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Gallardón The Moderate

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

When Mariano Rajoy announced his new government in December there were some who chose to see it as a selection of moderate, almost technocratic, ministers. The reality is that Mariano made his ministerial choices on the basis of loyalty to Mariano abov…

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No-One’s Slave, No-One’s Master….Messages From The English Revolution

Monday, October 31st, 2011

I was in the UK for a brief visit last week, so I took the opportunity to visit the protest camp installed outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. The camp is in danger of being evicted any day now, given the hostility towards it of the Corporation of London (a …

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La Plaza Privatizada

Friday, August 5th, 2011

The exaggerated and senseless government campaign to keep the 15-M movement out of the Puerta del Sol reached new heights last night, with riot police baton charging protesters outside the interior ministry in Madrid. Meanwhile the massive police prese…

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La Plaza Tomada

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

It was a pathetic sight last night in Madrid. Circling the (police) wagons in the Puerta del Sol, all entrances to the square blocked by fully equipped riot cops. The police helicopter had been flying low over central Madrid for hours. At one point, ov…

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Haven’t You Got A Home To Go To?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

As I write this post the police helicopters are still clattering over the centre of Madrid. They’ve been there since early this morning, as part of a huge police operation to remove all traces of the 15-M protest movement from Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. …

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The 19J In Madrid

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

I’m getting further and further behind with my posts on this blog, a mixture of other commitments, summer laziness, disastrous time management and an occasional inability to write all come together to create this situation. So here is a much delayed po…

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Breaking Camp In The Puerta Del Sol

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Arriving far later than originally intended, a photographic summary of the dismantling of the protest camp in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. The decision to leave the camp on Sunday 12th June was taken after a long assembly the previous week. Long …

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Whose Square Is It Anyway?

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

To stay or not? This is the issue which is dominating much of the discussion about the protest camp in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. After 3 weeks the camp looks a much more solid and permanent construction after successive changes, but its role as as a foc…

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Police Violence The Response To Peaceful Protests In Barcelona

Friday, May 27th, 2011

I was planning to post what would have been an almost routine update on the protest camp in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, but events have intervened. In Barcelona the authorities have launched an operation this morning to clear the camp in the city’s Plaça…

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El Lunes Al Sol

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

When I saw the newly planted vegetable garden in the Puerta del Sol on Sunday evening it occurred to me that this is not the sort of thing you do if you’re planning on going anywhere. Although many may have assumed that the protest acampada in Sol was …

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