Huelga General - Madrid ...

Buono Estente,

I moved to Madrid last week. Today there was a general strike in Spain. I took a few pictures of the demonstrations here in Madrid ...

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nice shots - all of them. what were they demonstrating over?

first is my favorite, i dunno why. i just love the simplicity of it

rick_reno wrote in post #14176771
nice shots - all of them. what were they demonstrating over?

Cheers. The day of demonstration was to do with widespread frustration at the state of the economy in general, really. Joblessness, public sector pay freezes (with inflation making a real time pay cut), the rich being (increasingly) rich and the poor being (increasingly) poor, etc.

MarkTyler wrote in post #14177262
first is my favorite, i dunno why. i just love the simplicity of it

Good to know, thanks! I was considering not including that in favour of another perhaps more dramatic but, I also quite liked the simplicity, particularly as an introduction to the set ...