PACO, ISSN: 2035-6609 - Copyright © 2018 - University of Salento, SIBA: http://siba-ese.unisalento.it PArtecipazione e COnflitto * The Open Journal of Sociopolitical Studies http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco ISSN: 1972-7623 (print version) ISSN: 2035-6609 (electronic version) PACO, Issue 11(2) 2018: 571-598 DOI: 10.1285/i20356609v11i2p571 Published in July 15, 2018 Work licensed under a Creative Commons At- tribution-Non commercial-Share alike 3.0 Italian License RESEARCH ARTICLE DISCOURSES AND PRACTICES OF RADICAL DEMOCRACY The 15M movement as a space of mobilization * José Candón Mena University of Sevilla David Montero Sánchez University of Sevilla Ángel Calle Collado University of Córdoba ABSTRACT: Social movements are builders of what are known as “grammars of democracy”, that is, val- ues, participatory experiences, political cultures, languages and structures for articulating demands. This article analyses the 15M or indignados (outraged) movement in Spain; a collective action that went be- yond classical protests in response to the economic crisis and proposed changes in democratic practices. Social movements, particularly from the 1990s onwards, have focused on democracy as both a means and an end in order to address what they perceive as authoritarian globalization. The article approaches 15M mainly as a space for mobilization articulating the heterogeneity of the movement as well as its effects in Spain (anti-eviction struggles, PAH, social tides, etc.) with a direct reference to the master frame of 'radical democracy'. Methodologically, this work is based upon interviews, focus groups and participant observa- tion conducted from May 2011 to June 2012 during the occupation of public squares and subsequent mo- bilizations. The text situates this phenomenon in the core of the New Global Movements, and connects it with a decade of similar collective actions in Spain and other parts of the world. Finally, aspects such as the role of the Internet as a tool for and driving force of new models of democracy and the scale of assemblies in relation to deliberative democracy are also discussed. KEYWORDS: 15-M , democracy, indignados, New Global Movements, protests CORRESPONDING AUTHORS: David Montero Sánchez, email: davidmontero@us.es