#15M movement chronology

2011/05/15

The demonstration organized by ‘Real Democracy Now’ under the slogan ‘We are not commodities in the hands of politicians and bankers’ brings out to the streets 130 thousand protesters across 60 cities in Spain.

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In the Catalan Countries, there are demonstrations in 9 cities. In Barcelona, up to 26 thousand people walk from Catalunya Square to the Ciutadella Park. In Valencia, 30 protesters among 5,000 demonstrators begin to camp, after they decide to spend the night at the Plaça de l’Ajuntament.

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The march blockades downtown Madrid. Spanish police arrested 19 people. 100 protesters camp at Puerta del Sol and spread through #acampadasol (#solcamp) intend to stay there until May 22, day of local and autonomic elections in Spain. There are demonstrations in big cities like Zaragoza, Sevilla, Toledo and Vigo.

2011/05/16

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Barcelona joins the camps. 59 protesters spend the night at Catalunya Square after a spontaneous call made ​​by Twitter. The assembly decides to stay there and call everyone to support the camp.

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The camps spread to Bilbao, Granada, Malaga, Sevilla and Zaragoza.

2011/05/17

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Participation at camps in Valencia and Barcelona is counted by hundreds. Camps started in Palma and Tarragona.

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At 5 am, Spanish police raids Puerta Del Sol and arrests one protester. Rally convened in front of the Courthouse at Castilla Square. During the afternoon, thousands of people reject the police and #acampadasol turns real once more. Demonstration in Sevilla. New camps started in Compostela, A Coruña, Granada and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Rallies in Burgos and Caceres.

2011/05/18

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Camps begin in Mataró and Lleida. In Barcelona, ​​1,500 protesters clean Catalunya Square, when police threaten to evict them to allow the city cleaning service in.

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Eviction in Granada ends with 3 arrested. Rallies during the evening in Granada, Sevilla and Almeria, all of them disobeying the provincial ban coming from their respective provincial election committees. Camps begin in Huelva and Logroño.

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The movement of Indignats obtains support from international solidarity. Rallies conducted in front of Spanish embassy in Amsterdam, London and Porto.

2011/05/19

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Election committee in Valencia declares the camp illegal. The Catalan committee delegates the decision to the Central Election Committee. #acampadabcn already collected 40,000 signatures in their support. The camps and assemblies spread to Vic, Granollers, Alicante and Castelló.

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The Central Election Committee declares illegal all “rallies and meetings" called for May 21st. (Day of Electoral reflection) and May 22nd (Election Day). At 8 pm, Puerta Del Sol is historically packed with people, and the camp continues despite the ban. Prohibition stirs up protesters: camps began in 41 cities.

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International solidarity continues. Rallies in cities like London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bologna or Padua.

2011/05/20

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Catalonia’s Minister of Interior Affairs, Felip Puig, declares he won’t comply with the Central Election Committee’s prohibition. Thousands of people take part at the cassolada (loudly clanging pots and pans) at Plaça de Catalunya. The protest gets to Castelldefels, Alcoi, Vilanova and Manresa. Camps begin in Girona, Menorca, Reus and Sabadell.

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The Spanish government decides not to evacuate people at Puerta Del Sol. Anger erupts after midnight with “a silent scream” to open the Day of electoral reflection. 20,000 people marched in Malaga. There are cassolades throughout the State.

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In Italy, people take the streets in most big cities under the slogan ‘Pren els carrers. L'Italia del nostro discontento’. There are rallies in 35 Italian cities and demonstrations worldwide, including Porto, San Diego, Rome, Brussels and Athens.

2011/05/21

Massive Day of Electoral Reflection at the Squares. Night of civil disobedience. Hundreds of thousands of people remain at the squares throughout the State, organizing many activities, assemblies, workshops and forums.

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The camps spread in Benidorm, Sants, Cornellà de Llobregat, Sant Quirze del Valles, Cabrils and Torrevell. The main demonstrations happen in Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Palma, where the number of protesters multiply, as well as people sleeping at squares. The camps will continue in Sants, Cornellà or Torrevella. Rallies in Alzira, Reus and Amposta. Eviction at Alcoi.

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The main emplacements of the movement in the State are overflowed with cassolades and assemblies that last until dawn. Rallies in Madrid, Sevilla and Bilbao.

