Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Spanish police brutalize student protesters in Valencia

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, February 24, 2012

Spanish police brutalize student protesters in Valencia

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This piece indicates that class war is raging across Spain. You will see the well armed and trained goon squads of Spain's One Percent attacking Spain's 99 Percent protestors.

Tuesday’s demonstrations, which come a day after over a million Spaniards took to the streets to contest the government's labor reforms, marked the fourth straight day of student protests in Spain’s third largest city. Valencia is one of the most heavily hit regions in Spain’s crippling debt crisis, and with the newly-appointed Rajoy government pushing through even more harsh austerity measures, budget cuts have left most schools without heating.