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21st May 2011, 09:42
MADRID (MarketWatch) — In the shadow of a landmark building in Madrid’s center, a village of unhappy Spaniards on Friday kicked off their sixth day of protesting against capitalism and a system they say is not representing them.
The building, which dates back to the 19th century and is a landmark for the famed Puerta del Sol, looks directly down on the mass of protesters that has swelled since Sunday’s first demonstration against what they see as a corrupt fusion of banks, businesses and politicians that isn’t helping the unemployed. Protesters have draped a huge banner over the building reading: “There is no solution without revolution.”
Slide show: Madrid protests on eve of elections.
Directly in front of it, the turtle-shaped dome that covers the Sol train station is plastered with banners that read “Spain is not a business, we are not slaves,” and “Now is the time, young people, do not stop.”
And stopping they are not.
Protests have swelled each evening from a clutch of 200 mostly young people who have been camping out into the tens of thousands. The protests have spread beyond Madrid to other cities and reportedly to Italy as well.
Complaints about austerity measures taken to keep Spain from a forced financial bailout are on visible display in Madrid.
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The building, which dates back to the 19th century and is a landmark for the famed Puerta del Sol, looks directly down on the mass of protesters that has swelled since Sunday’s first demonstration against what they see as a corrupt fusion of banks, businesses and politicians that isn’t helping the unemployed. Protesters have draped a huge banner over the building reading: “There is no solution without revolution.”
Slide show: Madrid protests on eve of elections.
Directly in front of it, the turtle-shaped dome that covers the Sol train station is plastered with banners that read “Spain is not a business, we are not slaves,” and “Now is the time, young people, do not stop.”
And stopping they are not.
Protests have swelled each evening from a clutch of 200 mostly young people who have been camping out into the tens of thousands. The protests have spread beyond Madrid to other cities and reportedly to Italy as well.
Complaints about austerity measures taken to keep Spain from a forced financial bailout are on visible display in Madrid.
source to continue
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-spain-protestors-rally-a-battered-nation-2011-05-20