SPAIN

A short film that chronicles the events of September 25-29th in Madrid, Spain where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand the resignation of the government and an end to police brutality. Many of the protests ended in clashes with the police.

Protests against biting spending cuts continue throughout Europe, as people vent their anger over bailout sponsored austerity. Mass demonstrations in Madrid turned to violence earlier this week, as police were forced to fire rubber bullets to calm the fury of the public. There ha've been dozens of injuries and arrests.

Alberto Casillas, 49-year-old owner of a bar in Madrid and self-confessed voter for Rajoy's centre-right Partido Popular, shields wounded protesters from the police, whom he bertates and refuses entry to his bar. In an interview with Spanish daily El Pais, he stated that he saw no violence towards the police and described the police's actions as excessive.

Russia Today's Abby Martin talks about the American corporate media's unfair coverage of domestic issues pointing out the comparison between protests in Spain and Greece alongside the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the US.

The cameras of "A la Calle" capture the arrest of a hooded "protester" by the Unidad de Intervención Policial, Spain's riot police. He is quickly identified as one of their colleagues and spared the vicious beating meted out to the genuine protesters. It is proof positive that Spanish police had positioned provocateurs amongst the 25-S protesters.

Panic and chaos ensued inside Madrid's Atocha railway station after riot police opened fire on protesters.

Spain's government is desperately trying to reign in spending after accepting a 123 billion dollar package from the European Union in July. And this economic crisis is forcing more Spanish women to take up prostitution to make money. Authorities in some cities are clamping down on the sex trade. Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from Barcelona.

Police have used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse angry protesters thronging the streets of Spain. Dozens of people were injured and a number of activists detained during the latest nationwide anti-austerity demonstrations. In a major show of strength, hundreds of thousands have been taking part in the protests. People marched in 80 cities across the country to protest against more suffocating austerity which is to come. That's after the German Parliament gave the green light to the 100-billion Euro bailout for the country's battered banks.

Spanish police have clashed with protesters who marched against the latest batch of austerity measures. Over a million public employees, trade union members and fed-up citizens have taken to the streets in over 80 Spanish cities. Violence erupted in Madrid around midnight. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd as it tried to reach the congress building. In some more urban areas, activists set garbage containers on fire and tried to block police vehicle access. No injuries or arrests have been reported.

Eight out of 90 European banks have failed stress tests on whether they could withstand another financial crisis. None were in Italy - which it hopes might help the country fend off spiraling debt costs, along with the 70-billion-Euro cuts which parliament passed on Friday. But, as RT's Sara Firth reports, there's only so much that can be done before the people take power into their own hands.

Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on selling Greece's sovereignty and Spain's El Gordo. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist Michael Hudson about the IMF assassins sent in to destroy the Greek economy.