[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Fwd: [cominterm] helicopters, gunshots, riot vans screaming, armed cavalcade blocked and turned away... M15 > J15 #SpanishRevolution M15 > a month on

[Mark Barrett]

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 Things heating up bigtime, new article up, spread word

helicopters, gunshots, riot vans screaming, armed cavalcade blocked and
turned away... M15 > J15 <http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100008>

#SpanishRevolution M15 > a month on

helicopters, gunshots, lines of riot vans screaming around, police cordoned
hi speed car cavalcade blocked in streets and turned away by protestors, old
guys in the streets giving that sideways hand shake... A month into the
#SpanishRevolution and things are really heating up.

[image: acampadaBCN: take the square > take the
parliament]<http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2011/parlament_14_15petit.png>
acampadaBCN: take the square > take the parliament


The park is blocked, many riot vans built a tunnel way of sorts to attempt
to get the ministers into the parliament, there had been shots with rubber
bullets since 7am and a bit of cop striking out. Thousands of people were
booing, hissing, jeering the politicians as they entered. More people were
arriving, blocking the outer ends of the police line... It was becoming
UNGOVERNABLE for the police. At around 9.30 a hi speed police protected
cavalcade flew down avenue meridinia to reach the back of the police line,
people saw the lights and ran towards the oncoming politicians (the more
important ones, maybe the president Arthur Mas?) the crowds jumped infront
of the cavalcade and stopped it, more people ran to support, the car tried
to go down the wrong way, but was blocked again, it flew down a sidestreet.
Many undercovers were running in this crowd taking out objects from their
hips. The cavalcade turned and sped away, as quickly as it had entered;
defeated, a win for the peaceful act of civil disobedianace by the
INDIGNADOS. About an hour later, we saw the first helicpoter flying over, a
firemen special yellow helicopter, flying low and going into the still shut
down public park that houses the parliament. (ironically this park was built
to house the fort of repression built after the year long siege of Barcelona
in 1714, and only turned into a public space for the 1888 World fair, the
irony is not lost on the Catalans, they too know their history) More and
more have flown in, what is the cost of such an operation? Is it
sustainable? will the public not surely say "theres something really fucked
up here, the INDIGNADOS have a point". Even the press group, all with their
orange arm bands, were herded into a special section, to leave way for
movement of politicians and armed police.

Old guys in the streets giving that sideways hand shake, means, more or
less, "fucking hell, things are heavy in the streets".

A month into the M15 (may 15) revolution and things have taken a big step
here in Barcelona, if it grows it will be ungovernable, unmabageable. And
chances are that is exactly how it will turn out.

Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tots-som-pla%C3%A7a-catalunya
Catalan Tv live: http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/directes/TV3
acampadaBCN updates: http://acampadadebarcelona.org/aturemelparlament/

[image: 1000's occupied the areas around the park to block parliament from
meeting today] <http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2011/321791223_1.jpg>
1000's occupied the areas around the park to block parliament from meeting
today

[image: riot cops firing rubber bullets at 7am this morning in
Barcelona]<http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2011/1308116609313.jpg>
riot cops firing rubber bullets at 7am this morning in Barcelona


[image: No Passaran - They will not pass. The people of Barcelona have had
enough] <http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2011/321808004_1.jpg>
No Passaran - They will not pass. The people of Barcelona have had enough


[image: Streets blocked by Barcelonas indignation, the politicians have to
be flown in to make cuts... Remember
Argentina???]<http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2011/1308126232351.jpg>
Streets blocked by Barcelonas indignation, the politicians have to be flown
in to make cuts... Remember Argentina???

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