elections held in Spain to fill municipalities and autonomous regions, not all politicians who will govern our destinies in the next four years. As I remember clearly the first time in my life that these events took place back in April 1979, the prospect of its effectiveness casts on my initial approach attitude of indifference and discouragement
After a period in Spain in which freedoms were severely cut, the first municipal elections gave us the opportunity to participate with our votes in change and we believed that the elect were to govern our destinies are doing the best for everyone. And I add, not only for them. Over thirty years later, one of the worst things valued by the English, after stuffing, is the political class. There must be some. Party to party, which has only been two, have alternated with varying degrees of success due to the lurching of the economy. Sometimes they have had good times and "did well" and sometimes the crisis touched and "have made it worse." Both two. Smaller ones go to the carnival to see whether any extra help at peak times can take their cut. And so we will, as I say, thirty years later.
The photo illustrating this post is taken in 1979, just one month after the first municipal elections in a village either a special day, at least on those dates: May 1, labor day. The demonstrations were systematic that day because he had much to fight. Still remain very vivid in my retina the image of one of the many demonstrations that I attended, in the early seventies Franco still alive. We were sitting in the middle of the Castellana in Madrid demanding something. The police horses, the grays, they passed us with those Pastaza. We were afraid to look up and see what the police high, with a huge club, looking not know whether to despise or pity, while we were afraid that the horse bolted and trample us all. Come on, we played a mustache and that some still almost did not.
Many of the labor and social benefits were achieved at that time have fallen from a stroke in recent years, with or without crisis. Back to work from sunrise to sunset, for four measly euros, summarize briefly cut while many rights that have been struggling, and paying for years. And I get the impression that we all pay, but those who have less.
We had a few years the English very tame. Every man for himself, struggling to maintain what little or how much has been achieved through working and saving like ants. It seemed that today's election would be a mere formality to give more autonomy to municipalities and such members or others who would continue as usual. Get by with friends and family, subsisting as God gave the impression to everyone. And all the while enduring messages of politicians and bankers say one day things unrelated to change the speech the next day. Since neither paying attention because basically we were not interested and we knew that they cared for themselves and not by us. These days it has released what they earn each year, OFFICIAL, some of us saying we have to harangue work more, rest less and earn less. A bank CEO gets stronger English to the pocket more than nine million euros a year, almost NINE Timofonica president and to follow. The salary, I repeat what the "official" one of these men is equivalent to the so-called mileuristas HUNDRED or so.
seemed they were going to be a process over these elections. But no. Citizens' movements have been in the spotlight and politicians and bankers have taken to the streets in a peaceful way to say BASTA. I had contact for several months and I have closely followed the movement # nolesvotes ( http://www.nolesvotes.com/ ) emerged following the adoption of the so-called Law Sinde where the two major parties plus a regionalist sidekick agreed to implement law as grotesque as a lack of imagination. Are those laws that can not be carried out and that seems to arise from the last century. There are even simple manual for that law has no practical effect and is not feasible to implement it. A discredit to add to justice. Along
have been following other movements such as # democraciarealya and the like that have come together a myriad of small groups whose coming-out were the sixty demonstrations in Spain on 15 May. I had the opportunity to attend Madrid and retrieve experiences of my youth watching people leave their gentleness and move and move to something in what he believes and is needed: a change in the ways and forms. There were all sorts of people, young, old, families, English, immigrants .... And at the end
best of all is that to which we send, on demand or in the shade, have been caught unawares. Do not know where they came and have reacted most varied ways. At first thought it was a passing shower but what you are seeing and living in the Puerta del Sol, in other English cities and even in many embassies of Spain and abroad, provide a glimpse of something moving. I do not know the time available, but a photograph, a wonderful and panoramic photograph is worth a thousand words to see what is happening and who are there. We bring the photo to read the posters and meet people and see that there are all the colors to the classic Japanese taking pictures with his camera.
http://especiales.lainformacion.com/panoramicas/manifestacion-acampada-sol/
That does not falter.
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