Spaniards Rise Up, Police Smash Them Down

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Decentralized Network of “Time Banks” Keep Spain’s Jobless Afloat

Tough economic times brings back barter systems

J.G. Vibes

Just over a month ago I wrote an article titled Decentralized currencies thrive in Greece during Eurozone crisis, which discussed some of the creative ways that people were finding to trade with eachother in the absence of a reliable currency.

As the dominos begin to fall, and the devaluing of the Euro and US dollar becomes sharper, more and more areas will be affected in the same way that Greece has. As this process takes place we will be able to witness different strategies that communities can use to bring safety, comfort and sustainability to one another in a self-sufficient way.

12 Signs That Spain Is Shifting Gears From Recession To Depression

Michael Snyder, Contributor
Activist Post

Where have we seen this before? Bond yields soar above the 7 percent danger level. Check. The stock market crashes to new lows. Check. Industrial activity plummets like a rock and the economy contracts. Check. The unemployment rate skyrockets to more than 20 percent. Check. The bursting of a massive real estate bubble pushes the banking system to the brink of implosion. Check. Broke local governments beg the broke national government for bailouts. Check. The international community pressures the national government to implement deep austerity measures which will slow down the economy even more and hordes of violent protesters take to the streets. Check.

All of this happened in Greece, it is happening right now in Spain, and mark my words it will eventually happen in the United States.

Every debt bubble eventually bursts, and right now Spain is experiencing a level of economic pain that very, very few people saw coming. The recession in Spain is rapidly becoming a full-blown economic depression, and at this point there is no hope and no light at the end of the tunnel.

The bad news for the global economy is that Spain is much larger than Greece.

Trouble for the Establishment in Europe, Protests Spread to France (Video)

We Are Change

Luke Rudkowski reports from the new protests in France.  He interviews a stunningly-aware crowd. They truly know the score and what the root problem of the system is: Banskter-Goverment collusion resulting in their enslavement.  Great on-the-ground reporting by Rudkowski.

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Protesters Hospitalized in Spain as Police Brutality Sweeps Through Barcelona

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Here are two recent videos of the State once again using their resources to crush protest against their criminality.  It is a sign of incredible desperation to abuse peaceful protesters.  The henchmen at the behest of the banking elite that continue to loot the middle classes of the world have to go down this path, because they know that the Spanish Spring is the real thing; it is a leaderless resistance that transcends all of the normal and manufactured divisions.

It's been nearly a week since the Spanish government, in tyrannical fashion, tried to ban all protests.  This tactic just seemed to fuel the anger of the citizens who claim they will not leave the streets until the current system is thrown out and replaced with something that serves the people - not the banks. To the police and security forces: the more you escalate your brutality, the faster this movement will spread. You would be wise to join the side of peace and prosperity before you're completely exposed as henchmen of a fascist system.

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This Spanish Spring is the Real Thing

Giles Dexter
21st Century Wire

It was perhaps inevitable given its long associations with, and geographical proximity to the Maghreb, that Spain should be the first European country to be swept up by the wave known as the “Arab Spring”. Protests have been raging across the country since May 15th, and like previous rumblings in Greece, this Spanish Spring will likely send a new shockwave through the EU.

Indeed, a wave of discontent has arrived this month in Spain. People tend to forget that Spain had its own oppressive dictator, the 30′s Fascist survivor who steered clear of Hitler’s madness and instead ground down and impoverished his people with years of economic stagnation until the late 1970′s – El Caudillo himself, the Generalissimo Franco.

Spanish police fire at peaceful protesters in Barcelona

EN:  As many Americans (Peace activists are already feeling the effects of the American police state) sit back in the comfort of their ever increasing debt, unemployment, and rising prices, the people of Spain are experiencing the brutality of the police state.  It won't be long before the same scenes gain momentum on the streets of America.

Barcelona Police Brutality

Jérôme E. Roos
Roar Mag

Police just cleared the protest camp on the Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona, firing rubber bullets at protesters and hitting indiscriminately (videos here!).

Information is still sketchy (if you’re in Barcelona, please give us an update!) but it appears that riot police have just cleared the peaceful protest camp at Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona with force.

At least 43 are reported to have been treated for injuries, although actual numbers are likely to be higher.

Video footage shows police beating away indiscriminately at protesters sitting on the ground. Reports say police even fired rubber bullets to disperse a small group of protesters that peacefully resisted eviction.

The Barcelona camp has been the second biggest in Spain, after the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, and had been occupied ever since the national protests on May 15th. Just yesterday, we shared a short documentary that showed the good-natured spirits of the peaceful protest camp.

