of different organizations including SOL.
LH is the second municipality in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia in number of inhabitants and one of the most densely populated in Europe. It is part of the same urban area as Barcelona with a strong working-class presence.
Delegate of Pedro Sánchez in Catalonia
In this important city, Núria Marín is the mayoress of the City Council since 2008. further, chairs the Provincial Council of Barcelona and is vice-president of the Urban Assembly of Catalonia. As a member of the Socialist Party of Catalonia – PSC, is the local representative of the coalition government PSOE-Podemos, headed by Pedro Sanchez.
Marín considers LH his kingdom
From this location, Marín transformed LH into a kind of modern capitalist kingdom., where he does and undoes as he pleases, at the service of real estate, of privileges to big businessmen and the rich. As a delegate of the central power, supports the '78 regime shaped by Francoism, to the reactionary Bourbon monarchy and is always willing to negotiate with the partners of the ERC-JxCAT Government.
Change something… so that nothing changes
In addition to the PSC, the PP is presented, Citizens and Vox, as expressions of the right and ultra-right. And the coalitions En Comu Podem (Can-Commons) and ERC-Initiative. As on other occasions, formations of doubtful origin and political orientation appeared, such as “Neighbors of Hospitalet” and the “brave”. With them, promises of change will remain on paper, in simple makeup to sustain the current capitalist matrix.
The CUP LH has the support of other organizations
In LH the workers, poor people, youth, women, young people and immigrants are the last in line. It is an unfortunate reality that the CUP LH wants to change. That is why it is presented to the municipal elections with the support and participation of SOL, left Castellana, the union COS Baix Llobregat, Forward Baix Llobregat, Poble Liure Baix Llobregat and Constituents for the Ruptura. Lamentablemente Alternative d'Esquerres (We are Barris and Internationalist Struggle) has shown that his calls for unity with the CUP LH were just a posturing. That is why he has decided to look for other alliance options or to present himself alone..
Life is worth more than business profits
The CUP candidates raise proposals for radical changes to the actions of the City Council, that can only be fully put into practice with the mobilization of the people of Hospital. For a city where diversity is respected and defend himself the catalan language. Welcome and integration as a gateway to the Catalan Countries. Against discrimination and xenophobia, with democratic and social rights. against speculation, gentrification, the massification, for the right to housing. against privatizations, in defense of public health services, education and transportation, accessible, efficient and quality. For an ecological and feminist city, against LGTBIQ+-PHOBIA. Definitely, for an LH of the workers and the people, for a dignified life and struggle.
Presentation of the candidacy
As revolutionary socialists, from SOL we have been and are critical of some positions of the national CUP that we do not share and that we are going to continue raising fraternally. This does not prevent us from supporting and participating in the CUP LH lists, as we already did in the municipalities of 2019. Because, We invite you to the Candidacy Presentation Ceremony, to be held on Saturday 25 of March, to 12 noon, in the Plaza del Mercado de Collblanc, Calle Progrés, 32. We invite you to be part of the CUP LH campaign, why "People who fight are the ones who keep quiet." As one of the organizations that are part of the International Socialist League, We will also continue promoting a socialist solution and the regrouping of the revolutionaries around the world.
