In Southern Spain, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of the small town of Marinaleda, is helping organize a growing protest movement against the austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government. Sánchez Gordillo and the landless peasants that follow him are at the forefront of demonstrations seeking a radical change in the country’s economic policies in response to the country’s worsening crisis.
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Spain’s Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers
by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 at 8:35 amTags: agrarian reform, Andalucía On Its Feet Mobilization, Andalusia, Andalusian Union of Workers, anti-capitalism, austerity, banking, Cadiz, day laborers, direct democracy, Europe, food sovereignty, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, landless, Marinaleda, Occupy movement, Puerto Real, social movements, Spain, supermarket occupation, unemployment
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