Julio Iglesias: under the protection of bourgeois and patriarchal justice

The complaints against him were filed by the Spanish Prosecutor's Office considering that there is no jurisdiction for the investigation.. A repeated institutional shame.

The case of the complaints against Julio Iglesias has once again put on the table the reality that working women face, especially migrants, against economic power and the patriarchal structure. While the singer's public relations machinery tries to maintain his image as an “international idol”, Testimonies from former employees reveal a network of sexual violence, labor exploitation and disregard for the most basic human rights.

Aggression and a system of modern servitude

According to recent research published by elDiario.es, two former workers at Iglesias mansions have reported having been victims of sexual assault by the singer. The stories describe a pattern of abuse of power where the artist took advantage of his position of absolute superiority to subdue the women who worked in his private environment..

But the horror does not end in sexual violence. The investigation reveals that Iglesias transferred employees from abroad to his farms in Spain under conditions that border on semi-slavery: tourist visas to avoid labor laws, absence of legal contracts and miserable salaries that barely reached the 340 monthly euros. We are facing a model of colonial and class exploitation, where the millionaire uses working women as disposable objects, stripping them of their rights through the blackmail of administrative irregularity.

Patriarchal justice: archive and impunity

Despite the seriousness of the testimonies and evidence of labor irregularities, The Prosecutor's Office has decided to file the complaint filed against the singer, when an independent investigation of power is necessary. This movement is not a surprise for those of us who are active in class feminism., The fight is not just for individual justice for these two women, but for a systemic change. The case file shows, once again, that bourgeois justice is designed to protect the powerful and punish the victims, especially if these are women, migrants and poor.

The Spanish judicial system once again fails women by not considering the context of coercion and extreme vulnerability in which the employees found themselves.. For the State, he “consent” It seems to be an abstraction that ignores the brutal power hierarchies that exist in a luxury mansion where the employer is a billionaire with political and media influence.. The regime of 78, shaped by Francoism and legitimized by the transition, It is a machinery to defend patriarchal capitalism and to crush democratic rights of any kind.

Break the silence to transform the system

From Socialism and Freedom (SOL) and Together and on the left we stand in solidarity with the workers who have had the courage to raise their voices against one of the untouchables of the regime. This case is not an isolated event “showbiz”, It is the raw expression of how capitalism and patriarchy feed off each other.: money buys silence and precariousness facilitates aggression.

Partial reforms are not enough. We need a fundamental transformation that guarantees roles for all, the end of precariousness in domestic employment and courts that do not respond to the interests of the elite. The impunity of Julio Iglesias is the impunity of a system that allows the bodies of workers to be treated as merchandise.

Enough of patriarchal justice! Papers for everyone and real protection against employer abuse! May patriarchy and capitalism fall together!!