[sparkscoffee] Re: Spain is Militarizing Against Citizens
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- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:58:06 -0400
RR
Do you know that the Spanish Civil War where Franco with the help of Hitler
and Mussolini
over threw the democratically elected socialist government where Hemingway
was an ambulance
driver on the loyalist socialist side and where the mostly communist
foreign warriors populated
the then famous Abraham Lincolin brigade? These mostly Americans were later
labeled as pre war
facist fighters.
Comrade B
In a message dated 9/10/2014 10:27:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Wars and rumors of wars are everywhere.
-RR
Posted on _September 10, 2014_
(http://armstrongeconomics.com/2014/09/10/spain-is-militarizing-against-citizens-the-coming-civil-war/)
by _Martin
Armstrong_ (http://armstrongeconomics.com/author/armstrongeconomics/)
The Spanish government is militarizing gearing up for violent protests
against the EU that are expected to turn up before a hot autumn. Spain is now
equipping the police for about one billion euros with new combat equipment.
Violent protests in Spain since the crisis began almost a daily
occurrence. Movements such as 25 de Mayo or the Indignados call Spaniards of
all
strata of the population to protest against the government on the streets. The
police will always respond violently. They cover up their brutal responses
by banning any video of police beatings making it a crime in itself. This
is certainly illustrating the loss of freedom and any democratic process
within Europe. The police scandals have only charged the atmosphere within the
population and we may see this erupt into civil war as we move forward.
Goya’s painting of the brutal treatment of citizens during the Spanish
Civil War is a reminder of what we could face in the aftermath of the
militarization of Spain against its own citizens. Since June, the Spanish
Interior
Ministry has signed four contracts for the purchase of protective vests,
shields and other riot gear. These weapon purchases are causing many to
relive very bad memories in Spain. Spain has also bought water canons, a
weapon
that by the end of the Franco dictatorship was in continuous use.
Opposition leader Antonio Trevin called the purchase therefore “a return to
the
times we would rather forget.” The Interior Ministry has responded merely
justifying their rearming as necessary “because of the current social dynamics”
, necessary, reports the Guardian.
The protests are mainly directed against the always new austerity
measures, tax increases, the extremely high youth unemployment, homelessness
following the bursting of the housing bubble, and also against a restrictive
policy such as the recent bill to ban abortions. Then there is the movement to
establish a referenda for the abolition of the monarchy. Then throw in the
separatist movement as we see in Scotland where the Catalans are moving for
their independence. There were protests against the recent visit of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel that had to be violently dispersed by the
government.
Spain is moving toward civil war. Even the human rights organization
Amnesty International has expressed concern over the arming of the police. the
police are there to protect the government – not the people. That is a
dangerous position that sets the stage for civil war.
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