Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Spanish workers on the march

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Spanish workers on the march

Click here to access article by Lee Sustar from Socialist Worker.

The author provides the latest scoop on the class war going on in Spain. Striking Spanish miners have inspired renewed militant demonstrations against the austerity measures, the bank bailouts, and the predatory takeover of newly acquired state assets at bargain-basement prices.

...as Spain spirals downward, big multinational corporations are poised to grab Spain's main corporate assets, taking advantage of European Union rules that limit state ownership of private corporations. Since the Spanish government, having bailed out big banks, is now part owner of several key companies, it will have to sell its stock in those companies at cut-rate prices.

The class war in Europe is clearly heating up.