The following article, published on 23 May 2011 on OpenDemocracy.net, provides a very clear overview of the movement that has been (and it still is) taking place all over Spain.
" For the last week, Spain has been rocked with its own ‘Spanishrevolution’ - a civil movement which has sprung up to demand deep democratic changes.
Seven days before the local and regional elections in Spain, the main political issue has been the ‘Spanishrevolution’, a civil movement which has sprung up to demand deep democratic changes. Thousands of young people, the unemployed, retired, and people from every sector of society have been camping in the main squares of Spanish cities calling for democratic changes. For the onlooker, this may well prompt comparison with the Arab uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia: but there are too many differences. Spain is a mature democracy, where the economic situation is not so good but whose democratic institutions are very similar to those of other countries of the European region. While Arab protesters want to remove dictatorial governments who have ruled their countries for the last thirty years without any election, the Spanish want... READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE "
Days after the indignados movement started in Spain in May 2011, some Manchester residents got together too. - - We want a new participative democracy which gives priority to the people, not to the current economic and political powers.
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