Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests

Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests

Over the past year and a half, Spain has been caught up in constant street protests against measures taken to combat the severe economic crisis. But some say the movement has failed to come together around concrete proposals.

Public employees, teachers, doctors, students, the “indignados” of the 15M protest movement, and the Social Summit, made up of 150 grassroots organisations and the country’s two biggest trade unions, protest the government’s budget cuts and tax hikes on the streets and social networking sites.

Bus sociologist Esther Vivas says people are clearly having a hard time coming together in a coordinated manner ...