"No one represents us": the 15 May movement in the Spanish state

http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=757&issue=132
Date Written:  2011-10-11
Publisher:  International Socialism
Year Published:  2011
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14665

On 15 May 2011 thousands of people, mainly young, demonstrated all over the Spanish state under the slogans "For real democracy now" and "We are not commodities in the hands of politicians and bankers". The demonstrations explicitly rejected the participation of political parties or trade unions.

Subject Headings

• Economic Crises
• General Strikes
• Socialism
• Spain
• Youth Activism