Protests In Spain
October 1, 2012:
![]() | Faced with Police Violence, Thousands return to Spanish Parliament | |
| In response to the police violence throughout last week and in reaction to
the 2013 budget cuts, thousands converged outside the Spanish parliament
on Saturday. | ||
![]() | Spanish Police Crack Down on Protesters Surrounding the Parliament | |
| Anti-austerity rage intensified in Madrid, as protesters surrounded the parliament Tuesday night in a sign of mounting frustration towards the right-wing government. | ||
![]() | Anti-Austerity Protests and Strikes Rock Spain | |
| Spain's struggling public sector workers and the unemployed converged on
Spain's capitol to denounce their governments decision to implement deeper
spending cuts. | ||
![]() | TRNN Exclusive Interview with Spain's Robin Hood Mayor | |
| Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo has become the face of the growing protest movement in Spain | ||
![]() | Spain's Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers | |
| In Southern Spain, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of the small town of Marinaleda, is helping organize a growing protest movement against the austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government. Sánchez Gordillo and the landless peasants that follow him are at the forefront of demonstrations seeking a radical change in the country's economic policies in response to the country's worsening crisis. | ||
![]() | Educational Strike in Spain Brings Hundreds of Thousands Into the Streets | |
| Students, parents and teachers from all levels of the Spanish public education system went on strike to protest the massive cuts proposed as part of the government's austerity program. | ||
![]() | Spain's "Indignados" Mobilize Against Austerity | |
| With the highest unemployment rate in Europe, the Spanish people take to the streets in Madrid and elsewhere to mark one year since the massive demonstrations that caused ripples around the world. They're calling for a global revolution, but who will respond? | ||
![]() | Massive Protests Fill the Streets of Madrid | |
| Tens of thousands of Spaniards joined protestors in dozens of other European cities to mark the 1-year anniversary of the "Indignado" movement, and to demand an end to the austerity measures taken in response to the economic crisis (Full report expected tomorrow). | ||
![]() | Spain's "Indignados" and the Globalization of Dissent | |
| The Occupy Movement has taken much of its inspiration from Spain's "Outraged" Movement: what lessons does Spain have for Occupy now? | ||
![]() | Spanish polls prompt fresh indignados protest | |
| EuroNews: With jobless rates continuing to top 20 per cent, the Spanish opposition Popular Party has a clear lead over the Socialists | ||
![]() | Indignados keep up protests | |
| EuroNews: If the euro crisis is not going away, nor are the "indignados" or "occupy" protests | ||
![]() | Spain's "indignados" summon spirit of 1968 | |
| Thousands of Spanish protesters take part in an illegal demo against mass unemployment | ||