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15-M Movement Anti-austerity movement in Spain | |||
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Part of the 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis, the European debt crisis and the impact of the Arab Spring | |||
![]() The Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, shown here on 20 May 2011, became a focal point and a symbol during the protests. | |||
Date | 15 May 2011 | – 2015||
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Caused by | Unemployment, economic conditions, welfare cuts, political corruption, particracy, unrepresentative bipartidism, democratic deficit | ||
Goals | Direct democracy, reduce influence of economic powers in politics, | ||
Methods | Demonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, rioting, sit-ins, online activism, protest camps occupations | ||
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Injuries and arrests | |||
Injuries | 1,527+ injuries |
Anti-austerity protests in the European Union |
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The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 15-M),[2] and the Indignados Movement,[3] was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began around the local and regional elections of 2011 and 2012.[4][3] Beginning on 15 May 2011, many of the subsequent demonstrations spread through various social networks such as Real Democracy NOW (Spanish: Democracia Real YA) and Youth Without a Future (Spanish: Juventud Sin Futuro).[5]
Spanish media related the movement to the 2008–14 Spanish financial crisis, the Arab Spring, as well as demonstrations in North Africa,[6] Iran,[7] Greece,[8] Portugal,[9] and Iceland.[10] The movement was also compared to Stéphane Hessel's political manifesto Time for Outrage!,[11] which was seen to empower Spanish youth who were not in education, employment, or training (NEET). Protestors rallied against high unemployment rates, welfare cuts, politicians, and the two-party system in Spain, as well as the political system, capitalism, banks, and public corruption.[12] Many called for basic rights, of home, work, culture, health, and education.[13] The movement transferred to Europe the model of the protest camp which had been formed in the Arab Spring, adapting it to a more countercultural framework.[14] This would later expand until influencing the creation of Occupy Wall Street.[15]
According to RTVE, the Spanish public broadcasting company, between 6.5 and 8 million Spaniards participated in these events.[16]
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