Los 'peperos' y su primera vez en una manifestación
Huelga general del 14N, el Congreso vallado una vez más, el PP laminando unos presupuestos ya amortizados. Si no fuera por las intervenciones de Luis de Guindos y Rubalcaba valorando la huelga, dentro de la Cámara es como si no pasara nada. ¿Los ministros se habrán manifestado alguna vez? ¿Se acordarán de ello?
El ministro García Margallo (68 años), de Exteriores, viaja en el tiempo: "Participé en todas las manifestaciones que se hicieron contra Franco. En todas. La diferencia entre las manifestaciones de antes con las de ahora, es que antes estaban prohibidas". Hasta nosotras rejuvenecemos escuchándole. Luis de Guindos (54 años) y ministro de Economía, se enternece al recordar que "mi primera manifestación fue en la plaza de Oriente -¡glups!- cuando se produjo la proclamación del Rey Juan Carlos -¡Uff!-. Nos llevó el colegio". ¿Qué colegio?. "El Pilar". Gallardón (54 años) trata de escaquearse como si el pasado le escociera: "Estaba yo en la universidad y hace tantos años que ya casi ni mi acuerdo", responde, mientras la puerta batiente del hemiciclo nos da en las narices.
Mucho más ufano, relajado y pimpante, el ministro de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente, Miguel Arias Cañete (62 años): "Uy, soy poco manifestón. He ido a pocas en mi vida. De la que más me acuerdo es de una en Bruselas, cuando era europarlamentario en los años noventa. Fue por el tema del aceite, contra la primera propuesta del comisario Frank Fischler -un austriaco muy famoso por liderar la reestructuración de la política agrícola común-": ¿Y qué gritaba? "Cosas que no se pueden ni reproducir sobre los ancestros del comisario" dice, con una sonrisa pícara. A José Manuel Soria nos lo pone en bandeja la ministra de Fomento, Ana Pastor, que no ha pegado ojo en toda la noche. Es lo que tiene ser titular de uno de los ministerios clave en el éxito o el fracaso de una huelga general. "Qué conteste él", se excusa, mientras sujeta a Soria (54 años) por el brazo.
El de Industria asegura que su primera 'manifa' fue en "el año 75 cuando estaba estudiando Económicas en la capital". Cuando se murió Franco, le decimos ¿Por qué se manifestaba?. "No me acuerdo". Buscamos en Google. Justo ese año hubo una gran manifestación en la plaza de Oriente el 1 de octubre en apoyo de Franco, acorralado internacionalmente por los fusilamientos de miembros de ETA y del FRAP. Como no lo recuerda, no sabemos si se referiría a esa. "Ah, también fuí a la manifestación tras el asesinato de Miguel Ángel Blanco en Las Palmas".
El que resulta imbatible en asistencia a manifestaciones y en porrazos de la policía, es Alfonso Alonso (45 años), portavoz del PP en el Congreso. "La Vitoria (Euskadi) de mi infancia y juventud daba para estar todo el día de manifestaciones. Soy vasco. El primer recuerdo que tengo fue por el asesinato de Jesús Velasco Zuazola en 1980. Yo tenía 12 años y fuí con mis padres. Fue triste y dura. Me acuerdo perfectamente del 3 de marzo de 1976 -en plena Transición, la policía disparó contra los trabajadores que salían obligados por los gases lacrimógenos de la iglesia de San Francisco de Asis de Vitoria, donde celebraban una asamblea, matando a cinco obreros-. Tenía ocho años. En mi adolescencia, iba a manifestaciones todas las semanas. En una acera nos manifestábamos nosotros y enfrente los de Batasuna. La de Miguel Ángel Blanco fue la más emocionante". El secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes, José Luis Ayllón (42 años), debe a su padre el único recuerdo que tiene de una manifestación. "Él me llevó el día que llegó Tarradellas desde el exilio. Fue cuando dijo lo de 'jo soc aquí', pero como había tanta gente nos lo perdimos". Al jefe de Gabinete de Rajoy, Jorge Moragas (47 años), no se le puede olvidar "la del Hipercor en Barcelona y la de Miguel Ángel Blanco. De las pocas a las que he ido porque no suelo manifestarme". Todo lo contrario que Carlos Floriano (45 años), vicesecretario de organización del PP, que no se perdía las manis "en contra de la OTAN y en la universidad, en los años 80, contra la reforma universitaria".
