Spain is home to almost one third of
the Euro regions unemployed, with an unemployment rate of over 25%
and it has been at that for six quarters in a row. That's a lot of
misery, poverty and deprivation, while the financial Mafia keep
screwing the people and muttering about adjustments and growth.
“I’m glad I don’t have any children, because I don’t need to worry when I go to bed without
dinner,” says Nieto, a Madrid native who last drew a salary in
2010.
Riots in Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza,
Victory in Burgos
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/19/2014 - 13:04On January 10, riots began in the city of Burgos, Spain, when police attacked a protest against the gentrification of the working class neighborhood Gamonal.
http://anarchistnews.org/content/revolt-burgos-spain
Riots continued for 4 consecutive nights, and afterwards opponents of the project to construct a ritzy boulevard through Gamonal continued mobilizing to block the construction.People in dozens of other cities organized solidarity protests. Protests were held in Madrid on the 14th and 15th, turning into riots both nights in response to the typically heavy handed response of Madrid police. On the 16th, solidarity protests also turned into riots in Barcelona and Zaragoza. In Barcelona, masked protesters smashed over a dozen banks, luxury hotels, Starbucks, Burger Kings, and other businesses, setting fire to a number of them, and pelting police with trash, bottles, and unprecedentedly potent fireworks that set the police jumping (in a city where riot police don't flinch when quarter sticks of dynamite go off at their feet). The protest/riot went all the way to the Generalitat, the seat of the Catalan government, where people continued to throw objects at police. Police reinforcements arrived, dispersing protestors, who subsequently attacked a police station on Las Ramblas and smashed more businesses in Jardinets de Gracia, a significant distance away.Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wXfagNGgLM
Barcelona (videos show attack on police station, don't show the heaviest damages)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcLvurz9Mv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1o-tSNnqQA
Burgos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDWJuOr9vYThe same day, authorities in Burgos announced that the construction project was suspended.
For the first time in many years, we are starting to notice that, here in Spain, fear is switching sides. And that is a remarkable and encouraging news!
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