Post by account_disabled on Jan 24, 2024 4:32:40 GMT -5
The so-called Marches of Dignity have given "a challenge to the Government" with the call for a general strike on October 22, a demonstration on March 21 and support for other calls for protests, such as those organized against the security law. citizen and against unemployment. This platform, made up of social movements, unions, parties, cultural and neighborhood societies, among others, presented today in a press conference the calendar of actions and mobilizations agreed upon in the last assembly held on December 13. With the motto, Bread, roof and work, this movement invites citizens to take to the streets to express their opposition to the cuts and denounce the "impoverishment of the country", explained one of the platform's spokespersons, Ginés Fernández, of the Civic Front.
"In this country there is hunger, a lot of hunger, and this Government does not realize that there are people who do not have decent housing or a job for years," said Fernández, who explained that the marches "give a pulse to the Phone Number Database Government" to ask for "something so simple, but that is not fulfilled", which is "bread, work and shelter for everyone". Regarding the 24-hour general strike scheduled for October 22, the platform spokesperson has indicated that it must be ratified at the next meeting to be held on January 17 in Pontevedra and that it aims to be "a strike not only at work, but social". Furthermore, he has pointed out that the dignity marches "return to Madrid on March 21 to show that the Government's propaganda that we are emerging from the crisis is not true."
The platform will support the campaign against the gag law, called by No Somos Delito; the rallies in front of the Mexican Embassy and consulates in protest against the violence experienced in that country, and on December 23 and January 4 the mobilizations against unemployment, such as those organized in front of shopping centers. In addition, the marches will support the calls on the International Day of Working Women, on International Labor Day, and those called by the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages and against war, in addition to the boycotts of Israel and Coca Cola. The organizers have reiterated the demands of the platform against the cuts, which are allowing the Government to "apply the most savage policies of capitalism", in defense of the public, decent work and a basic income "so that everyone world can eat.
"In this country there is hunger, a lot of hunger, and this Government does not realize that there are people who do not have decent housing or a job for years," said Fernández, who explained that the marches "give a pulse to the Phone Number Database Government" to ask for "something so simple, but that is not fulfilled", which is "bread, work and shelter for everyone". Regarding the 24-hour general strike scheduled for October 22, the platform spokesperson has indicated that it must be ratified at the next meeting to be held on January 17 in Pontevedra and that it aims to be "a strike not only at work, but social". Furthermore, he has pointed out that the dignity marches "return to Madrid on March 21 to show that the Government's propaganda that we are emerging from the crisis is not true."
The platform will support the campaign against the gag law, called by No Somos Delito; the rallies in front of the Mexican Embassy and consulates in protest against the violence experienced in that country, and on December 23 and January 4 the mobilizations against unemployment, such as those organized in front of shopping centers. In addition, the marches will support the calls on the International Day of Working Women, on International Labor Day, and those called by the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages and against war, in addition to the boycotts of Israel and Coca Cola. The organizers have reiterated the demands of the platform against the cuts, which are allowing the Government to "apply the most savage policies of capitalism", in defense of the public, decent work and a basic income "so that everyone world can eat.