LAS 'MANIS' DE RUBALCABA
Hasta aquí las experiencias de algunos notables populares, que son los que hoy tienen más interés, pues la huelga es contra las medidas de su Gobierno. Las de los de izquierda nos obligarían a escribir un libro, sobre todo las de los más maduritos y sus historias con los 'grises' y las 'lecheras'. Para no abrumar, os dejamos las de Rubalcaba (61 años). El líder de la Oposición recuerda que "no íbamos a manifestaciones. Hacíamos comandos o saltos. Eran convocatorias ilegales como de tres minutos máximo, y la primera que hice fue en Antón Martín con unas pocas decenas de estudiantes, como dice la canción de Ana Belén. Yo estaba en tercero de Químicas y era de izquierdas, pero no militaba aún en el PSOE".
No nos hemos podido resistir a preguntar a Emilio Olabarría (58 años), un diputado histórico del PNV, que al ser de Euskadi, ha vivido todo tipo de manifestaciones. "Nos manifestábamos contra el régimen franquista, cuando estaba en la universidad. Yo estaba en movimientos casi clandestinos, las juventudes del PNV. Me han pegado más de una vez los grises, aunque suene a batallita del abuelo. Me llegaron a retener en un cuartel. Y se daba la paradoja de que los mismos que te detenían, cuando te soltaban, te abrazaban a la salida, Era la época en que el PCE invocaba lo de la reconciliación. La diferencia con las manifestaciones de hoy es notable. Entonces luchábamos contra los restos del franquismo y la falta de libertades. Eran políticas y ahora son económico sociales. La gente se manifiesta por el desempleo, la pobreza, los desahucios... en fin, la decadencia de las clases medias".
Anti Austerity Protests
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Riot policemen march in front of demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities including Mil...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Rio policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
A protestor shouts as a couple eat inside a open restaurant during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to p...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Riot policemen march in front of demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities including Mil...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Demonstrators shout against police after they are blocked near Gran Via street during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being obser...
Riot police arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ene...
Protesters chant slogans during a union protest in Thessaloniki, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a stri...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and...
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and...
Worker holds placards reading " , We are all Greek, enough austerity" , during a demonstration against austerity, in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. With rampant unemployment spreading misery in southern Europe and companie...
French people living in Greece shout slogans and hold a banner that reads in Greek and French: ''France Wake Up'' outside the Greek parliament during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to pres...
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government...
A protestor lies on the ground during clashes with riot police in a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all wo...
A man kneels down handcuffed next to police vans after being detained by the police during a general strike in Madrid, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for mino...
A police officer, right, is helped by a colleague after getting hurt during a general strike in Madrid, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in d...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Construction work continues as protesters take part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being trade union members, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 1...
Protesters block traffic on one side of Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being trade union members...
A bus passes as protesters block traffic on one side of Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being tra...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police riots apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile,...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Police riots arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed au...
Police riots arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed au...
Spanish riot policemen stand in a line against the window of a bank during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have be...
A Spanish riot police officer stands beside posters that read: "14 November, General Strike" calling for a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry o...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Riot police arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed aus...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Demonstrators place stickers on a window at shopping centre calling to general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arr...
Spanish riot police stands in front of a public bus during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and ...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
Two workers' union members man a piquet at the gate of a garbage processing plant in Lisbon Wednesday night, Nov. 13 2012, at the start of a general strike in Portugal. Workers' unions called a general strike for Nov. 14 to protest the governmen...
Protesters block the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
A protester paints a graffiti to a truck reading "14 Strike" at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general ...
Protesters block the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
A protester throws a stone to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with...
Protesters throw stones to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with si...
A protester throws a stone to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with...
A protester shouts slogans in front of an open shop as police stand guard during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal an...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
A protester shouts slogans during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austeri...
Protesters shout slogans in front of an open shop as police stand guard during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and ...
A protester marches with his face covered with flyers reading "They leave us without future, Nov. 14 general strike" during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding...
Protesters shout slogans during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity...
Policemen guard a Bankia bank with a graffiti reading ''Assassins" during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greec...
A policeman guards an H&M shop with a graffiti on its front window reading: "Nov. 14 strike" as a man passes by during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with...
A riot policeman stands guard in front of a bank during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest gove...
Protestors shout slogans to stop the buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar w...
Protestors try to stop buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
Protestors try to stop buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
Demonstrators march to the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes dra...
Demonstrators march to the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes dra...
Protesters demonstrate outside the Greek parliament against the new austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes...
The Greek Parliament is seen through a banner during demonstration against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that ...
Demonstrators stand outside the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that include...
Demonstrators stand outside the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that include...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
An anti-austerity protester wearing a pig mask takes part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portuga...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
Anti-austerity protesters, including one with a mask bearing an image of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, second left, take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
Anti-austerity protesters listen to speakers as they take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Po...
An anti-austerity protester wearing a pig mask takes part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portuga...
People burn a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a protest against her visit to Portugal outside Lisbon's Belem Cultural Center where Merkel was participating in a business conference attended by leading German and Portuguese comp...
