Six months of #SpanishRevolution #15M
Inspired by the Arab Spring, on May 15th, 2011, massive demonstrations took place in the major cities of Spain. In the day after, in Madrid, around 40 people decided to camp at Puerta del Sol Square quickly starting a wave of square occupations over the country.
Sol square - WL CentralMay 19, 2011 ... Contact us at @wikileaks_world or wikileaksworld@wikileaksworld.org to help us with footage, information and opinion.1...
Revolutionary wave crosses Mediterranean, reaches Spain ...May 21, 2011 ... Demanding real democracy now, tens of thousands of 'indignados' have taken control of squares around the count...- 15-M movement shakes the system | Reflections on a Revolution ...May 24, 2011 ... A reporter for El País spent a week at the heart of the #spanishrevolution, and wrote this incredible piece, translate...
- In around ten days, the idea spread across Europe
2011-05-25 #Europeanrevolution ignites after #spanishrevolution ...May 25, 2011 ... 2011-05-25 #Europeanrevolution ignites after ...
French group calls for Spain-style street protests | Reflections on a ...May 25, 2011 ... A French group has called for a large demonstration in Paris this weekend to show solidarity with tens of thousands of...
Call for a #dutchrevolution — real democracy now! | Reflections on a ...May 24, 2011 ... They call it democracy and it's not: a right-wing government cutting away at social welfare and civil liberties wi...
Manifesto of popular assembly in Rossio square, Lisbon ...May 23, 2011 ... Manifesto approved by Popular Assembly last night at the Rossio Square, Lisbon , where the Rossio camp stands on its fo...
Protesters take to the streets of 100+ European cities | Reflections ...May 29, 2011 ... From Athens to Paris, tens of thousands of Europeans heed the online call for a # europeanrevolution.- Demonstrators in Athens on May 25th 2011, occupying #Syntagma Square:
- May 27th, Barcelona eviction attempt
- On May 27th, the first serious violent ocurrence. Police tries to evacuate Barcelona's encampment - the second biggest of the country. Demonstrators who were at the square in the moment resisted to beats and received the support of thousands who came just after. As a result, the occupiers kept #AcampadaBCN alive.
- The attempt of eviction in Barcelona was marked by police brutality:
2011-05-27 Police forces crack down brutally on camp ... - WL CentralMay 27, 2011 ... This plan (already approved- see interview in http://wlcentral.org/node/1794) took another step forward during today&#...
Spanish police fire at peaceful protesters in Barcelona | Reflections ...May 27, 2011 ... Police just attacked peaceful protesters on the Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona, firing rubber bullets and hitting ind...- June 13th, camps of Madrid and Barcelona dismount due decision of popular assemblies.
- As a result of assembleary consensus, the encampments of Madrid and Barcelona, the two biggest in the country, decided to dismount in order to focus their efforts on performing assemblies across the metropolitan suburbs.
2011-06-13 Camps in Madrid and Barcelona dismount - WL CentralJun 13, 2011 ... The camps slowly disappear. After weeks of tension and negotiations last week the General Assembly of Puerta del Sol (...
One last tour around Puerta del Sol | Reflections on a Revolution ...Jun 13, 2011 ... Today, protesters took down their tent city in Madrid. Oscar ten Houten, a volunteer at the Acampada del Sol, takes us...
