11-M *
It is too much. A friend calls me about eight o'clock, there are spontaneous marches in all Spain in front of the headquarters of the party in government (PP) to demand the truth; there is no political party behind the demonstrations, they've been started by SMS and Internet forums.
malkuth/Kuro5hin Mar.16.04
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From a personal chronicle of the four days in Spain encompassing the Madrid bombings and the national elections. Testimony from the ground.
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These demonstrations, spontaneous, arising from the people, were lumped together with the pro-government demonstrations organized by the government itself, in the American news media. So that it all became "Spain demonstrates against the bombing. Which seemed odd at the time but now makes much more sense. Two demonstrations, one a sham, controlled and cynical, the other unplanned and genuine, and against the controlling.
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*The european dating system puts the day-number first, then add a letter for the month, so 9-11 is 11-S, and the Madrid train bombing is 11-M. The hope is there aren't so many of these dark memorials that a conflict between May and March necessitates a revision.
