Spanish workers launch anti-austerity campaigns

[Coggeh]

MADRID — Spain's "indignant" activists launched Monday protest marches culminating in a major Madrid rally July 24, showing no let-up just a day after rallying an estimated 200,000 protesters.

Seething over the destruction of millions of jobs, welfare cuts and corruption, the first of at least three nationwide marches set off from eastern Spain's Mediterranean city of Valencia.

Activists from Valencia will march and cycle on a 35-day, 500-kilometre (300-mile) route winding through 29 cities and villages in eastern Spain before arriving in Madrid.

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Thoughout Spain in total over a million (some people putting the figure as high as 2million) were out in protests against austerity being backed by the reformist Spanish Socialist Party and the EU. There is setting up of community councils throughout spain by the protesters as a means of discussion, forumulation of ideas and direction for the protests. Very very positive news is coming out daily.

Also i think tis enough now that a sticky should be made on the Spanish protests as they are growing daily and fast becoming more radical.

[Kiev Communard]

This is a crucial time for the movement: it will either advance, or dissipate and turn into some reformist, "alter-globalist"-style, failure. Let us hope that the first option prevails.

[chegitz guevara]

I disagree. Don't be so quick to dismiss the Spanish movement if it doesn't immediately move in a revolutionary direction. The masses must first be convinced that they have no alternative to revolution before they take that route. That may happen quickly or slowly. The real movement of the people is not a straight line. Look at the history of real revolutions.

[t.shonku]

This is a crucial time for the movement: it will either advance, or dissipate and turn into some reformist, "alter-globalist"-style, failure. Let us hope that the first option prevails.


Hmmmmmmm you have made an important point here !


It seems that our Spanish friends need to become street savvy and learn a thing or two from mistakes of Arab world protests. Let us hope some imperialist,globalist puppet like El-Baradei doesn't hijack the movement.