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The protests spread to cities like Cork, Berlin, Vilnius, Sydney, Phnom Penh, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Santo Domingo, Lima and Santiago de Chile. Rallies continue in front of many Spanish embassies, like in Athens.

2011/05/22

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Election Day. Squares are full all day long and there is no consensus in the movement regarding the elections. The indignant wave reaches Masnou, Balaguer, La Llagosta and Parets Del Vallès. The camps in Valencia and Palma decide to continue indefinitely.

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Elections go unnoticed for campers. Madrid, Zaragoza, Sevilla, Malaga, Bilbao and Granada decided to maintain the camps and, at night, squares are full of sleeping bags and tents.

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Concentrations in Kathmandu, Sheffield, Vero and New Delhi. In Athens, thousands of people camped in Syntagma Square. There’s is a rally and an assembly celebrated In front of the European Commission in Brussels, this event stresses the importance of a continental alliance.

05/23/2011

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Camps begin in Ripoll and Cerdanyola, and there are assemblies for the first time in Barbera del Vallès, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Les Corts (Barcelona), Premià de Mar and Sant Boi de Llobregat. As well as, rallies in places like Viladecans, Mataro and Manacor. Actions take place ​​in Valencia claiming free public spaces.

2011/05/24

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March against financial institutions in Tarragona. 100 protesters break into meeting of the Universitat de Barcelona Board of Regents to suspend the approval of budget cuts. Decentralized assemblies in Valencia, in neighborhoods like Russafa, Cabanyal and Patraix.

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In Murcia, a hundred protesters break into Murcia Regional TV channel 7

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In Brussels, a young protester burst into the European Parliament to claim to representatives for a "real democracy now." During the night, French police evacuated Bellecourt Square (Lyon).

2011/05/25

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Camps begin in Argentina, Badia Del Vallès and Sant Boi de Llobregat.

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Greece returns to the streets after a call made ​​through the social networks. Almost 50,000 people rallied at Syntagma Square in Athens. Protests spread in more than 30 Greek cities.

2011/05/26

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First assembly convened in Ripollet. Demonstration against cuts in public education in Terrassa and Barcelona. Camps begin in Martorell and Prat de Llobregat. Protesters stop an eviction in Badalona.

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At Puerta del Sol, Madrid, assembly of protesters approved a “Minimum Consensus Program”.

2011/05/27

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Police raids Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona, and Ricard Vinyes, Lleida. In Barcelona, ​​police dismantles the camp under the excuse of an operation "to ensure public health and remove dangerous objects" (from the square). Thousands of people join together and surround the square. After first assault, police yield to protesters’ pressure and leave the square. 135 people injured, 15 taken to hospitals. Criticism on police intervention denounced by international press, by opposition parties and the Síndic de Greuges (Ombudsman). In the afternoon, a demonstration against public health cuts walks La Rambla.
In Lleida, 30 policemen raids the camp and 2 protesters are arrested. Rally in front of police station, people released with charges.
At night, the squares become a claim against police violence. 40,000 in Barcelona and 4,000 in Lleida. They are not alone: there are rallies in solidarity everywhere.

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Solidarity with Barcelona and Lleida spreads, too, in cities like Murcia, Salamanca and Vitoria. Through the social networks everyone agrees to meet at 7 pm.. Malaga rallies against the main event for the Armed Forces Day. Madrid ratifies the “minimum consensus program”.

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Rally in Recife (Brazil) and demonstration against the G-8 Summit in Deauville, small town in France.

2011/05/28

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Camps in Barcelona and Lleida are rebuilt. First Assembly of Neighborhoods, Towns and Villages in Catalonia is convened. Catalunya Square is packed to prevent a possible eviction with the celebration of FC Barcelona’s victory in the Champions League Final, becoming the City Government excuse for ‘preserving’ public order. Police try to enter the square, but hundreds of people protect it by sitting on the floor until the police steps back.

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There are Popular Assemblies in 41 districts and 77 towns in Madrid County. This is an example on how the movement decentralizes

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Rally in Carmaix-Plouguer. In Greece, people call for a European mass protest on May 29th.

2011/05/29

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May 27th and 28th events meant to cancel the Assembly to discuss the action plan of the camp. Felip Puig and Núria de Gispert are loudly booed in Arnes and Ripoll. Rallies in Valencia and Masnou.

