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The May 15 Movement in Spain: Unveiling the Wellsprings of 15-M

Dive into the May 15 Movement in Spain, exploring the retreat of the official union movement, social mood, economic crisis impact, political class corruption, and the movements behind 15-M.

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The May 15 Movement in Spain: Unveiling the Wellsprings of 15-M

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  1. THE MAY 15 MOVEMENT IN SPAIN Presentationto Hobart Branch, July 28, 2011

  2. Wellsprings of 15-M • The retreat of the official union movement (CC. OO. And UGT) • September general strike, and debate over result • Weakness of other union groupings (CGT, CNT, others) • Situation of party (old, institutional) left • PSOE administrations federal and state (autonomous communities) • United Left (Izquierda Unida), Initiatiative for Catalonia-Greens—United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA), Galician Nacionalist Bloc (BNG), Basque nationalist left

  3. The social mood • Collapse of the Spanish housing bubble and its impacts • 1 million empty homes • Youth unemployment (43%), how informal sector works, • The disillusionment with the Zapatero government—we didn’t vote for this • Kid-gloves treatment of finance sector • Brussels and Berlin • What future for a generation? • Miserable welfare system (determined by rich, capital, paying peanuts) • Domestic violence, destruction of environment • Political class, corruption (partitocracy, party financing). Institutional chaos (3.2 million outstanding court cases) • Black humour (Jueves), Botín • Economic crisis and unresolved tasks of Spanish democracy-second transition. Civil War dead

  4. Madrid, june 19, ‘violence is earning €600 a month’

  5. Themovementsbehind 15-M Anonymous Franco isnotdead

  6. Themovementsbehind 15-M Youthwithout a future • ¡#NoLesVotes(“Don’t vote forthem) Stateof Malaise Real DemocracyNow!

  7. 15-M best-sellers

  8. Outraged!

  9. Thecamps and theirorganisation • How Puerta de Sol began • Spread of the camps • Decision-making methods, commisions, rotation of conveners, spokespeople

  10. Puerta del sol, may 16

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