Via Scoop.it – Mapping Social Network Unionism Worldwide
A very convinced Spanish citizen explains why the Pact of the Euro must be rejected. Yesterday, Sunday 19th saw massively attended demonstrations in all major cities against the Pact of the Euro among the rest of grievances being protested in the country since #15M. #19J felt especially important as the Pact of the Euro is being signed within a few days. Many wonder how come the signing of such treaty is barely being mentioned on mainstream media.
For an idea of demonstrations’ attendance yesterday, this video is from La Vanguardia one of Barcelona’s leading newspapers. The demonstration carried on for 4 hours (with the route packed as in the images shown), departing from Plaza Catalunya and ending near Catalunya’s regional Parliament (about 1.6 km walk).
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1
And Madrid’s meeting point, 6 demonstrations (called columns) arrived there from different parts of the city, what you see is part of it, the streets leading to the square are also full of people but not in these images from the actual square: