Pedro Sánchez’s Kingdom
There are not many leftist statesmen to choose from these days. But Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Lula of Brazil rallied round Sánchez, and so did the representatives of activist philanthropies—Bill Gates’s people and George Soros’s, too. Various agitators came for environmental and sexual causes, with their earrings and keffiyehs and polyglot t-shirts.
- ▪There are not many leftist statesmen to choose from these days.
- ▪But Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Lula of Brazil rallied round Sánchez, and so did the representatives of activist philanthropies—Bill Gates’s people and George Soros’s, too.
- ▪Various agitators came for environmental and sexual causes, with their earrings and keffiyehs and polyglot t-shirts.
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Summer 2026 Essays Pedro Sánchez’s Kingdom Progressive reign in Spain. by Christopher Caldwell Email Share Print Download Subscriber Only Subscribe In the middle of April, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez summoned the world’s leftist statesmen to Barcelona for what he called a Global Progressive Mobilization. There are not many leftist statesmen to choose from these days. But Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Lula of Brazil rallied round Sánchez, and so did the representatives of activist philanthropies—Bill Gates’s people and George Soros’s, too. Various agitators came for environmental and sexual causes, with their earrings and keffiyehs and polyglot t-shirts. It was a coronation of sorts.
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