page_title: Anti-austerity movement in Spain
section_title: 20–25 June
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-austerity movement in Spain / 2011 events / June 2011 / 20–25 June
caption_attribution_description: Español: Columna Sur. Tarde noche en Aranjuez.
context_page_description: The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement, and the Indignados Movement, was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began around the local and regional elections of 2011 and 2012. First starting on 15 May 2011, many of the subsequent demonstrations spread through various social networks such as Real Democracy NOW and Youth Without a Future.
  Spanish media related the movement to the 2008–14 Spanish financial crisis, the Arab Spring, as well as demonstrations in North Africa, Iran, Greece, Portugal, in Iceland. The movement was also compared to Stéphane Hessel's political manifesto Time for Outrage!, which was seen to empower Spanish youth not in school, training, or employment. Protestors rallied against high unemployment rates, welfare cuts, politicians, and the two-party system in Spain, as well as the political system, capitalism, banks, and public corruption. Many called for basic rights, of home, work, culture, health and education.
  According to RTVE, the Spanish public broadcasting company, between 6.5 and 8 million Spaniards participated in these events.
context_section_description: The first columns of the Indignant People's March began walking towards Madrid from throughout the country, planning to arrive in the capital on 23 July. The March's goal was to expand the proposals of the Movement while visiting rural areas, collecting their demands, and starting people's assemblies.
  The March was organized in eight columns, consisting of dozens of activists from 16 cities:
  Eastern route: from Valencia, 20 June
  Murcia route: from Murcia, 20 June
  Northern route: from Santander, Bilbao and Pamplona, 23 and 29 June
  Northwest route: from Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Ferrol, Avilés and Gijón, between 24 and 30 June
  Southern route: from Cádiz, 24 June
  Southeastern route: from Málaga and Motril, 25 June
  Northeastern route: from Barcelona, 25 June
  N-II route: from Zaragoza, 7 July
caption: Southern column near Aranjuez, July 21
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