#SpanishRevolution for outsiders
A blog explaining what's happening in Spain these days: the protests, the camps etc.
Friday 27 May 2011
Violent evictions in Barcelona and Lleida
Regarding Barcelona:
This morning around 7:00 in the morning the Mossos d'Esquadra (the equivalent of the national police) and the Guardia Urbana (the equivalent of the city police) started surronding the square . Their first request were being given all the crystal bottles and the kitchen material which they started doing. After approximately one hour they started evicting the people without identification plates. Around 10:30 they started firing rubber bullets in an attempt to separate the people. Eventually more and more people has come to the square so police had to retreat being completely swamped by the amount of people there. In the end at least 87 campers were wounded and two detained.
According to the informations I got the reason behind this is that they expected violence since tomorrow Barça is playing a football match.
Some multimedia:
http://twitpic.com/536h4v
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acampadabcnfoto/5765018458/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acampadabcnfoto/5764476979/in/photostream/
http://twitpic.com/534ban
http://www.e-noticies.tv/canales/actualitat/fills-de-puta-fills-de-puta-12936.html
http://www.e-noticies.tv/canales/actualitat/a-bastonades-12937.html
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/26/barcelona/1306440444.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geg_6Xoy04s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzmTAQVXMqs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acampadabcnfoto/5764124105/in/photostream/
http://yfrog.com/h85iwkuj
http://twitpic.com/532eaq
http://www.designk.es/acampada/general/barcelona.php
Sources:
http://www.telesurtv.net/secciones/noticias/93398-NN/al-menos-87-heridos-deja-ataque-policial-contra-acampada-del-15-m-en-barcelona/
Regarding Lleida:
Around 7:30 operatives from the Mossos d'Esquadra (the equivalent of the national police) and the Guardia Urbana (the equivalent of the city police) have violently forced the eviction of the square even though the demonstrators have acted peacefully the whole time and opposed only non violent resistance. According to reports there have been various wounded campers and two detained ones.
The camps will try to concentrate again at 20 at Ricard Vinyes square.
On their behalf, the Government Representative on Lleida, Ramon Farré, has stated that the reason behind the policial actuation was public higiene. The city major, Àngel Ros, says undefined demonstrations cannot be tolerated and that there were salubrity and order reasons to act.
Some multimedia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz2W1IRjmcc
http://vimeo.com/24312440
http://vimeo.com/24315318
http://vimeo.com/24315994
Sources:
http://www.adn.es/local/lleida/20110527/NWS-0990-Lleida-detenidos-acampada-desalojo-libertad.html
Wednesday 25 May 2011
We close the blog (for now)
As time passed the Camps organized well enough to be able to provide their own info without needing us to summarize and explain it to non spanish people and as a result we left this blog unattended.
Right now I'm trying my best to help coordinate the camp support movement in Göteborg which also means I have a little less time and n0p is also doing his best to help in Murcia's camp so we have little spare time for the blog.
This is just a see you though. We will try out best to explain new things haoppening in Spain regarding the camps that can be hard to understand to non Spanish people and also to answer any questions you leave in the comments. But please don't use us as the only source of information since, right now, there are lots of good sources in English.
Saturday 21 May 2011
Introspection day
So, introspection day came.
Far from leaving the camps, the people is more motivated than ever.
No square or camp has been disbanded by the police, and even they joined the demonstration in many cities or at least expresed for our cause.
It has also been extremely motivational knowing that there are many demonstration all around the world in support of our cause. To all of you out there supporting us or even reading this and making the effort to know about us: THANK YOU!
Friday 20 May 2011
Spanish election board final decision
Hi again, writing from Murcia's camp
We received the final decision from the board is to forbid the demonstrations and the constitutional right for free reunion nation-wide the election day and the prior day. They threatened with high fines.
But, meanwhile the nationwide police labour union released a press note supporting our demonstrations.
There's a mix of hope and fear, but hopes are high as no one remembers a political social movement like this since the transition to democracy in the late 70s
Document: "Spanish revolution: What's going on" by Diana Eguía and Esther Alarcón
n0p: This is a copy of a google doc I saw on twitter a while ago, I am copying it here unedited for the sake of completeness and because the original document is unaccesible at the time of this writing
n0p: I've redacted the email addresses to avoid spambots :)