According to the basque workers unions, this general strike (March 29, 2012) has been one of the most succesful general strike's of Basque history. Ten of thousands people demonstrations have marched all along south basque country.
Basque worker unions (ELA-LAB-EHNE-ESK-HIRU etc.) spanish worker unions (CCOO-UGT), pro-independence political parties and hundreds of social organizations have called that day to a general strike against the new labour law.
But in "abertzale" (pro-independence) marchs the main shout have been: "ez da krisia, kapitalismoa da!" (it is not a crisis, is capytalism).
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| Riots in Nafarroa |
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| Ertzaintza in Gipuzkoa |
All the industry (%90-%95), educational system (%85), little shops etc. have stopped that day. In all along basque country, direct action have been used to attack banks and multinational companies: Zara, Corte Ingles, Santander etc.
All repressive police (Ertzaintza, Policia foral, Policia nacional and Policia municipal) and militar police (Guardia Civil) have been movilized. Dozens of young people have been arrested and there have been dozens of injured people (imposibble to know which are the exact data). One young is still in the hospital, in one of the police charges he had been kicked by a rubber ball (police use it to attack demonstrations) in the head. After that, "ertzaintza" beated him with batons.
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| Direct action in Iruña |
Another ertzainta is in the hospital. They charged against demonstrators in Bilbo (capytal of Bizkaia, South basque country) and a stone kicked him in his head.
The main riots have occurred in Nafarroa and Araba. After the general strike in some towns police repression have cotinued, for example in Gasteiz this saturday Ertzaintza have arrested 4 youth in a demonstration. Here some images:
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| Demonstration in Iruña |
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| Spanish police in Iruña |
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| A injured man in front of spanish police |
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| Spanish police attacking demonstrators |
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