Matthias Oesterle
Spain
EUROPE
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Tens of thousands of "Cules" turned out to watch the FC Barcelona to parade their 22nd title in the Spanish football league on top of an open bus through the city of Barcelona accompanied by the "Women A" team who won their league a week before.
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A few thousand "indignados" gather in the streets to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the "15M" movement with a demonstration against bank rescues and for a public education, health care and social system with quality marching through Barcelona.
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Roughly thousand "cules," the fans of the FC Barcelona, celebrate the 22nd title in the Spanish football league and the first one in the area of Tito Vilanova at the Canaletes fountain after Real Madrid drops points playing 1:1 against RCD Espanyol.
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Thousands of students participate in the nationwide strike organized by groups of students, teachers and parents, against the new education law planned by Minister Wert and the austerity measures in the educational system marching through Barcelona.
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Closely followed by a heavy riot police presence, a few thousand demonstrators protest capitalism and the EU with a tense march through Barcelona, organized by various left-wing groups, neighborhood collectives, anarchist unions and political parties
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Called by the mayor unions CC.OO and UGT, tens of thousands march through the city center of Barcelona to protest the Troika, the austerity measures and the government under the slogan "they will all mess it up" on 1st of May.
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Roughly 200 people, mostly juveniles marched through the Gracia quarter to protest capitalism and the EU while monitored by a large number of Catalan riot police in Barcelona. Despite some graffiti painting, the march ended without any incidents.
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Despite the rain thousands of protesters, employees of the public sector, the health care and the educational system, marched to protest spending cuts and austerity measures and in defense of their future through the City of Barcelona.
