Tag Archives: spain

The war against okupations: La Cantera de Vicálvaro

Okupied in early March of this year, the building that became Espacio Vecinal Okupado y Autogestionado LA CANTERA, in the province of Madrid,  was cleared by the police on the 26th of July, in an ongoing struggle against what all such … Continue reading

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Thinking 15M

The spanish edition of Le Monde Diplomatique (July/2012) carries a very good analysis/evaluation of 15M.  the text follows in spanish …

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Os quiero, os respeto, os necesito … 15M´s spain

Becoming "wild" is always an erotic act, an act of nakedness.                                Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone The days and weeks of the white heat of summer bring illusions and hallucinations in their wake, visions of metamorphoses.  Our dreams … Continue reading

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From protest to protest … radicalising the general strike in 15M´s spain

In some 80 cities in spain, over one million people protested the latest government budget cuts.  Called by the principal labour unions of the country, minority unions, social movements and 15M joined the protest as a "critical bloc", to distinguish themselves … Continue reading

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And protests rain upon the government of spain

Between the coal miners’ strike and protests, spontaneous and organised, against the spanish government’s most recent efforts to reduce spending (increase in sales tax, reduction in the salaries of civil servants, reduction in unemployment insurance, and the like, adding up … Continue reading

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Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The Coal Miners’ Strike … and questions

“We do not struggle as working class, we struggle against being working class … .  Our struggle is not the struggle of labour: it is the struggle against labour. …There is nothing good about being members of the working class, … Continue reading

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Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The Coal Miners’ Strike

The spanish state/police, in dealing with the miners' strike, does not limit itself to confronting the miners, but also their families in their neighbourhoods and in their homes.  The miners' have lost their fear and it is the task of … Continue reading

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Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The Coal Miners’ Strike

"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles", Marx and Engels wrote in 1848, a truth that continues to resonate to our own day, whether in the Asturias or elsewhere.  The coal miners' strike of … Continue reading

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Toma la tele: 15Mbcn tv

  "In a world which really is topsy -turvy, the true is a moment of the false."                                                              Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle One of the remarkable features of 15M spain is the okupation/proliferation of media, as both a … Continue reading

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Osera Te Quiero

The police of Madrid focefully brought to an end another Okupied Social Centre (05/07), La Osera de Usera.  Okupied for the last 9 months, a neighbourhood had brought to life an unfinished theatre complex which had stood empty for 17 … Continue reading

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