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Rally in Sevilla.

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French police dismantles Camp at the Bastille Square in Paris. In Greece, historical protests are recorded in 60 cities, during the first European Demonstration Day. Main demonstration occurs in Athens, where 100,000 protesters take the streets under the slogan: Throw them all out!.

2011/05/30

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In Barcelona, a discussion about the continuity of the camp happens in small groups. Assemblies promote the symbolic action of withdrawing 155 euros from the bank. The French Consulate is blocked in Barcelona.

2011/05/31

2011/05/31

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100 protesters cleaned the entire Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona in response to the excuse used by Felip Puig to order their eviction on May 27th. Camping at Despi starts, and Assembly of Alella is convened. Rallies in Girona and Sal. Camping in Viladecans’ Hospital.

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During the evening, 50,000 protesters surround the Greek Parliament, located at Syntagma Square in Athens. The Congressmen are retained inside and are not allowed to leave the building until midnight.

2011/06/01

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At #acampadabcn there is no agreement regarding the idea of leaving the square and regroup the movement from there. The differences are specially concerned about how to leave. Unable to reach consensus, the assembly decides to postpone the decision until June 5. Protests against cuts at the Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona, Premia de Mar and the libraries of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and UB, break in- in a Japanese-style strike.

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Rally in Syntagma Square in Athens. Protesters block access to places where politicians have arrived to meet that day.

2011/06/02

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Calella camp begins. The ‘indignants’ stop an eviction in Moncada.

2011/06/03

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Protests in Ulldecona and Mataró. Felip Puig rewards the Riot Control Agents of the Autonomic Police, a week after the Police strikes. Rally against racism in Vic.

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Inter-camps Assembly begins in Madrid. 56 assemblies attend the meetings throughout the State. Two important dates for mobilization are chosen: On June 11th, -coinciding with the formation of the Local Commitees-, and June 19th, for global mobilization.

2011/06/04

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Intense day in Barcelona. Second Assembly of Villages and Neighborhoods of Catalonia during the morning, and a rally in the afternoon demanding Felip Puig’s resignation.

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Rally in Mexico City. Eviction of the camp in Lisbon [Portugal].
2011/06/05

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Demonstration against nuclear plant in Barcelona. #acampadabcn decides to become a permanent agora, where work groups and commissions will meet and continue assembling, but the camp will be dismantled. Same decision is reached in Lleida. Felip Puig is booed in Valls.

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Second European Meeting in Greece. Mass demonstration in Syntagma Square: crowd of protesters surrounds the Parliament shouting "Thieves, thieves".

2011/06/06

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First meeting in Castellar del Vallès. A picket of protesters chases the Secretary of Universities of the Spanish Government -Marius Ruviralta-, through the corridors of the UB School of Business.

2011/06/07

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Cassolades [ pan clanging] in Teià. Report of the Legal Team from May 27th: they conclude that fundamental rights were violated. Another eviction stopped in Sant Andreu de Palomar.

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The general assembly of Puerta del Sol decides to dismantle the camp by June 12th, at noon.

2011/06/08

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Rally in defense of public services, employment and against cuts in Plaça Catalunya [Barcelona] and Tortosa. Rally in front of Palau Benicarló, Valencia, where the session of the new Valencian Parliament will be held, the following day.

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Camp dismantled in Malaga.

2011/06/09

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Spanish Police struck protesters in front of the Valencian Parliament. 5 people arrested, and many others suffer injuries and bruises.

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In Madrid, ‘indignants’ rally one more time in front of the Congress to show their solidarity with protesters in Valencia.

2011/06/10

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New camping in Sant Andreu de Palomar.

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Camps are dismantled in Pamplona, Teruel and Granada. Rally against the Reform of Collective Negotiation at the headquarters of the CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Entrepeneurial Organizations) and the Ministry of Labour, in Madrid. ‘Anonymous’ activists arrested by the Spanish police.

2011/06/11

Actions and rallies all over Spain against the recently elected constitution local committees on the day of their public appointment.

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Repression in Sagunt and Castelló Palma. No police raids in other cities, where protests arise in different forms: democracy ‘burials’, parades, awards and circus performances. Protesters break in Plenary Session in Gandia. There are rallies and demonstrations in many places, including Badalona, Girona and Alicante. Protesters from La Bordeta, a neighborhood of Barcelona, recover Can Batlló after a struggle of 30 years. With the support of #Acampadasants. Can Batlló becomes a neigbor-managed project.

