Pissed off with very high unemployment, a political system which is not working, a feeling that banks and the markets matter more than life itself, the youth, unemployed and precarious of Spain launched their revolt last Sunday. Three days on and many squares in the country are occupied and movements are building up under the banner of "Democracy Real, Ya! (Real Democracy, Now!)

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Hashtags for Twitter: #spanishrevolution | #acampadabcn | #acampadabcn | #yeswecamp | #nonosmovemos | #tomalaplaza | #europeanrevolution | #acampadas
Indymedia Barcelona | Real Democracy Manifesto (English Version) | Nobody Expects the Spanish Revolution | Tools http://takethesquare.net/
Live Stream: From Madrid http://www.soltv.tv/ | From Barcelona http://latele.cat/ | http://acampadabcn.org/en-directo/
Solidarity in Ireland Limerick: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218240811531155 | Cork http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212928062060985 | Dublin https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202503726457580 | Galway http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131493406926700

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Talbot Street Memorial

Related Links: Death Squad Leaders Invite Rubs Salt in Victims Wounds | Forgotten Justice? | Justice for the Forgotten attack Jim Cusack's misreporting on Dublin Monaghan bombings | Southern government terrified by British-Unionist bombs in 1974 - the lessons for today | Justice for the Forgotten. No manipulation of the victims of Terror. | "There is Difficulty Lower Down Whereby Sometimes Unauthorised Items Appear"
External Links: Justice for the Forgotten |Dublin Monaghan bombings (wikipedia)

Gaddafi

Tonight at 22.45 GMT the United Nations passed resolution 1973/211, which imposes a no-fly zone across Libya, as well as restricting the asset movements from Libyan national companies. Amid celebratory scenes in Benghazi with lots of fireworks and lots of automatic weapons fire , China, India, Russia and Brazil (sometimes as a block called BRIC) all abstained along with Germany. (Thank to @pettybooshwah for clarifyfing this)

Related Links: Towards Left Unity (of sorts): Thinking About Reactions to libya and Each Other | Military actions against libya/ libyan Resistance must rely on own strength | IRSCNA: Hands Off libya! | UN Resolution passed on libyan No Fly Zone | libya, Wisconsin, wikileaks. Imperialism and its stooges at bay. | Solidarity with libya 21st Feb in Dublin |

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Ongoing protests in Dublin in solidarity with the Egyptian people

Tarhrii Square, Egypt

Nazly Hussein speaks from outside the military courts which this afternoon (Friday 12th March) was supposed to address the people the army harrassed and arrested last Wednesday during a brutal attack on those occupying Tahrir Square. Nazly describes how several hundred plain clothes thugs was deployed against people in the square on Wednesday, who set about pulling down tents and beating people up. The army, under the pretence of ‘protecting’ those remaining in the Tahrir then began beating, arresting and electrocuting people within the the pro democracy movement. Over 170 people where arrested, most of whom where later released without charge. Many had been beaten and tortured with electrocution.

An interview with Nazly Hussien:

Interview with Nazly Hussien 27.6 Mb

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Ongoing protests in Dublin in solidarity with the Egyptian people

Liberate London - (and perhaps Ireland)!

Regional TUCs are expecting 300,000 to converge on central London on March 26. It should be an interesting day. While stewards are being recruited in liaison with police to stop any repeat of what happened to Millbank, there’ll be thousands of us with other ideas. If an NUS demonstration of 30,000 can accidentally demolish the Tory Party HQ, what might 300,000 achieve?

In January, anarchists from around Britain met in Manchester to form a ‘network of networks’ called ‘Network X’. It was agreed to mobilise for direct action on March 26. “This is a major step forward for the anarchist movement,” quipped Class War’s Ian Bone, “being the first time anarchist groups have agreed to a central command since Barcelona in 1936.” A kaleidoscope of groups, many of recent invention, is planning street theatre, effigies and spectaculars for the big day.

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Callout for Operation Dual Power/March 26 Direct Action planning - Original Article on Indymedia UK
Meltdown: Operation Dual Power
Network X
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