[Debate] Fwd: Barcelona March 29th: General Strike

[Jai Sen]

Wednesday, 11 April 2012



Worlds in movement…

Barcelona March 29th : General Strike

Film by Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh.  One more in their  
series ‘Global Uprisings’.

“…. The people are really angry… this strike is widely seen as merely  
a taste of things to come.”

Watch this film.  Grim.  The future of much of Europe, inscribed ?

And what lies beyond ?

(Keep your eyes open for London, Britain, in just over a month’s time;  
the Olympics are coming, along with over 15 billion pounds worth of  
militarised ‘security’ as their main legacy to the country, in the  
race for… what ?)

Thanks, Marianne, and Brandon.  This, along with the other short films  
you have been doing and sending, is really important.

             JS

fwd

Begin forwarded message:


> From: MarianneMaeckelbergh <mariannem313 at hotmail.com>
> Date: April 11 2012 12:57:29 PM GMT-04:00
> To: <mmaeckelbergh at fsw.leidenuniv.nl>
> Subject: Barcelona March 29th: General Strike
>
>
>
> On 29 March 2012, millions of people across Spain went on strike.  
> The strike, which was the first general strike since September 2010,  
> brought the country to a near halt. The situation in Spain has grown  
> increasingly difficult with 1 in 4 people out of work and many  
> struggling to make rent or mortgage payments.
>
> Watch this short film about the events of the day (in english):
> http://globaluprisings.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/barcelona-march-29th-general-strike/

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