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the_future_modernes) wrote in politics2011-06-09 11:43 pm
Entry tags:
- europe,
- europe southern: spain,
- issues: demographics,
- issues: economy,
- issues: economy: debt,
- issues: economy: taxes,
- issues: human rights,
- issues: politics,
- issues: politics/econ./social: poverty,
- issues: politics/econ.: globalization,
- issues: politics/econ: labour,
- issues: politics: constitution/laws,
- issues: politics: corruption,
- issues: politics: democracy,
- issues: politics: elections,
- issues: politics: gov'tal oppression,
- issues: politics: protests
Update on Spain
SPAIN:Protest Movement Spreads to Neighbourhoods, Small Towns
MALAGA, Spain, Jun 9, 2011 (IPS) - The May 15 Movement (15-M) which sprang up as huge rallies in public squares in Spain's largest cities to protest against the political, economic and social system, is multiplying as assemblies in local neighbourhoods in provincial capitals and other municipalities.
"The idea is for the movement to decentralise and carry on working in the neighbourhoods and small towns," Laura Rueda, a 29-year-old unemployed journalist and one of the spokespersons for the movement, told IPS in the southern city of Málaga, where they are still debating whether to continue camping in the central Constitution square. MORE