
“Police detained at least 15 in Madrid, including one minor, as they used force to quell an angry mob of protesters near the Spanish parliament, united under a ‘Besiege Congress’ slogan calling for the government to quit. The riots come as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to announce a raft of measures on Friday aimed at tackling the country’s recession. An estimated 1,400 policemen were deployed around the chamber as politicians cancelled the session for the day. Protesters held signs that read ‘6.2 million reasons’ in a reference to the latest jobless figures and when police charged them they chanted ‘You have jobs, we do not.'”
http://rt.com/news/spain-portugal-protests-clashes-414/
Related posts:
Loan Program For Investors With More Than 4 Properties Financed
Another Failed Gun Control Experiment
Japan now reconsidering sales-tax hike
Judge Napolitano on the Virtues of Private Justice
China Bans Margin Calls; Limits Pension Funds To Buying Stocks Only
Commodities Dealer Accepting Bitcoin for Gold
Alpha Technology Announces ASIC Miners for Litecoin are Coming Soon
Dec. 20, 1983: Rumsfeld shakes hands with Saddam Hussein
Operation Compliance: Detroit's War on Small Business
Pentagon Unveils Pivot From War On Terror To New Cold War
What Are Bitcoins: The How, Why and Why Not
Student Loan Consequences: Real, Costly, and Personal
Apple Powering Nevada Datacenter with Solar Farm
Italy bank runs: the 'Northern Rock' signal of global financial meltdown?
Atlantis: Online Drug Black Market Shuts Its Doors