Spanish Political News

[Anudder Oik]

A knights order called the Knights of San Cristobal are going to give medals to all the spanish police (10,000) who participated in the repression of the referendum for their "heroic courage".
Only in Spain will you find such cranks with such funding.

UNA ORDEN DE CABALLEROS IMPONDRÁ MEDALLAS A LOS AGENTES ENVIADOS A CATALUÑA “POR SU HEROÍSMO”

 

[Anudder Oik]

Two articles in the Guardian, first about the "cocaine cops joke" and the second one by Puigdemont talking about democracy and the situation in Spain.

Satirical article saying Spanish riot police took cocaine lands editor in court


Carles Puigdemont: I’m not just fighting for Catalonia. This is about democracy itself

 

[Raheem]

Only in Spain will you find such cranks with such funding.

Not true at all. I got a silver teaspoon when Charles and Diana got married.

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

Multiple roads, railway lines and stations blocked today in Catalunya’s Vaga General -

 

[Anudder Oik]

Multiple roads, railway lines and stations blocked today in Catalunya’s Vaga General -

The most impressive action from today's strike, which unfortunately wasn't as big as the one a couple of weeks ago, was in Gerona. Thousands of people blocked the AVE, the bullet train that goes from Madrid to Paris via Barcelona. The pickets Sang songs, chanted and shared food. The first song in the video is L'Estaca, a famous anti Franco song.



Lyrics
http://www.lluisllach.cat/espanol/lestac.htm

 

[Anudder Oik]

From the newspaper Publico. Yesterday the chief investigator of the Gurtel case, (Spain's biggest corruption case)
Directly named Rajoy as being involved, as well as numerous current government ministers as being part of

"Corruption in it's purest state".

The newspapers below and spanish state Tv omitted to report it (censored the news) and Rajoy is still president 24 hours later.

 

[Anudder Oik]

 

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[Anudder Oik]

Also in Sants station tonite in Barcelona


But Girona wins

 

[Anudder Oik]

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

Rajoy /PP corruption case covered in The National in Scotland:

 

[Poi E]

..

 

[Anudder Oik]

Rajoy /PP corruption case covered in The National in Scotland:

A picture of the Black PP accounts with Rajoy's name. It is surrealist here, they have been arguing over who M. Rajoy could be
in the list. It is alleged he was paid over 300,000 euros which he received in envelopes. In any other democracy he would have resigned by now and the spanish press and TV are not covering the story so are in effect accomplices. They don't want to divert their flag waving hordes away from their hate mission.
Rajoy was named outright by the main investigator two days ago.

 

[Anudder Oik]

I was on a train this morning, two men over 60 years old were having a conversation about nazism and how many nazis escaped justice due to the cold war. One spoke in catalan and the other in spanish. They also spoke a bit about persecution during the Franco period when they were young. As the train was pulling up at the station, a young yuppie type woman stood up and before she got off she turned to them and shouted "Arriba España" and laughed in arrogance mode. Nobody said anything, there was silence in the wagon. The two old men just looked at her with a tired look on their faces.

We are getting this every day now and people are calling it "the cavern". It is widespread cultural and literal fascism in the streets and in the universities, everywhere.

There have been 107 reported physical assaults by fascists in the last month.

 

[Anudder Oik]

Societat civil catalana, the extreme right wing campaigners who organized the large unionist march in Brcelona a few weeks ago, now openly encourage their followers to attend protests organized by groups who are more obviously fascist.

They have also recently set up an interactive formula on their website so "the cavern" can denounce teachers in catalan schools for "indoctrination" and "hate".

this morning their website was hacked by Anonymous.

 

[Rimbaud]

Much love for the UGT union - I was having a bad time yesterday finding out I couldn't get a loan due to my credit rating, and on the same day my sister who works for an affiliate of Siemens found out she was facing redundancy.

Then today she received an e-mail from UGT, saying this:

UGT Siemens Gamesa Trade Union
UGT FICA TRADE UNION REJECTS THE CUT OF JOBS IN SIEMENS GAMESA, DENOUNCES THE LACK OF SENSITIVITY OF THE MANAGEMENT AND REQUESTS THE RESIGNATION OF MR. MARKUS TACKE
09 11 2017




Dear Rimbaud's sister (Siemens Gamesa colleague):

We want to inform you about the press release sent yesterday by us where UGT FICA REJECTS THE CUT OF JOBS IN SIEMENS GAMESA, DENOUNCES THE LACK OF SENSITIVITY OF THE MANAGEMENT AND REQUESTS THE RESIGNATION OF MR. MARKUS TACKE.

The management of Siemens Gamesa have proved an absolute lack of sensitivity after having called the Spanish Works Council twice without providing any information in this regard.

At the same time, we have urgently called the rest of the Spanish Union Trades to confront this restructuring together.

We attach the press release that we have sent in PDF format.

Press release in PDF

WHAT IS THE UGT (General Workers’ Union of Spain)?
We are a trade union confederation founded in 1888. We are one of the two major Spanish trade unions amongst the most representative in Spain and consequently, a social partner.

Best regards

UGT Siemens Gamesa




UGT Siemens Gamesa
UGT FICA RECHAZA LOS DESPIDOS EN SIEMENS GAMESA, DENUNCIA LA FALTA DE SENSIBILIDAD DE LA DIRECCIÓN Y SOLICITA LA DIMISIÓN DE MARCUS TACKE
09 11 2017



Estimado compañero Rimbaud's sister (Siemens Gamesa):

Queremos informarle sobre el comunicado de prensa enviado ayer por nosotros donde UGT FICA RECHAZA LOS DESPIDOS EN SIEMENS GAMESA, DENUNCIA LA FALTA DE SENSIBILIDAD DE LA DIRECCIÓN Y SOLICITA LA DIMISIÓN DEL SR. MARKUS TACKE.

La dirección de Siemens Gamesa ha demostrado una absoluta falta de sensibilidad después de haber convocado dos veces al Comité de Empresa español sin proporcionar ninguna información al respecto.

Al mismo tiempo, hemos convocado urgentemente al resto de los representantes de los trabajadores españoles para afrontar esta reestructuración desde la unidad sindical.

Adjuntamos el comunicado de prensa que hemos enviado en formato PDF.

Comunicado de prensa

¿QUÉ ES UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores de España)?
Somos una confederación sindical fundada en 1888. Somos uno de los dos principales sindicatos españoles entre los más representativos de España, y en consecuencia un interlocutor social.

Un saludo

UGT Siemens Gamesa

Cheered me right up that did. Real life proletarian internationalism, it's not all shit after all, there is hope for the future and the good guys have the wind behind them these days!

 

[KeeperofDragons]

Seems to me that the Madrid gov wants to stops the possibility of other regions voting for succession

 

[Anudder Oik]

Today's gonna see a big one in Barcelona. I'm off in about half hour to attend what will probably be the biggest demonstration I have ever attended. Probably gonne see over a million people gathering today for the release of the political prisoners.

Yesterday evening I was having a beer on a cafe terrace in the centre of town around six 'oclock when a group of 12 blokes came past on an apparent bar crawl. They stood out for their haircuts and one of them had the spanish flag draped over his shoulders, they were off duty "politicised" Policia nacional from the hotel ship, on a night out provoking the natives. Part of the 10,000 who were sent from all other parts of spain. They are still here.

It's been a shitty week with censorship in the press and TV about Rajoy being directly named in Spain's biggest corruption case. Two days after that, Junkers (EU) visited Spain to give his unconditional support to Rajoy's authoratarian regime. Several more autonomies are threatened by the 155 and the left wing Mayor of Madrid has had the city accounts frozen by the tax agency. Vioelent Fascists are still enjoying impunity. Charges were dropped for the fascists who threw a bottle at a woman in zaragoza while besieging Podemos's conference there last month, while two of the Podemos attendees will face charges of defamation for describing them as nazis on twitter.

It would appear that every institution is politicized, including Amnesty interantional Spain, who can't bring themselves to describe the Jordi's as "political prisoners", which undoubtedly they are.

A judge is to press charges for "Hate crime" against politicians and civilians who signed a manifesto demanding that the police who attacked voters should leave a hotel they were staying in in the town of Reus.

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

Tonight in Barcelona:

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

Further tweets about tonight’s demonstrations:

 

[Anudder Oik]

I think the Guardia Urbana have underestimated with the 750,000 calculation. Organisers say one and a half million. There were literally thousands of people in the side streets, too.
It was so choc a bloc that it took the group I was with an hour to get onto the main demo , which was more than 3 kilometres long, and that wasn't until when the speeches had finished.
great atmosphere, families, old people, high spirits.

"Presos politics, libertat!"



Compare this video with the front page coverage from El Pais. A nice cropped image.

Spoiler

 

[DexterTCN]

I think the Guardia Urbana have underestimated with the 750,000 calculation. There were literally thousands of people in the side streets, too.
It was so choc a bloc that it took the group I was with an hour to get onto the main demo and that wasn't until when the speeches had finished.
great atmosphere, families, old people, high spirits.

"Presos politics, libertat!"



Compare this video with the front page coverage from El Pais. A nice cropped image.

Spoiler

That's brilliant. You know it'll probably get worse before it gets better.

Few places supporting you (in the face of fucking facism btw) but you do have support

 

[Anudder Oik]

Another view of yesterday's demo

 

[Anudder Oik]

Spanish justice shows itself up again with this news (unrelated to Catalonia). From the end of the civil war, right up to the 1980's babies were being stolen and sold by nuns and right wing doctors. It started as fascist regime confiscation for ideological reasons but later turned into a lucrative business. There are as of date over 2000 cases reported to the courts.

Finally, the first person related to a stolen baby case is to go to prison, but, hold on a minute, it's one of the victims. She is to do time for "defaming" the nun who stole her.

Ascensión López, the stolen baby who will go to prison for reporting her case

The Council of Ministers has denied clemency to the condemned for insulting the nun who participated in the adoption (see spoiler below pic)

Spoiler

Ascensión López has the sad honor of being the first person convicted in Spain for matters related to children stolen during the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of democracy. However, he did not participate in or manage any of the adoptions of children stolen from red or republican families. She is one of those girls, she says. And his sentence is for insulting the nun who allegedly participated in the process, which denies any irregularity. Now, Ascension must serve five months in prison after being denied a pardon. But also for poor, because he can not afford the 43,000 euros of compensation and fine to which he was sentenced.

The world upside down of Ascension, 53, with a work disability and two children of 19 and 22 years, begins when he was 8 years old and cried his father's illness. With cruelty, a family member recriminated his tears. "Why are you crying for this man who is nothing of yours? What did he buy you when you were born? " The words stuck in his soul, but the puzzle of his life began to fit. "My parents did not, but the rest of the family always made me feel bad, that I was picked up and was the one that was going to take away the rights (it was a wealthy family) to others." His adoptive mother confirmed the adoption, but acknowledged that he did not know much about how it happened. "He told me that they went to look for me at the hospital, that they paid 250,000 pesetas from before and little else." And that the person who processed the papers was the nun Dolores Baena, niece of her adoptive father and who worked in a maternity...
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You can read the rest here (in Spanish)

Ascensión López, la bebé robada que irá a la prisión por denunciar su caso

 

[Anudder Oik]

 

[Pickman's model]

Spoiler

be nice if you could do her the courtesy of referring to her as a woman all the way through, Anudder Oik

 

[Anudder Oik]

From El Publico, exposing "El Pais"

When a police chief says in Congress that there are indications that the president of the government collected bonuses in black? Not a mention on the cover. (left of picture)

That the PP mounted a commission in the Senate to which only they attended to accuse Podemos of illegal financing based on the word of Inda? Massive Photo with four columns in prominent position. This is how it works. (picture on right)

 

[Anudder Oik]

This Independent article is only interesting in that it gets a few things seriously wrong. Namely, Puigdemont is not unpopular but widely supported hence a million people were chanting "Puigdemont president" last saturday in Barcelona. The source they quote for criticism of Puigdemont on that very demo was from a very dubious source, el Periodico, part of the manipulative spanish media, which is currently in full-on lying mode. Then there is some shit about Russia creating fake news and stirring up the catalans, echoing the conspiracy theory that the spanish minister Dastis is touting (the one who lied on the BBC and french TV). The Independent gives no evidence but states that on russian TV they exaggerated something. Someone should tell the independent that Catalans don't watch russian TV and don't need to be wound up because spanish neo-franciosts are already "touching their balls". This whole Russian thing is even finding echo in the EU commission, apparently. A lot of lying cunts about these days who need to deflect attention from their own serious faults, it seems. The article also insinuate that Assange's sudden interest in Catalonia is suspiscious, too. Russians?
Finally, it presumes that Catalans will want to stay in the EU. I can tell you that Junckers' lack of condemnation and therefore tacit support of Rajoy's violence and anti democratic and judicial assault, and the fact that the EU commision is ignoring that spain is holding political prisoners and that its government is so corrupt there are grounds for making it illegal, has created over 2 million eurosceptics in less than a week.

Brussels will have to deal with the Catalan problem as well as Brexit

 

[Anudder Oik]

A short video in English

 

[DexterTCN]

Puigdemont is going to be Alec Salmond's guest on his new RT tv show today.