Tag: Spain

“Andalusia On Foot” workers long March escorted by Military Police

The SAT agricultural free union resumed the long March ,walking “Andalusia On Foot”.

Previous surprises included a mass supermarket robbery, with the proceeds distributed to free food kitchens , set up against hunger as a big part of the millions of unemployed now receive ZERO state subsidy.

Proposals to extend an emergency 400 euro a month to workers whose social security have run out will be cut further and heavily restricted, with multiple bureaucratic hoops to qualify. Continue reading ““Andalusia On Foot” workers long March escorted by Military Police”

Durruti in the Spanish Revolution [Paperback]

Buenaventura Durruti
Buenaventura Durruti (Photo credit: rogiro)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006  Available HERE

“Durruti was the ultimate working-class hero: carrying the future in his heart and a gun in each pocket. Abel Paz’s magnificent biography resurrects the very soul of Spanish anarchism.”—Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums Continue reading “Durruti in the Spanish Revolution [Paperback]”

Spain: Social Revolution begins as Capitalism Collapses.

by Common Dreams

As Spain’s Recession Darkens, Alternative Economies Rise

As Spain’s economic recession has continued to deepen, conditions for people within the country are expected to get worse following austerity measures that increasingly cut into everyday economic survival, Reuters reports Tuesday. However, as many economists grapple over numbers, and search for signs of hope for a free market revival, many people within Spain have increasingly started to turn to alternative currency systems, or parallel euro-free economies — giving up the ghost of a neoliberal recovery in exchange for a new way. Continue reading “Spain: Social Revolution begins as Capitalism Collapses.”

Spain’s supermarket expropriations spread

Carrefour expropriation

Supermarket expropriations have extended to other parts of Spain, following the example of ‘Robin Hood’ mayor José Manuel Sánchez Gordillo in Andalusia.  A store of the global  supermarket chain Carrefour in the town of Merida in the western region of Extremadura was hit Friday by 50 members of the Platform for Basic Income in Extremadura. The regional leader of the radical United Left coalition Pedro Escobar backed what he described as a ‘symbolic’ action  that would ‘draw attention to, and provoke reflection about the extreme situation that many families are in. ‘ Escobar observed that some families were in such dire straits that they were actually going hungry. El Publico

Country Workers march Occupies royal Palace Hotel

en español abajo  The SAT , independent county workers trade union, yeasterday occupied the Moratalla Estate which inclyudes the palace Hotel  by Kaos. Andalusia
The SAT Palace Hotel occupies facilities Moratalla to eviction
More than 200 people, according to the organization, have entered “peacefully” in Moratalla, in the municipality of Hornachuelos Cordoba, in the second stage of labor march organized by the SAT. It contains the Hotel Palacio Moratalla. Continue reading “Country Workers march Occupies royal Palace Hotel”

Salvemos Valdevaqueros ..No al ladrillo loco

Cientos de personas plantan cara al plan de destrucción en Valdevaqueros

por Toma la Tierra

Salvemos Valdevaqueros, la plataforma que nació ante la reciente amenaza de convertir esta playa virgen de Tarifa en apartamentos y plazas hoteleras.

Nos plantamos en la acción organizada por la plataforma Salvemos Valdevaqueros junto con numerosas asociaciones, colectivos y personas amantes y defensoras de los parajes naturales aún conservados de la costa tarifeña. Continue reading “Salvemos Valdevaqueros ..No al ladrillo loco”

Un matón de la burguesía amenaza de muerte a Sánchez Gordillo

Los matones de la burguesía, la extrema derecha, sale, como siempre, en defensa de sus amos. Un ciberterrorista amenaza de muerte al dirigente sindical Sánchez Gordillo, amenazándolo con pegarle un tiro. E

English: Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, dirigen...
English: Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, dirigente del Colectivo de Unidad de los Trabajadores – Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas (CUT-BAI), Sindicato de Obreros del Campo (SOC) e Izquierda Unida (IU). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

l ministro, con toda seguridad, lo mandará identificar y detener…

El líder sindical andaluz y parlamentario de la CUT, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, ha denunciado esta mañana a través de su cuenta de twitter las amenazas de muerte que ha recibido por parte de algún ciberterrorista de extrema derecha, que, con todo lo que está pasando, ha salido raudo en defensa de los intereses de sus amos burgueses.

“Me he comprado una pistola del calibre 22 para matarte”, ha sido la amenaza recibida por el diputado andaluz. Continue reading “Un matón de la burguesía amenaza de muerte a Sánchez Gordillo”