We are happy to announce that Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo from Marinaleda/Andalusia has accepted our invitation to our conference.
Sánchez Gordillio is a history teacher, union leader and politician. Since 1971 he is mayor of Marinaleda. From 1994 to 2000 and 2008 to 2014 he was a member of the Andalusian parliament for “Izquierda Unida” (United Left). Gordillio is mostly known as mayor of Marinaleda, a region in which speculation with real estate has been prohibited. In the English media he is known as the “Spanish Robin Hood”.
Here are some links about him:
The Guardian – The Spanish Robin Hood (2012)
short documentary (german) – Der Krise ein Ende setzen (2012)
documentary (spanish) – Marinaleda. El sueño de la tierra (2007)
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