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Madrid police fire rubber bullets as thousands surround Spanish Parliament
Skirmishes continue between protesters and riot police in Madrid, with cops firing rubber bullets and tear gas at the crowd. Fourteen people have been injured and 22 arrested, local media report.
Local emergency services have confirmed that at least 14 people, including four policemen, have been injured in clashes between police and protesters. One of the wounded is believed to be in critical condition, according to local news. One of the injured policemen suffered a severe concussion.
Riot police dispersed the protesters, dragging some by the arms and legs, who had tried to get through police lines. An uneasy order was restored and reinforcements have been brought in to try and disperse the crowd.
Thirteen of those arrested have been detained after a group of protesters tried to break through the police barrier. Several others were reportedly arrested later for arguing with police, bringing the total number of arrests to 22.
Thousands of activists have congregated in Madrid’s Plaza de Neptune, 100 meters from the Congress building, to protest Spanish austerity measures.
The demonstrators pledged to march around the building, and called for new elections. Metal barriers have been placed around the building to block access from every possible direction.
Demonstrators waved banners with the slogan ‘No’ written on them, in reference to the austerity policies of the Spanish government.
Protesters said that today is a key day to level criticism against politicians and the Spanish government. The city stationed armored police vehicles bumper-to-bumper around the parliament building, and announced that around 1,300 police would be deployed to counter the protesters.
Source and full story with pictures: Russia Today, 25 Sept 2012
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Re: Madrid police fire rubber bullets as thousands surround...
Europeans are scared. Few have jobs. Many are starving. The gap between rich and poor grows wider every day (as it does everywhere else in the world).
Fortunately for the bankers, the masses usually (but not always) cling to the bankers' tyrannical system, instead of creating their own alternate currencies or barter systems. And since the police use the same money system, the bankers can pay the police to crush all uprisings.
Meanwhile in the USA, politicians want to worsen the depression via "sequestation" (i.e. cuts in federal spending). This is not an opinion. It is a mathematical fact. GDP = Federal Spending + Non-federal spending – Net Imports. So if you cut federal spending, then you cut GDP, which means worsening the depression. The purpose of worsening the depression is to widen the gap between the One Percent and everyone else.
It's the same in Europe. We are at war. The One Percent want to destroy us.