This trailer is about the town of marinaleda in andalucia, spain that since the first election of its major juan manuel sanchez gordillo in 1979 has adopted a cooperative approach to employment, housing and food production. Feb 09, 2015 marinaleda, the town with few police, full employment and free housing would you live here. Marinaleda is home to approximately 25 expatriates, some are permanently relocated whilst others use marinaleda as a breathingspace, returning to their properties at various times of the year. The town of marinaleda, villages in the province of seville. Marinaleda, the town with few police, full employment and. Marinaleda discover andalusia experience spains most. Juan manuel sanchez gordillo is the charismatic mayor of the city. Oct 19, 20 spains communist model village marinaleda, in impoverished andalusia, used to suffer terrible hardships. The conquest of these lands by the christian kingdoms took place in the thirteenth century and marinaleda passed into the senorio of the order of santiago. Marinaleda is a town and municipio of the province of seville, andalusia, spain. As a result marinaleda has virtually full employment in andalusia, a region where the unemployment rate is more than 36%. Classifications aside, this is a town whose social fabric has been woven from very different economic threads to the rest of the country since the fall of the franco dictatorship in. Juan manuel sanchez gordillo, elu maire en 1979 et regulierement reelu depuis. Oct 08, 20 the people of marinaleda dont take activism lightly.
For the best experience please update your browser. Sono ormai trascorsi 30 anni da quando izquierda unida, partito di sinistra di stampo comunista ha vinto le elezioni comunali, ponendosi a capo del paese. Since 1979 he has been the mayor of marinaleda and since 2008 deputy for united left ul in the parliament of andalusia. The town described as a socialist utopia seems a little bit too good to be true.
Marinaleda, the town with few police, full employment and free housing would you live here. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Theres a lot of ways to describe the left today, but. The story of marinaleda, the communist village against the. Jul 15, 2014 marinaleda has been called spains communist utopia, though the local variation bears little resemblance to the soviet model most associate with the phrase. The town, with a population of 2,700 citizens, has a unique political and economic system of a strong socialist nature.
Marinaleda, a small village outside of seville, has tried for the last. He is also leader of the party collective for the unity of workers andalusian left bloc cut. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Marinaleda les meilleures locations dappartements en. Theyve occupied airports, train stations, government buildings, farms and palaces. Felipe ii gave marinaleda to the first marquis of estepa and it remained under his ownership until the nineteenth century when the senorios were dissolved. Marinaleda has enviable accessibility to some of the most beautiful and historically rich locations in andalusia, cordoba, seville, ecija, estepa and osuna.
The village against the world by dan hancox uncovers spains. Led by a charismatic mayor, the village declared itself a communist utopia and took. Marinaleda is a spanish municipality of the province of seville that belongs to the region of sierra sur, located in the basin of genil, in the autonomous community of andalusia. Marinaleda is a small and remote village of andalusia, one of the poorest regions in spain. And when feeling a little ambitious, you can even count on them to raid supermarkets and donate the stolen goods to food pantries. The town is a communist farming cooperative, of 2,700 people. Gordillo no entrega, tras 5 anos, 25 viviendas subvencionadas con 826.