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- Interviews and Observations
- Interview 1 PAH member in Barcelona
- Interview 2 PAH member in Sabadell outside of Barcelona
- Interview 3 PAH Barcelona’s spokesperson on Blackstone
- Interview 4 PAH Barcelona’s spokesperson
- Interview 5 Longstanding leading PAH activist
- Observation 1 Assembly PAH Barcelona April 2015