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News from the Pressenza Bureau in Madrid, Spain
Madrid receives the EuroMarches
Madrid received the EuroMarches in an extraordinary way on Saturday 3rd October. Six columns came from different neighbourhoods to converge on Plaza de Cibeles at 7pm with around 10,000 people gathering in the square. Activists went on to the stage with the EuroMarches banner and greeted the applauding crowds. One… »
EuroMarches adopts the struggle against water privatisation
The South-West column of EuroMarches got up early to reach Cáceres at 9am. On the outskirts the marchers were met by around two hundred people who accompanied the march on foot to the town centre. A welcome and farewell event took place before the March left Extremadura to arrive in… »
EuroMarches denounce big commercial shopping centres in Mérida, Spain
After a long stretch on foot, the South-West column of EuroMarches reached Mérida. On arrival, an action took place at a big Aldi hypermarket, the German multinational, in which the ruination of the small shopping centres of the towns and cities was denounced where Aldi and other chains, such as… »
EuroMarches joins the Day of Nonviolence
On the International day of Nonviolence, EuroMarches celebrated the meaning of this principle which underlines this citizen initiative. Yesterday’s events, which centred on the condemnation of tax havens located within the EU, culminated in Seville where a thousand people received the South-East column and walked together on the final 6… »
UK bans the EuroMarches from entering Gibraltar
The British government has refused entry into Gibraltar to those marching on the South-East Route, communicating its position through an official document passed to us by the organisers. By Rafael de la Rubia and Maribel Martínez (spokespersons for the EuroMarches2015) The EuroMarches today started its adventure in Gibraltar with a… »
The 80 billion euros that Greece needs are in Switzerland… and are Greece’s
Carlos Enrique Bayo, director of the Spanish daily, Publico, has written an article that is well worth reading, in which he denounces the flight of Greek capital to tax havens in recent years. He deconstructs the argument that the Greek crisis is down to, for example, pension increases or early… »
Pablo Iglesias: “We are dreaming but we take our dreams very seriously”
Hundreds of thousands formed a sea of people that literally took over the centre of Madrid in what was called the March for Change. Podemos (the new Spanish left party that formed last year) wanted to measure their forces and today they can say that they are a serious alternative… »
Podemos: an unusual process
Deliberation in Podemos[1] is public and open, it allows for varying degrees of involvement, within it are participating people from social movements and its structure is designed not only for militants but rather for popular participation. By Olga Rodríguez for Zona Crítica Podemos [we can] uses the first… »
Video of the first same-sex wedding in Turkey and interview with the happy couple
Silo’s Message is a spiritual current developing on the basis of the book of the same name written by the Argentinean spiritual guide, Silo. Adherents form themselves into Communities and generally meet weekly to interchange about their experiences with Silo’s teachings and to hold ceremonies that serve to strengthen the… »
To the Humanist people – Palestine and Israel, the day after Gaza
By Aaron Elberg, from Jerusalem At some point, the fire will cease. Maybe in a couple of days, maybe a couple of weeks, but at some point the uproar of the cannons and the missiles will quiet. Until that time comes, many deaths will sum up to the scene on… »
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