
The Spanish far right began to resemble its European counterpart more closely after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. The transition to democracy was marked by the violence of paramilitary groups and state terrorism, but soon neo-Nazi skinhead gangs, football hooligans, and, gradually, new far-right formations and neo-fascist social movements emerged. The generation that grew up after the transition responded, from different spheres and with diverse tactics, to a new far right that wielded brutal violence against various groups and progressively sought to gain a foothold in institutions. Ramos reviews the various struggles against the new far right that arose in Spain from the mid-1980s to the present day, with testimonies from its protagonists and journalistic and political accounts from each period: how the different platforms and collectives organized themselves, moving from ...read more






