This article by Montesano Montessori and Morales-Lopez, Multimodal Narrative as an Instrument for Social Change: Reinventing Democracy in Spain-The Case of 15 M, CADAAD Journal 2015, 7(2):200-221, provides a description of the emergence of the Spanish 'Occupy' movement, Democracia real ya. The aim is to analyse the innovative discursive features of this movement and to connect this analysis to what we consider the innovative potential of the critical sciences. The movement is the result of a spontaneous uprising that appeared on the main squares of Madrid and Barcelona on 15 May 2011 and then spread to other Spanish cities. This date gave it its name: 15M. While the struggle for democracy in Spain is certainly not new, the 15M group shows a series of innovative features. These include the emphasis on peaceful struggle and the imaginary of a new democracy or worldview, transmitted through innovative placards and slogans designed by Spanish citizens. We consider these innovative not only due to their creativity, but also because of their use as a form of civil action. Our argument is that these placards both functioned as a sign of protest and, in combination with the demonstrations and the general dynamics of 15M, helped to reframe the population's understanding of the crisis and rearticulate the identity of the citizens from victims to agents.
Alle elezioni politiche del 22 maggio 2011, le analisi delle elezioni nazionali mostrarono che erano state vinte dal Partito Popolare, suggerendo che il movimento di protesta, INDIGNADOS, aveva contribuito alla perdita per il Partito Socialista Operaio Spagnolo (PSOE) che era in ruolo, con un forte aumento dei numeri di voti viziati e schede bianche, che hanno raggiunto livelli da record.
Al confronto cona la situazione attuale in Spagna, si auspica che invece ci sia una confluenza di obiettivi tra il PSOE guidato da Sanchez, con il partito autonomo della Catalogna, e con le proteste di piazza per il diritto alla casa, che si traduca in una nuova maggioranza in parlamento.
