A fight without leaders Toledo This phrase is a reference to the 15M movement, Spain’s equivalent of Occupy Wall Street. Though largely dormant now, the movement arose on March 15, 2011 to protest austerity-regime cuts to social programs, corruption in government and business, and stifling unemployment.
The rich meet a bad end Barcelona
The State = Weapon of Repression Aranjuez
Vote for the PCA (Communist Party of Andalucía) Albuñuelas As in any time of economic crisis, parties on the margins of the political spectrum find supporters in those disillusioned with the politics of the status quo. This photo shows the regional Communist party’s attempts to recruit supporters in a tiny village in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Squat, attack Capital! Granada Like many Southern European countries, Spain’s economic collapse was the result of a burst real estate bubble. In the outskirts of many cities, entire apartment buildings and thousands of homes remain vacant or half-built, the casualties of rampant financial speculation. This artist suggests that squatting in these vacant homes would serve to attack the interests who built them.
Gabe Rubin is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at grubin@wustl.edu.
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