Spain’s Growing ‘Indignation’ Protests

[marmar]

from Consortium News:




Spain’s Growing ‘Indignation’ Protests

In protests from the Middle East to the American Midwest, people are confronting the question of whether societies should be organized for the benefit of the broad population or the wealthy elites. That question is being expressed perhaps most sharply in protests spreading across Europe and especially in Spain, reports Pablo Ouziel.

By Pablo Ouziel
June 15, 2011


While “Europe’s slow-motion financial collapse” – as Mother Jones magazine described it in a June 6 article – continues apace, Spain, like other European states continues to implement anti-social/neo-liberal policies in the face of strong opposition from the citizenry.

It has been one month since Spain’s “Indignados” (Indignant Ones) movement non-violently claimed 60 city-squares across the country, calling for economic democracy, political justice and peace.

Since then, much has happened within Spanish borders, and what is happening there is clearly spreading across Europe, where we have witnessed social movements making similar demands.

We have observed the rise of a parallel movement in Portugal where most city squares have also been camped on by “Indignados” and where only hours before the country’s general elections protesters in Lisbon were attacked and beaten by police. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/06/15/spains-growing-indignation-protests/

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I love a country where protests can be organized and carried out

Not gonna happen here. We're too sprawled out to get people to gather, and we don't even have public transport to facilitate it.