Revolution in Barcelona

Revolution in Barcelona over Spain’s dire economic situation has prompted thousands of people to fill Barcelona’s famous Plaza de Catalunya following an attempt by riot police to break up an anti-government protest camp there.

These spontaneous protests have been happening all over Spain since May 15, being the biggest in Madrid and Barcelona. They have been generated, communicated and promoted by social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Protesters think political parties don’t do anything worthy to solve the citizens problems and get out of the crisis. Unemployment rates continue growing up and there have been budget cuts in different sectors belonging to the welfare state such as education and health.

After surrounding the camp in early morning, the local police forces in Barcelona evicted the people staying in Plaza Catalunya at around 11:00 AM with the excuse of cleaning up. The reason, they say, is that because Football Club Barcelona plays the Champions League Final (an important football match) the area might be flooded by a massive celebration if they win. And then this happened. Watch video bellow.

Spanish Revolution / Pl. Cataluña / AcampadaBCN

Fan page in facebook of this movement here. It has over 60 000 fans already.