Demonstrators occupy Puerta del Sol in Madrid last year in May. Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images link to article http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/13/spain-protests-indignados-first-anniversary The exhibition at Madrid’s Ateneo cultural centre is full of precious artefacts carefully conserved to tell the story of a remarkable event in Spanish history; a moment when the world looked on in amazement at the eruption [...]
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy could find himself having to intervene in regions run by his own People’s party. Photograph: Europa Press via Getty Images ‘Full crisis mode’ returns to Spain Giles Tremlett and Phillip Inman guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 April 2012 18.13 BST Article history At least one of Spain’s ailing regions could be begging central government for help [...]
Protesters dressed up as bankers under police watch in Zaragoza, during the March 29 Spanish general strike [Al Jazeera/Pepe Escobar] The longing for rest and peace must itself be thrust aside; it coincides with the acceptance of iniquity. Those who weep for the happy periods they encountered in history acknowledge what they want: not the [...]
Thousands of people gathered for a demonstration in Madrid on 29th March [Barnaby Phillips] Here’s a sobering thought for Europe‘s trade unions. Throughout the long and painful story of the Eurozone crisis, from early 2010 to the present, it’s difficult to think of a single significant victory for organised labour.There have been many strikes [...]
. Protesters in Madrid during yesterday’s general strike (photo: Jesús Pérez Pacheco) Spain’s New Budget: ‘As Austere As It Gets’ Budget is most austere in Spain’s democratic history – Common Dreams staff Spain has unveiled its most austere budget in democratic history today in the wake of massive protests. The government’s budget calls for cuts [...]
Spanish people demonstrate against unemployment and austerity measures in Madrid, 2011. The jobless rate hit 22.9%. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Public spending cuts and collapsing business confidence have sent unemployment in the eurozone to a record 16 million people, up 587,000 on the same month in 2010. Official figures compiled by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, show [...]
Spaniards Ring in New Year of More Austerity by Katell Abiven MADRID — Luis Zorrilla wants to celebrate the New Year and forget, at least for a day, Spain‘s economic crisis and government spending cuts that have triggered the “indignant” protest movement. Protestors from the 15-M movement gather during the New Year’s celebrations in Madrid, [...]
Although the Israeli army has only been practicing for Iranian missile launches, it could make an Iranian attack a reality if Israel chooses to pre-emptively strike militarily against them [Reuters] MADRID, SPAIN – With the release of the IAEA‘s indicting report into Iran‘s nuclear activities, the starting gun for another round of Middle East [...]
Wow – over 500,000 people signed in just 5 days — let’s get to a million! Our giant counter is live at Wall St — click below to sign and see the streaming video. Then forward this email! Dear friends, Thousands of Americans have taken over Wall Street — joining a global movement from Madrid [...]
Vatican says World Youth Day is chance to confess abortion and rejoin church At the Catholic church‘s World Youth Day, a priest listens to a woman at one of the 200 temporary confessionals in Madrid’s Buen Retiro park. Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images Pope dangles ‘fruits of divine grace’ to excommunicated Catholics who admit, [...]
Thousands of Spain’s “indignant” protesters - including hundreds who crossed the country on foot – marched through Madrid and once again filled the downtown Sol square to demonstrate against high unemployment and the economic crisis. Six columns of more than 500 protesters who marched for weeks from cities across Spain formed the core of Sunday’s demonstration. [...]
Camp Sol: Spain‘s “Indignant” Give Lessons in True Democracy By María Carrión – June 3rd, 2011 Posted on Common Dreams MADRID, Spain — The crowd of three thousand sat patiently on the hard pavement of the plaza as the fourth hour of the popular assembly came and went. The issue was whether Camp Sol, a protest [...]
Revolt in Spain By CONCHA MATEOS Madrid. Something that looked impossible is happening. Not a miracle: there is no God acting, no divine intervention. Only human will and the crowd. Thousands of people were there, with the same ideas, the same objectives, the same desire for change. They lived in different places and cities and [...]
Spaniards outraged over favourable Franco biography Admirer of the Spanish dictator was commissioned to write entry in dictionary of national biography Share191 Giles Tremlett in Madrid guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 18.35 BST Article history General Francisco Franco is described as authoritarian not totalitarian in a favourable account by Professor Luis Suárez. Photograph: AP [...]
Cuban ballet brings ‘message of peace’ to US Email Print AFP/File – Dancers of the Cuba national ballet are seen during a rehearsal of “Swan Lake” in Madrid. The … Play VideoCuba Video:Raw video: Cuba Hemingway festival AP – Fri May 27, 11:18 pm ET HAVANA (AFP) – The National Ballet of Cuba plans to deliver a “message of peace” when it leaves [...]
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:13:41 +0300 From: a-infos-en@ainfos.ca Subject: (en) Spain: It’s our moment: May the occupations and disobedience continue! – A statement by the anarchosyndicalist CNT To: en <a-infos-en@ainfos.ca> Message-ID: <4DDB84D5.8080508@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”windows-1252″; Format=”flowed” On the May protests and occupations which have swept the country. —- The countless demonstrations and occupations [...]
This is a link to the RealNews site with three videos about recent events in Spain. What is clearly happening is that the public are becoming increasingly aware of some very simple propositions. The capital project guarantees you nothing all that it offers is a ridiculous concept of growth at all costs. But the growth is not the [...]
