A question for the Progressive Global Mobilization

Pedro Sánchez admits privately what everyone else knows: that no matter how often he lands on his feet, next year it will be difficult for him to repeat the feat of 2023, that is, to lose the elections but end up governing thanks to the votes of a parliamentary majority Frankenstein. (Especially if the left-wing majority continues to make friends as Rufián usually does or as Vice President Yolanda Díaz did yesterday, when she called Junts a “classist and racist” party, despite being the first to rush to Brussels to ask for Puigdemont's party's votes for the investiture.)

He also knows that in Madrid there are many people who want to see him before a judge and, if possible, in prison. Faced with this scenario, Sánchez has a plan B, which is to continue his political career in the international arena. This is not easy either, but Moncloa has been investing resources for some time so that Sánchez's instinct leads him to take the initiative in recognizing Palestine, saying no to 5% of GDP for defense, or saying no to the war in Iran. He has managed to get Trump to confront him. When you start running a second before everyone else, you win the race.

Having become a reference point, Sánchez has brought a “Global Progressive Mobilization” and a “Meeting in defense of democracy” to Barcelona, a capital that always looks good, especially when it has been about saying no to the Franco dictatorship or no to war. There is, however, a detail that grates: do the world's progressive leaders applaud or condemn the violent repression of peaceful voters on October 1st? And the political prisoners? And the exiles and disqualifications that still last? These questions would be pertinent at any time, but more so if the event is held in the capital of Catalonia.