"Wanted for the destruction of Spain," "European lives matter," and "We export engineers, we import machete-wielding thugs" are slogans that can be seen on several streets in Mallorca, especially in Palma and Inca. They have been hung by members of the neo-fascist group Identitas. Thus, it's not just screens and social media; neo-fascism also occupies physical spaces in Mallorca. It's a limited, small space, but the presence of youth groups with neo-fascist ideology is growing, and they are also organized. Football stadiums are, and continue to be, one of their main points of socialization—historically linked to far-right ideologies—as well as some gyms, especially martial arts gyms, although in this case, their activity is more individualized and often under the supervision of sports federations. Explicit militancy, on the other hand, is more marginal.

The neo-fascist groups operating in the Balearic Islands today are few. But they are young, they are radical, and they are increasingly visible on the streets and online. They are not known for widespread violence, but rather for a growing capacity to recruit, organize, and normalize discourses that until recently were marginal. Precisely for this reason, we cannot underestimate them. History has taught us that movements of this kind do not grow suddenly, but rather take root slowly, taking advantage of indifference, trivialization, or looking the other way.

Francoism did not disappear with the dictator's death. The fact that around fifty names of Francoists remain on the streets of the Balearic Islands is not a worrying legacy. Nor is it—although it is striking enough—that one can still see the occasional yoke and arrows symbol.

The bust honoring Aurora Picornell, located on the Paseo del Molinar, has been vandalized again. This is the second time in less than a month that the statue has been defaced with graffiti, after it was found painted with swastikas and Nazi symbols on October 20th.

In 1974, and suddenly and unexpectedly, Climent Picornell, Guillermo Frontera and Aldo Spanhi joined forces to create the bar Es Pou Bo, an establishment in Genoa that was only open for two years, but became a meeting place for Mallorca's cultural, progressive, and anti-Franco world. Its opening was as surprising and unexpected as its closure; from one day to the next, the partners decided to abandon the project, and Es Pou Bo, a refuge for activists, marginalized artists, the wounded, and progressives, disappeared.

In 1972, Franco was still alive, and Catalina Perelló, from Manacor, was 10 years old. One of her fondest memories of the end of that summer is the celebrations at the two fascist monuments in Portocristo on September 4th. "They were just another attraction, entirely folkloric. They became more important than the Sant Pere or Carme festivals. Most people came not for ideological reasons, but to enjoy the pomp of the uniformed parades."