“We are coming to Madrid to kick out the friends of the Troika”
Thousands of people arrives in Madrid with the Marches of Dignity 22M
Twitter: #Resistencia22M - #EstoEs22M - #Marchas22m
Thousands of people are converging in Madrid from various regions of Spain to participate in a big demonstration on March 22nd, mobilizing against the cuts and the payment of illegitimate debt, demanding dignified employment, basic income, universal access to public services, housing and refusing the TROIKA government.
In total six columns of protestors from different corners of the country – Andalusia; Extremadura; Murcia, Alicante and Valencia; Catalonia, Aragon and Navarre; La Rioja; and Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria – will be converging in Madrid on Saturday to protest the budget cuts “dictated by the Troika,” a reference to the trio comprising the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank that has established economic policy for the countries that received a bailout like Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
The demonstration was called by more than 150 social movements, trade unions, organizations and local assemblies (like CGT, the Andalucian Workers Union-SAT, Civic Front-Frente Cívico, the Mortgage Victims Platform-Plataforma de Afectadas/os por la Hipoteca-PAH, 15M movement, Camps Dignity of Extremadura, and many other civic organizations), under the name of Madrid 22-M, Marches for Dignity.
Those attending the march, a large proportion of whom are unemployed, announced their intention to camp in Madrid to continue the protest in which they hope to gather hundreds of thousands of participants.
According to regional media, also hundreds of trains, cars, buses, and even pedestrians, will travel to Madrid with people from Extremadura, Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia, Asturias, Galicia and Aragon, among other Spanish regions.
The online newpaper Publico indicated that in more than a dozen cities in other countries events are also being organized with people from Spain that were forced to emigrate to find work due to the crisis in the country, where more than six million are unemployed and the Youth unemployment rate is over 58%. Oslo, London, Frankfurt, Vienna, Berlin, Belfast, Brussels, Prague, Edinburgh, San Salvador and Santiago de Chile are some of the locations where these protests will occur, according to the source.
The government of Madrid informed that it has expected 35 authorized manifestations in this capital for next Saturday 22.
Those demonstrations, with the expected participation of hundred of thousands people, will protest against privatizations, budget cuts in education, health and other public services imposed by the Spanish Government under the harsh adjustment programs of the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund, among other socioeconomic problems.
Madrid is preparing for a democratic and peaceful mobilization against a government that has deceived the people and has lost all moral legitimacy. “About 900 buses will arrive in the capital tomorrow from different territories and four trains, so we expect tomorrow some 60,000 people arriving to Madrid" was said in today’s press conference.
On Sunday 23rd there will take place big assemblies in public squares and on Monday 24th there will be an other demonstration “Surround the Stock Exchange” which will start at 11.30 am. In the afternoon at 19.00 h there is an other demonstration with the slogan “Do not pay for your crisis” will arrive to various ministries to protest against the cuts. The event starts at the Ministry of Economy.
More information (video, Live-Streaming, photos):
http://marchasdeladignidad.org
Twitter: @Marchas22M
Event in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/248528771982375
Some press links:
ENGLISH: http://libcom.org/news/diverse-flags-four-demands-march-madrid-20032014 [1]
ENGLISH:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/21/inenglish/1395427167_056393.html
http://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/Vamos-Madrid-enfrentarnos-paro-injusticia_0_240776880.html
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2088578/0/testimonios/marcha/dignidad …
http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/03/20/actualidad/1395346698_902812.html
http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/122886-madrid-marcha-dignidad-22m