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People power: Thousands defy Spanish protest ban as demonstrations go on into the night

Banner in Puerta del Sol, Madrid / Wiki Commons

The Daily Mail

An order by the Spanish government banning protests after midnight last night was held up to ridicule when tens of thousands of demonstrators continued protesting after the curfew supposedly kicked in.

   

Yesterday was the last day for candidates to campaign for the election for municipal and regional government positions in much of the country. Citing the mandatory end of campaigning, the national election commission banned protests today and tomorrow - voting day.

But as city clocks chimed the beginning of a new day, thousands of demonstrators condemning government spending cuts - stood their ground. Some kept quiet, many with sticky tape over their mouths in a gesture to illustrate they were being gagged by the ban.

The government avoided saying if it would order police to break up the crowds in the early hours of this morning, but at the stroke of midnight officers kept a discreet presence on the edges of the demonstrations.

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Spanish protesters cheer for ‘world revolution’ as ban on demonstration takes effect

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MADRID — Thousands of protesters in Madrid furious over soaring unemployment staged a silent protest and then erupted in cheers of joy as a 48-hour ban on their demonstration took effect on Saturday.

"Now we are all illegal" and "the people united will never be defeated," were among the chants of the protesters who crammed Madrid's Puerta del Sol square and spilled onto side streets.

The protesters held a minute's silence, their hands in the air and some with tape over their mouths, just before midnight on Friday, when campaigning officially ended for Sunday's regional and municipal elections.

The crowd then cheered as the clock in the square, the main site of New Year festivities in Madrid, chimed midnight and a ban on the protest became effective.

"From Tahrir to Madrid to the world, world revolution," said one of the placards, referring to Tahrir Square in Cairo which was the focal point of the Egyptian revolution earlier this year.

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The Spanish are Rising (Video)

Sovereign Independent

Thousands have taken to the streets this week in Spain to protest against corruption, precariousness, unemployment, and a political structure that favors a two-party system. “We’re not merchandise in the hands of bankers and politicians,” was the motto of tens of thousands who demonstrated all over the country on May 15, a few days before the upcoming regional elections.

It did not stop there. The demonstrations were followed by a peaceful sit-in on May 16, with hundreds camping at Madrid’s main square, la “Puerta del Sol.” The movement, mainly coordinated by the youth organization Democracia Real Ya [es], has been extremely active online.



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The Milky Way from the Mountain (VIDEO)

Holy Kaw!-If traveling to Pico del Teide in Spain, rumored to be one of the best places to get a good shot of the stars, isn’t in your plans, Terje Sorgjerd has brought the view from the mountain to you.  Get ready to relax and enjoy the beauty!

-This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011 on El Teide, Spain´s highest mountain. Follow on http://wwwfacebook.com/TSOPhotography for more videos.

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Full story at Vimeo via The Daily What.

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Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found

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Reuters/Yahoo

NORTHAMPTON, Mass (Reuters) – A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.

"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters.

"It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that's pretty much what we're talking about," said Freund, a University of Hartford, Connecticut, professor who lead an international team searching for the true site of Atlantis.

To solve the age-old mystery, the team used a satellite photo of a suspected submerged city to find the site just north of Cadiz, Spain. There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe that they pinpointed the ancient, multi-ringed dominion known as Atlantis.

The team of archeologists and geologists in 2009 and 2010 used a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping, and underwater technology to survey the site.

Freund's discovery in central Spain of a strange series of "memorial cities," built in Atlantis' image by its refugees after the city's likely destruction by a tsunami, gave researchers added proof and confidence, he said.

Atlantis residents who did not perish in the tsunami fled inland and built new cities there, he added.

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Economic Hitmen Strike Again: Spain Planning to Privatize Airports

Santiago Perez
Dow Jones Newswires

MADRID -(Dow Jones)- The Spanish government plans to privatize the country's top two airports, as part of a series of measures seeking to jumpstart anemic economic growth, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday.

Zapatero told legislators in Parliament that Madrid's Barajas and Barcelona's El Prat airports will be run by private operators under a licensing, or concession system. Both airports have been recently remodeled and expanded to absorb increased passenger traffic in coming years.

The measures announced by Zapatero seek to foster investment and growth after Spain's timid economic recovery stalled in the third quarter, as government austerity measures, high unemployment and weakening exports weighed on output.

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Spain investigates Google Street View wi-fi snooping

BBC
August 18, 2010

Google has admitted that its Street View cars had “accidentally” collected data from unsecured wi-fi networks in more than 30 countries.

A Google representative has now been summoned to appear before a judge in Madrid on 4 October.

It is in response to a complaint by a privacy watchdog called Apedanica.

The Google representative has been summoned to explain what data was collected, how it was obtained and the number of people affected.

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“We are working with the authorities in Spain to answer any questions they have,” said a spokesperson for Google.

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