Martín Portos

‘No war’ inside peace movements: alliance building in Madrid’s pro-Palestine networks

This article examines coalition-building within Madrid’s pro-Palestine movement since October 2023, shifting attention from cross-movement alliances to the endogenous dynamics that shape cooperation among solidarity actors. Drawing on 10 semi-structured interviews with key activi...

“ We Are Not Freeing Palestine, Palestine Is Freeing Us ”: Intellectuals and the Anti-Colonial Framing of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

This article examines the role of political, cultural, and institutional intellectuals in the discursive radicalization of the current wave of solidarity with Palestine in Spain. Drawing on Gramscian and decolonial traditions, we reconsider who becomes legible and constructed as...