Spain Reverts to Fascism.

Fascism has bever been far off the maps in Spanish politics. For a long time the "Socialists" won elections by calling the right fascist, this time they've shown that they are no better. Both "Socialists" and the right are extremely similar in their politics. This shows that reformism, or the parliamentary way, doesn't work. The 'Popular Party' in Spain, the right-winged, actually descended from Franco - the Spanish Fascist dicatator in power for close to forty years- has done a lot of criticising in the last 8 years the "Socialists" have been in power, but at no point in time have they given any advice or said what they'd do. Zapatero [President] has asked the PP if they would like to help, many a time. He has said that the recession is the worst that has hit the country and for this reason both left and right should work together. The PP, more interested in votes and the subsequent money they'll get from having more MPs in the chamber, have said no again and again. And have not given any advice. What annoys me most is that people actually believe that the PP will know what to do, they believe that the leader has ideas which will improve the country's economy. I think that the PP has not said a thing because it's surprised that the Socialists are doing everything they would have done. A small minority has complained that the "Socialists" are doing the work for the PP, they are giving them extra time to fill in all the laws and resolutions possible to stuff the workers; a majority believes that we are in a recession and therefore must strain our belts.
On Thursday the government again showed its back to its voters and to the Spanish people. It demonstrated that it lost its marxist roots very long ago, and that it in fact could even erase the social part of its name. It put down more austerity measures, now against the unemployed they created. There will no longer be any sort of benefit for those unemployed indeffinetly. So after 3, 6, 12 months or whatever (In Spain it changes depending on the duration of someone's work) people will get no money. This isn't austerity, it is murder. People will die: gas is expensive, water is expensive, rent is expensive, food is expensive and people will now have no money. People aren't stupid. They associate the "Socialists" with unemployment, because they have not done anything to improve the economy, but have instead done everything the IMF has told them. People have not benefited. However, they are starting to look at the right instead of the left. The far left I mean: real marxism, revolutionary politics.

This recession was expected. It is part of the capitalist system. At regular intervals world economies collapse. This allows the richest to get rid of the competition, and swells the number of poor in the world. Recessions allow the rich to keep their hold, keep the money and stay in power. The IMF and the World Bank exist to keep this system 'working'. It will always give more money to the world's richest, because they are the maximum contributors of these two institutions.

In Spain the air controllers decided to go on strike. The union managed to get 90% of workers to call in for a mass sicky. Thus Spanish airports were left without anyone who could organize the runways. For 17 hours there have been practically no planes flying over the Spanish airspace, which is effectively shut down. They are striking about working conditions, their pay and the new austerity measures put in. Their strike is one for the whole of Spain, the union is going against the "Socialist" party it would normally support. The problem is that this strike has come in on the first day of a 5 day holiday. Perfect timing, I'd say. They have chosen the moment they are most needed. But it also means that the year's savings of many have gone down the drain. So most of those affected are indignant. There have been no complaints so far at aeroports because people understand, but people also want a holiday. This is the reason the Spanish government has used to call in the military. The left-wing government have allowed the army to take the jobs of those brave workers striking and they have warned them that if they are still striking by 7pm, they will be arrested. For striking, legally, workers will be imprisoned. People will be imprisoned because they are defending their rights. I hope that this is the 'gota que colma el vaso' [the drop that makes the vessel fall]. It is about time that the Spanish workers go out onto the streets in solidarity. This 'recession' has only enriched the bankers. Subsidies have been given to companies. Money has been given to CEOs, I mean. Workers have been shat on. They have lost their jobs, they have no pensions and will have no unemployment benefit. Meanwhile the government is giving the military power. Soon they will be told to take over local councils and regional governments, and when workers start demonstrating, the government will tell them to shoot the country's citizens. After all, aren't there too many? This government hides itself behing a friendly mask, but it was payed for by the banks and by those old rulers.

This government has shown that it is undemocratic. Soon the military will take over again, explictly. Implicitly they've had power for 500 years. The fascists called Spain 'Una, Grande y Libre' [One, Strong and Free]. It wasn't then nor is it now.