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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:38 AM Jan 2015

Spain: Podemos holds Madrid mass 'March for Change'

Source: BBC

The far-left Spanish party, Podemos, is holding a mass rally in the centre of Madrid looking to build on the recent victory of Syriza in Greece.

Tens of thousands are reported to be attending the "March for Change" - one of its first outdoor mass rallies.

Podemos has surged into the lead in recent opinion polls, and says it will seek to write off part of Spain's debt if it wins elections later this year.

Podemos says politicians should "serve the people, not private interests".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31072139



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Spain: Podemos holds Madrid mass 'March for Change' (Original Post) Bosonic Jan 2015 OP
Serving the people makes Podemos "far-left"? Horseshit. n/t Buenaventura Jan 2015 #1
Actually it does in todays politics. zeemike Jan 2015 #2
advocating withdraw from the EU makes them pretty out there uhnope Jan 2015 #6
Solidarity!!! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #3
+ pics Ghost Dog Jan 2015 #4
First Greece, now Spain ... the Troika is not amused. (ECB, IMF, EU) libdem4life Jan 2015 #5

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
2. Actually it does in todays politics.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:32 AM
Jan 2015

And the right acceptance of serving the PTB makes it so.
A sad situation IMO

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
5. First Greece, now Spain ... the Troika is not amused. (ECB, IMF, EU)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 06:33 PM
Jan 2015

The People want a voice and it's the Left that seems willing to help them get it. Italy has been mentioned as next????

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