Posts Tagged ‘Spain’
Phnat en las Barricadas
Photographer Oscar Pinal on the miners barricades in La Robla, wearing fantastic Phnat merchandise. Northern Spain.
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Santa Cruz de Sil – Miners Occupation
Alfredo Fernández in Santa Cruz de Sil where miners have been occupying 3kms down in the mine for a month. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to mining. Leon, Northern Spain.
See photo story here
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Many thanks to Blanca Fernández & Emy Castelao
Spanish Miners Burning Blockades
Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to mining. Leon. Northern Spain.
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See photo gallery here
See video here
Abandoned Coal
Closed and abandoned coal mine in Castilla. Northern Spain.
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Spanish Miners – Asturias
Miners march past Pozo de Soton coal mine after fighting between police and miners to keep control of the pit. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to mining. Asturias. Northern Spain.
See web gallery here
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Insert Coin – We are Hungry
Web gallery of (belated) images during the Democracia Real Ya protests in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain.
Web Gallery here
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La Crisis Es El Capitalismo
Mass meeting in Puerta del Sol in defiance of a government ban of protests on the day of the local and regional elections. They are demonstrating about austerity measures, have renamed place “Plaza Solución” and are calling it the Spanish Revolution. Madrid, Spain.
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Plaza Solución
Thousands of young people gather in Puerta del Sol in defiance of a government ban of protests. They are demonstrating about austerity measures, have renamed the place “Plaza Solución”and are calling it the Spanish Revolution. Madrid, Spain.
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