People stick trade union poster calling for a general strike, on upcoming Wednesday Nov. 14, against government austerity measures, right, beside another poster reading: ''Youth unstable'', in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP...
A protestor throws a stone at a truck at the main entrance of Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested...
Trade Union members take breakfast early in the morning outside a factory during a general strike against government austerity measures in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Police arrest a protestor during a general strike, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in disturbances as a general strike in...
Riot policemen run after demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Riot policemen march in front of demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities including Mil...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Demonstrators and riot policemen fight during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Demonstrators throw projectiles to riot policemen during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wedn...
Rio policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as an...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
A protestor shouts as a couple eat inside a open restaurant during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to p...
Riot policemen fight with demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Italy on Wednesday as a...
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Riot policemen march in front of demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities including Mil...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spen...
Demonstrators shout against police after they are blocked near Gran Via street during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being obser...
Riot police arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ene...
Protesters chant slogans during a union protest in Thessaloniki, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a stri...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and...
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and...
Worker holds placards reading " , We are all Greek, enough austerity" , during a demonstration against austerity, in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. With rampant unemployment spreading misery in southern Europe and companie...
French people living in Greece shout slogans and hold a banner that reads in Greek and French: ''France Wake Up'' outside the Greek parliament during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to pres...
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government...
A protestor lies on the ground during clashes with riot police in a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all wo...
A man kneels down handcuffed next to police vans after being detained by the police during a general strike in Madrid, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for mino...
A police officer, right, is helped by a colleague after getting hurt during a general strike in Madrid, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in d...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Construction work continues as protesters take part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being trade union members, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 1...
Protesters block traffic on one side of Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being trade union members...
A bus passes as protesters block traffic on one side of Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being tra...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, whilst taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossr...
Police riots apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile,...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Police riots arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed au...
Police riots arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed au...
Spanish riot policemen stand in a line against the window of a bank during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have be...
A Spanish riot police officer stands beside posters that read: "14 November, General Strike" calling for a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry o...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Riot police arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed aus...
Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed auste...
Demonstrators place stickers on a window at shopping centre calling to general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arr...
Spanish riot police stands in front of a public bus during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and ...
Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's General Workers' Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being observed by nearly all workers in the automobile, ...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
Two workers' union members man a piquet at the gate of a garbage processing plant in Lisbon Wednesday night, Nov. 13 2012, at the start of a general strike in Portugal. Workers' unions called a general strike for Nov. 14 to protest the governmen...
Protesters block the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
A protester paints a graffiti to a truck reading "14 Strike" at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general ...
Protesters block the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
A protester throws a stone to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with...
Protesters throw stones to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with si...
A protester throws a stone to a truck at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with...
A protester shouts slogans in front of an open shop as police stand guard during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal an...
Protesters burn tires at the main entrance to Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work st...
A protester shouts slogans during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austeri...
Protesters shout slogans in front of an open shop as police stand guard during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and ...
A protester marches with his face covered with flyers reading "They leave us without future, Nov. 14 general strike" during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding...
Protesters shout slogans during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity...
Policemen guard a Bankia bank with a graffiti reading ''Assassins" during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greec...
A policeman guards an H&M shop with a graffiti on its front window reading: "Nov. 14 strike" as a man passes by during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with...
A riot policeman stands guard in front of a bank during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest gove...
Protestors shout slogans to stop the buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar w...
Protestors try to stop buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
Protestors try to stop buses to run as the police stand guard outside a main bus garage during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages ...
Demonstrators march to the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes dra...
Demonstrators march to the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes dra...
Protesters demonstrate outside the Greek parliament against the new austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes...
The Greek Parliament is seen through a banner during demonstration against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that ...
Demonstrators stand outside the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that include...
Demonstrators stand outside the Greek Parliament protesting against austerity measures in Athens on November 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that include...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
An anti-austerity protester wearing a pig mask takes part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portuga...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
Anti-austerity protesters, including one with a mask bearing an image of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, second left, take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City...
Anti-austerity protesters take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Gre...
Anti-austerity protesters listen to speakers as they take part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Po...
An anti-austerity protester wearing a pig mask takes part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', a demonstration outside the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portuga...
People burn a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a protest against her visit to Portugal outside Lisbon's Belem Cultural Center where Merkel was participating in a business conference attended by leading German and Portuguese comp...
People stick trade union poster calling for a general strike, on upcoming Wednesday Nov. 14, against government austerity measures, right, beside another poster reading: ''Youth unstable'', in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP...
A protestor throws a stone at a truck at the main entrance of Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market, during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested...
Trade Union members take breakfast early in the morning outside a factory during a general strike against government austerity measures in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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