As Spain announces more austerity, the
country has erupted in violence. This report, which dives into the heart of the
violent protests, reveals a shockingly deep divide between government and
people.
"The government is trying to scare the people," one protester says, following the government's dubbing of a protest outside the congress as a possible coup d'etat.
"The government is trying to scare the people," one protester says, following the government's dubbing of a protest outside the congress as a possible coup d'etat.
It ramped up the already tense mood among
a people that blame the right wing government for Spain's economic problems. As
protesters refuse to leave and sit down in non-violent protest, the police
break off into small groups and chase them down.
"The police started to charge
indiscriminately toward anyone. We are returning to fascist repression."
Rubber bullets and bricks fly back and
forth in street exchanges of a shocking intensity.
"We are not animals! We are people!”
one woman pleads with the police. But the police don't wait long before
storming down the streets, shooting rubber bullets at close range into fleeing
crowds. The streets may be clear for now, but as the crisis in Spain deepens
with no end in sight, popular resistance towards the government and its
austerity project is only intensifying.
The Greek flag being waved near the end of the video was to me, yet another reminder of the situation in Greece and what has been going on there as that country has been reduced to incredible poverty at the behest of the foul IMF. Despite their brave resistance against that filthy arm of the bankers, the IMF and its theft of their nation’s wealth ~ and their lives ~ these things and the results of them upon the populace are what the people of Spain rise against.
Meanwhile, TPTB name their attempts to
protest “a coup d’etat”? Now that in itself shows the depth of their fear of
the people.
This story is far from over.
This story is far from over.
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