Sunday, October 30, 2011

Spanish protests over economic rights and the power of the Internet

Protests against social and economic inequality, which a month ago under the name Occupy Wall Street began to be held in New York, thanks to the Internet as the lightning spread worldwide motivirajkji people to raise their voice against bad water economy, against greed corporations and their influence on governments around the world.

Interestingly, before the protests begin in New York, in Israel protests were organized, where more than 400,000 Israelis took to the streets. But this movement against inequality around the world began much earlier, at the May 15 in Spain.
In Spain currently has a movement called Indignados, which in translation means "anger" and that for several months organizing a protest against bad government policies that deprive young people of the right to a better future. The first protest, hastily organized on May 15, Sunday's local elections in Spain, led to develop a shared throughout the organization of local congregations who gather each week to discuss, debate and vote on future actions. These assemblies are then divided into committees, smaller workshops that develop specific topics such as economy or ecology. Any idea then and progress is the weekly meetings, making proposals, which then votes.
Assemblies are the core of this movement, but the Internet is most responsible for their cause as fast growth. According plays Jon, a member of Democracia Real Ya (Real Democracy Now) the whole movement is coordinated via the Internet. Due to the inability to believe in traditional media, they use the Internet as an alternative source of news that will help them get their message to as many people. Democracia Real Ya Group currently has 420,000 supporters on Facebook, as to 100,000 followers on Twitter.

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