MA in Community Education, Equality and Social Activism at the National University of Ireland Maynooth
Understanding social movements
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Film on Spanish general strike against austerity (March 29th)
Activist researchers Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh have made a lovely short (7-min) film in English about the recent general strike in Spain - very interesting in terms of the current Irish situation. With unemployment soaring, the strike included conventional strike activity along with neighbourhood activity, a consumption strike, direct shutting down of brand shops which refused to shut - and more generally a coming together of the indignados with workplace and neighbourhood activity.