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Violent evictions in Salamanca, Vitoria, Logroño, Sevilla, Aviles, Tenerife, Burgos, Vigo, Madrid and Granada. Peaceful Rallies in other cities.

2011/06/12

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‘Indignats Vallès Oriental’ is born as a Camp Coordination Group for this region. An Assembly is convened to coordinate the camps in El Camp, Baix Penedès and Terres de l'Ebre, Tarragona.

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Puerta del Sol Camp is dismantled, but the 15-M goes on. Camps are also taken down in Salamanca and Mérida. Spanish Police website is hacked by ‘Anonymous’.

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Third European Meeting convened by the Indignants in Greece.

2011/06/13

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The camping in Reus is dismantled "to integrate and participate in the city festival."

2011/06/14

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Protesters avoid eviction in Sant Andreu de Palomar. In the afternoon, 15 simultaneous marches from districts and towns in Barcelona metropolitan area towards the Ciudadella Parc, where they will spend the night around the perimeter of the park.

2011/06/15

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"Non-violent, massive and selfdeterminated" actions in front of the Catalan Parliament. During the day, Police strikes at least six times against protesters- One of the raids ends with 7 arrested people as outcome. 4000 protesters surround the park in order to block the meeting on budget cuts. Moments of tension while some parlamentaries enter by foot through the crowd, being pushed around and spat by the protesters. Other Congressmen are backed up with police vans and a helicopter. The amendments to all budgets are rejected thanks to the votes of the CiU, PP and independent Congressman Joan Laporta, representing 30% of the electorate and 20% of the Catalan population. There was no word about the budget reductions in the electoral programs. An assembly convened at 1 pm decides to leave the park and march towards Sant Jaume Square. At 6 pm, more than a 1000 protesters peacefully staged a massive sit-in.

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Rally at the the Greek Embassy in Madrid in solidarity with the general strike .

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General strike in Greece. Multitudinous rallies in main Greek cities.

2011/06/16

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#Acampadabcn reaffirms its non-violent, massive and self-determinated response regarding the Parliament actions. In Valencia, hundreds of people flash the ‘red card’ [used in soccer games to expel a player for misconduct] to Francisco Camps, president of the Valencian government, during his appointment ceremony.

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Cassolades [pan clanging] in front of the the Parliament buildings of Castilla La Mancha and Cantabria, during the appointment ceremony of the regional Presidents. Protesters stop an eviction in Madrid. Protest against the visit of the Prince Felipe de Borbon to the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Rally in defense of Public Services.

2011/06/17

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At 6 pm- Meeting of the Assemblies de Ponent and Act of Protest, simultaneously to the 22nd Meeting of Entrepreneurs in Seu d'Urgell.
2011/06/18

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Rally in defense of education in Catalan language, promoted by the entire educational community of Valencia. Rallies in Valencia, Alicant and Castelló, with a record participation of 22000 protesters. “March of the Salt” begins at the Plaça Santa Ana in Mataró. Parade in Girona.

2011/06/19

5 weeks after May 15th, the streets are crowded again. Hundreds of thousands of people occupy the streets in Spain to protest against the ineffectiveness of the current political, economic and social system. A peaceful response of the people in the streets, creative and, above all, massive , triggering an enormous tide of outrage.

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In Barcelona, more than 20 columns arriving from neighbor towns and districts, move into the heart of the city. It is a historical demonstration. Under the slogan The street is ours: we won't pay for your crisis, 200000 protesters march, packing the streets of the Catalonyan capital — becoming the third largest event of the decade. Rallies in Girona, Tortosa, Lleida, Tarragona, Valencia, Palma and Maó.

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Rallies in 50 cities of the State, among them: Madrid, Compostela, Vigo, Sevilla and Zaragoza. At the end of the demonstrations, protesters march towards Madrid to spread the movement to as many villages and towns as possible, and engage a major demonstration on July 23th in the capital city of the State.

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100 protesters arrested in Paris. Demonstrations in Brussels, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. Fourth European Meeting in Greece, celebrated after 26 days of protest and rallies.

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