Emerging from the tremendous pressure of austerity measures, the Spanish people, for three consecutive days (now into a fourth day - 18/05/11) have held enormous, sustained protests in hundreds of towns and cities around the Spain . Reports from grassroots activists claim that none of this information is being reported in the mainstream media, leading to speculation that the impact of these actions, if presented to the masses, would spread like a firestorm across Spain and the European Continent. The anti-capitalist movement, designating themselves as the '15-M Movement' have succeeded in large-scale mobilization of the masses.
The demonstrators are calling for the large-scale creation of jobs to counter the rise in unemployment, which has recently spiralled to 20.7% unemployment, in addition to this, demonstrators are calling for 'economic equality' i.e. the redistribution of wealth, and for powerful regulations to be imposed on private-sector industries and finally, above all, what they deem to be the most important - the masses are demanding 'Real Democracy'.
Activists are quoted as saying ''The movement that began last Sunday with mass demonstrations in over 50 cities throughout
To make a personal comment on this whole issue, I would say that Mao Tse Tung once wrote, in his work of 'Practice and Contradiction' that there are contradictory forces at play, in this context, austerity is one driving force, and the fury of the masses is the opposing force, therefore, as governments across Europe and the world, drive harder with austerity measures to combat financial deficits, the more people they will force onto the street to oppose them. The situation is
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