About twenty governments and more than 6,000 representatives of parties and progressive organizations from around the world met yesterday at Fira Barcelona with one goal: to restore the credibility of social democracy on a planet battered by war and climate crisis, where the far-right is gaining ground. They denounce that the reactionary wave feeds on a malaise rooted in inequality and that it uses manipulation and lies to stir up hatred against immigrants, women and dissidences. Aware that action is needed, they wave the flags of “No to war”, the defense of human rights and the fight for equality. And they say that now is the time. An anti-Trump front that admits that defending oneself is not enough, but that does not go as far as formulating a tangible positive proposal.