This short video might inspire you, and it will certainly inform. Also, goodbye and good luck.

[BelgianMadCow]

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This short documentary explores ongoing resistance and self-organization in the midst of the economic and social crisis in Madrid, Spain.

As social conditions continue to deteriorate across the country, people have been turning to the streets and to each other to find for solutions to the crisis. This film tells a story of the massive mobilization that saw millions of people converge on Madrid on March 22nd 2014, the story of the proliferation of social centers, community gardens, self-organized food banks, and the story of large-scale housing occupations by and for families that have been evicted. The film pieces together many of the creative ways that people have been coping with crisis and asks what the future may hold for Spain.

Filmed and edited in March/April 2014, it is part of the Global Uprisings documentary series. View more at globaluprisings.org

I'll use this post to also say goodbye to DU - I'll be turning my attention to the struggles closer to me. Since I'm neither American nor a Democrat, actively posting here was always weird I guess. FWIW, I found DU just after the Bush selection, and it has kept me going in dire times.

But, using as small a brush as possible, the pervasive american exceptionalism and party cheering I can't stomach.

Good luck to all of you in the struggles ahead - never forget to find joy in the simplest of things - a smile at another person.

With a big thanks for all the enlightening and inspiring things I've read here,
bmc

PS: thanks in advance for all your replies. I won't reply individually, as I don't want this to look like a "look at me" post. I don't matter. WE does.