Anti-king protest in Cerdanyola

Actually, this happened a week or so ago. I was alerted to the posters by a work mate,  so I decided to go along as a non-aligned observer. The protest was against the Spanish royal family and in favour of protesters charged after burning photos of the king in Girona and elsewhere. I turned up about 5 minutes early and had to wait for about 20 minutes before the demo got going. There were approximately 50 people there (I counted 40 a couple of minutes before the start, and more turned up after that). They were all under 30 (probably under 20, but I can't tell any more), save for a couple of older gents who were obviously grandees of some local political office. The mixture was typical: young ERC and Communist party supporters (better dressed, on the whole), with a bunch of crusty-type hippies and redskin-type anarchists (who'll turn up for anything).

As I waited for a good photo opportunity, one of the organisers was called over by the lads I was with:

"Oi! Can you give me a picture of the king?"

"What?"

"I want a picture of the king"

"What for?"

"To burn!"

"Oh, you have to bring your own"

"Fuck. We don't have any pictures of the king at home"

"…"

I hoped to take loads of insightful photos but unfortunately, my camera's battery ran out before long! This is the only decent shot I got.

Anti-king protest at Cerdanyola Ajuntament

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October 26, 2007 | Filed Under General 

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