Tag: Barcelona

When will we see Tanks in Barcelona streets?

goodbye spainby Esther Vivas

“Independent Catalonia? Over my dead body and those of many other soldiers”. It was with these words that on August 31, retired infantry lieutenant-colonel Francisco Alaman Castro referred to the possibility of an independent Catalonia. And he added: “We will not make it easy. Although the lion seems to be sleeping, they have no interest in provoking it too much, because it has already given enough proof of its ferocity over the centuries. These plebs are not up to much, if we know how to confront them”. Continue reading “When will we see Tanks in Barcelona streets?”

Alfon.. LIBERTAD. Freedom for General Strike comrade NOW!

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On 14-N, day of the General Strike, our companion ALFON, was arrested in the neighborhood of Vallekas. After several days of confinement and interrogation in the dungeons of the Spanish State, he was sent to permanent prison, thanks to higher orders of the judiciary and the power of the government delegation, to this must be added the pressure of the mass media “communication “. Continue reading “Alfon.. LIBERTAD. Freedom for General Strike comrade NOW!”

14N general strike in Barcelona report

per AlborotoAdreça: https://alboroto.espivblogs.net 29 nov 2012
The 14th of November general strike in Barcelona started in the very first hours of the night, with pickets 14n Barnaclosing bars and spaces still open at night in several city’s neighborhoods, such as Gràcia, where more than 300 people managed to shut down bars, while a supermarket and banks were attacked by hoodies.

Earlier, trade unions pickets had blocked the accesses to industrial parks of the metropolitan area, where no activity was reported at all. No one was arrested during the night. As the sun was rising, fire barricades were erected in all city’s points, with police making the first arrest of the day in the Eixample neighborhood. Continue reading “14N general strike in Barcelona report”

General Strike 14-N, Spain: 155 arrests, 77 injured, woman loses an eye.

A woman loses sight in one eye after brutal police charges in Barcelona
A 42 year old woman lost part of her left eye because, supposedly, of the impact of a rubber bullet shot by the Catalan police during yesterday’s demonstration in Barcelona during the general strike.
This has assured the people that attended when injured on the corner of the Plaza de Catalunya and Paseo de Gracia.
This was confirmed by sources of the Hospital de Sant Pau, where the woman was admitted at 21.18 hours on day 14.

The general strike of 14-N resulted in the arrest of 155 people in various incidents throughout the day, in which there were also 77 wounded, as reported by the Ministry of Interior. Of these, 43 were members of the Security Forces of the State, according to sources.

Only in Madrid throughout the day there were 60 arrests , of which 21 were in the night riots around the Plaza de Neptuno, in the protest called by the Coordinator 25S, police said. Continue reading “General Strike 14-N, Spain: 155 arrests, 77 injured, woman loses an eye.”

Barcelona: proletarian shopping spree

A group of ‘outraged’ expropriates food at a supermarket in Barcelona to distribute to needy
They fill a basket with food staples to give to the needy, as explained.

A group of about twenty ‘outraged’ has assaulted this morning a Mercadona supermarket in Cubelles (Barcelona) to take food and basic necessities, they said, pass out to people in need in the population.
As reported by one of the responsible for the supermarket, about twenty people have gone about 10.45 am to the hypermarket, next to the thermal Cubelles, a town south of Barcelona, and have filled a cart for various products.

Continue reading “Barcelona: proletarian shopping spree”

Barcelona. 20 groups occupy Flor de Maig social center.. video

Mass occupation of Historic Workers center
Poblenou neighborhood, Barcelona
This action is a response to the unilateral closure by BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL  of the Flor De maig (May Flower) center.

This afternoon, amid a festive atmosphere and protest, five hundred residents Poblenou opened new historical workers social center “La Flor de Mayo”, evicted by the City Council last May, recoverting the last historic building of the cooperative movement that still had  social and cultural use in the district.

The center will be used by over 290 local organisations, and be run on the Assembly system, with no hierarchy. Continue reading “Barcelona. 20 groups occupy Flor de Maig social center.. video”

Ley de Alquileres: España: Paraíso del Explotador

Nueva legislación sobre alquileres: otra vuelta de tuerca neoliberal

por Enric Llopis

* Reduce de cinco a tres años el límite legal para permanecer en una vivienda alquilada
* Diferentes organizaciones sociales e Izquierda Unida se oponen a la nueva ley sobre el mercado de alquiler de la vivienda.el propietario pueda disponer de la vivienda para sí o sus familiares más cercanos en cualquier momento.
* También se permite la negociación anual de la renta sin sujeción al IPC.
* Se abre el mercado de viviendas vacías a las personas físicas y las entidades residentes en un paraíso fiscal. Continue reading “Ley de Alquileres: España: Paraíso del Explotador”