Manifestación Democracia Real Ya (DC) Solidarity with the Spanish Protests

 

Hora	Sábado, 21 de mayo · 12:30 - 15:30
Lugar	Dupont Circle
Creado por	Democracia Real Ya (DC), Octavio Medina
Más información	Con permiso de otros usuarios: The 2011 May Spanish protests, also referred to as the 15-M Movement, Spanish revolution or "Indignados" (Spanish for outraged) are a series of demonstrations in Spain whose origin can be traced to social networks and the ¡Democracia Real Ya! (True Democracy Right Now!) civilian digital platform. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_693914&v=RZ55PC-ElSE). ...Starting on 15 May 2011 with an initial call in 58 Spanish cities and gathering thousands of people without the backing of any entity, political party or union, the series of peaceful protests demand a radical change in Spanish politics, as protesters don't consider themselves to be represented by any party, nor favored by the measures approved by politicians. Democracia real YA' does not support any political party: it is a movement by the citizens and for the citizens. As you are reading this, people are camping out spontaneously on the main squares of Madrid, Barcelona and more than 90 other cities in Spain and al around the world. Thus, we, some of the Spanish people residents in New York city, feel obligated to support them and to requite this actions. ------- Y ahora lo nuestro: What we are against. Amongst other things: 1. The tolerance for corruption in Spanish politics, especially by the two largest parties 2. Politicians who work for themselves, instead of for their people 3. A judiciary that, instead of being truly independent, very often merely mimics the forces represented in Parliament 4. A disastrous labor market regulation that relegates young people and many others to temporary jobs 5. Politicians who are too cowardly to defend and support what would benefit their country and instead choose to defend what would get them more votes 6. Politicians who do not realize that people are not stupid enough to be tricked by number 5 Con permiso de los amigos de NY: With the May 22 council elections approaching and with just over a year left until the next national elections, 'Democracia real YA' does not support any political party: it is a movement by the citizens and for the citizens. As you are reading this, people are camping out spontaneously on the main squares of Madrid and Barcelona and other Spanish towns and not giving in. Some articles that explain the movement: (English)http://wapo.st/ionkEC (Spanish)http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/05/19/actualidad/1305837713_243847.html (English)http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/We/don/t/want/to/remove/the/politicians/-/we/want/them/elpepueng/20110519elpeng_4/Ten (Spanish) Interview with some of the organizers:http://www.elmundo.es/encuentros/invitados/2011/05/4822/Ver más