Spanish Revolution - happening in your local Plaza right now... Democracia Real Ya!

A few days prior to the recent local elections in Spain, a group of people got together in the main plaza in Madrid to protest political corruption, government and banking policies. The majority were young Spaniards, 45% of which will probably never have employment, despite their hard-earned University degrees. Current unemployment in Spain generally stands at 21.29%.

While the socialist PSOE party lost their standing in local elections in virtually all municipalities, the people believe that the conservative PP (Partido Popular), who won the majority, are not much better than the PSOE in their methods and general running of the "system", and demand a "real democracy".

The people buy madden coins believe that the "crisis" was invented by the banks and the politicians, and that it is not a true crisis, or recession.

Because of this, the movement has now spread to all major cities in the country and continues even today - both young and old are now involved. 10's of 1000's of people are camping out in the major Plazas (or town squares) of major cities, day and night. Smaller towns are also forming groups to protest for a real Democracy.

Other countries in Europe (Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Romania) have been inspired to follow Spain's lead and start their own protests, or to lend their support to Spain. Groups of Spaniards mut coins in many countries worldwide have lead protests in the major cities of those countries, including the USA, Austria, Germany and Holland.

The only violence has been at the hands of the Police, who were told to clear the Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona for people madden coins to view a major football match between Manchester United and Barca on the 28th May. They used extreme, excessive force with batons, against peaceful protesters. Videos on YouTube show the police in their body armour and helmets brutally beating women, men and even people in wheelchairs. Once the game was over, the protesters returned and are camping there to this day. If anything, the violence has increased the number of protesters in the town squares. The protesters clean the plazas around themselves and do not leave litter in the streets. Their actions are completely legal under Spanish Law with regard to "freedom of speech".