Latest posts by Marianna Breytman from February, 2012
Spain: Police Violence Against Students in Valencia
Students gathered at the Luis Vives Institute of Secondary Education in Valencia to protest cuts and because they have to bring blankets to school due to lack of heating. The police attacked the students, many of them minors, and detained ten students.
Spain: The Rebel Grandparents of the 15M
The majority of them far exceed the age of 60, they're retired, they're "iaios" (grandparents in Catalan) and they're veterans of activism. Lali Sandiumenge interviews some members of the “Iaioflautas”, a collective that emerged in Barcelona last October in the camp out at Plaza Catalunya.
Venezuela: Photos of Armed Children Spark Controversy Online
Venezuelan social networks exploded with reactions after photos of a group of children posing with rifles in one of Caracas' most representative neighborhoods, Barrio 23 de Enero, went viral. The photos spread rapidly and generated a multitude of opinions.
