Over 140 people arrested, dozens injured in Spain as mass protests sweep across Europe [videos included]
Russia Today
November 14, 2012
Over 140 people have been arrested and 74 injured, including 43 police officers, as Spanish police react swiftly to reports of property damage and disorderly behavior while mass protests that began in Spain continue to roll out across the EU.
A wave of anti-austerity anger is sweeping across Europe. Spain and Portugal are undergoing general strikes, whereas Greece and Italy are seeing many walkouts.
In Spain – the fourth-biggest eurozone economy, yet with one in four workers unemployed – activists and unions have staged an evening rally outside the parliament in the capital, Madrid.
Police have reportedly fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Barcelona and Madrid.
According to the Interior Ministry, at least 142 people have been detained across Spain throughout the day and some 74 were injured in clashes.
Among those detained were a man and a woman from Madrid who were allegedly carrying material to build a bomb, including gasoline, nails, screws and a firecracker, El Mondo reports.
There were more sporadic clashes between riot police and protesters as thousands continued to gather on the central square of Puerta del Sol. Baton-yielding riot police were seen chasing hostile protesters down a central thoroughfare near city hall, where many of the shops have been shuttered in anticipation of potential riots.
After a tense face-off between protesters and a police cordon near the iconic Plaza de Cibeles Square, demonstrators have finally backed down for the time being. RT’s Sara Firth tweeted from the scene: “Just coming off Colon square in Madrid and have heard police are charging at Neptuno Square.”
A total of 232 flights have been canceled across Spain due to the general strike.
Policemen clash with demonstrators during a general strike on November 14, 2012 in Madrid. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)
Most of the anger has been concentrated on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose cuts in health, education and welfare benefits continue. Rajoy, who won a landslide election victory a year ago, is wrestling with the second-largest budget deficit in the euro region while trying to revive the economy from a five-year slump that pushed the jobless rate to 26 per cent. He is trying to avoid following Portugal, Greece and Ireland into seeking a sovereign bailout. Outrage is also growing over Spaniards losing their homes for failing to keep up with mortgage payments.
In Portugal, roughly 40 towns and cities are being called upon to protest. Strikes are being held to protest measures including wage and pension cuts. State-owned airline TAP SGPS SA has canceled flights. Lisbon’s Metro service was shut and state-owned train operator CP-Comboios de Portugal said most trains will not run.
Italian unions, too, are urging a four-hour work stoppage.
Transportation and shipping will be disrupted throughout the day due to staggered, four-hour walkouts. A nationwide strike will see Italy’s railway employees cease work, while maritime workers are also expected to delay departure times of ships and ferries by four hours. The biggest protest will be held in Rome and is expected to involve around 3,000 protestors.
Demonstrators march during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. (AFP Photo / Andreas Solaro)
Greece has called a three-hour walkout and a rally in Athens, as recent decisions by the government to further cuts spending in a bid to secure another tranche of bailout money have not gone down well. Greece has been at the crux of the eurozone crisis, with the country continuously tinkering with a possible default. This past week the government has been trying to further cut spending in order to secure another bailout.
It’s the first time the European Trade Union Confederation has appealed for a day of action that includes simultaneous strike action in four countries and further protests in other countries.
Other countries have also staged walkouts.
The synchronized and simultaneous strikes and protests have already grounded flights, forced schools to close and have shut down transport.
Policemen clash with demonstrators during a general strike on November 14, 2012 in Madrid. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)
Policemen clash with demonstrators during a general strike on November 14, 2012 in Madrid. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)
Police detain a man as picketers and protesters clashed with police during a 24-hour nationwide general strike in Madrid, November 14, 2012. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)
Policemen clash with a demonstrator during a general strike on November 14, 2012 in Madrid. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)
Anti-austerity rally held in Rome [video]
Press TV
November 14, 2012
The major Italian trade union CGIL called for a 4-hour national strike and staged a rally in central Rome to protest against the harsh measures introduced by the present technocratic government and the lack of growth-boosting measures in recession-hit Italy.
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The Inconvenient Truth: Fading Freedom (Official Trailer) BGSU [video]
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White House Forced to Confront State Petitions to Secede? (Updated)
Liberty Upended – Anthony Freda
by Joe Wright
Activist Post
November 14, 2012
The White House website has been bombarded with petitions that have mushroomed to all 50 states moving to secede. The first petition came in from Louisiana the day after Obama’s re-election, and since then a chorus of others have issued their grievances.
Now, under White House rules stated in its “We the People” program, if 25,000 people sign on by December 7th, a response must be issued. Just a few days after submitting, that number has been reached by the petitions from Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee — with Texas closing in on 100,000.
Here is the current list of state totals for those near or over the threshold:
- Alabama (26,412)
- Arizona (17,834)
- Arkansas (19,037)
- Colorado (18,137)
- Florida (21,129)
- Georgia (25,578)
- Indiana (17,143)
- Louisiana (32,939)
- North Carolina (25,695)
- South Carolina (19,842)
- Tennessee (26,350)
- Texas (96,129)
In total, the number is close to 700,000 across the nation.
Will the White House respond, or ignore the will of the people as it routinely does on the issues that matter most? One Florida resident is making national news; former Navy serviceman, Philip Hoezel, who turned his flag upside down in protest on Veterans Day.
While his neighbors berated him for the blasphemy, and for “hurting a lot of people’s feelings;” as a Navy man he would know that the traditional significance of the upside-down flag is to indicate a ship in its final moments of severe distress before it sinks — a ship of state, for instance. It is a form of peaceful protest that is increasing in numbers and is a statement as symbolic as these petitions.
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French medical staff on indefinite strike [video]
Press TV
November 14, 2012
French medical staff, and particularly doctors and surgeons are on indefinite strike. They are holding a demonstration in the heart of the French capital as they protest against the recently agreed rates patients have to pay. They also claim: they do long hours for no extra pay. Thousands have traveled from all over France to demonstrate against the French Minister of health.
Press TV’s Anustup Roy reports from Paris.
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Israel and FSA Jointly Attack Syria [video]
Syrian Girl
November 13, 2012
Israel has exchanged fire with Syria at the border of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Israel has admitted to allowing the FSA terrorist insurgents to use the Golan heights as cover. The NATO backed opposition (FSA insurgents and SNC puppets) are puppets of Israel and Nato and want to ally with them if the Syrian government falls. The entire insurgency in Syria is part of a Zionist-NATO plot hatched years ago, to destroy Syria and break Syria/Iran ties. The bulk of the evidence used in this video can be found here. http://lizzie-phelan.blogspot.ca/2012/07/how-leftist-anti-zionists-are-allied…
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