Anti-austerity movement in Spain

Yeah, I think we were hugely, I think a lot of the people in the sort of heart of Occupy Wall Street were hugely inspired by those movements, by Arab Spring.

Yeah, I mean, the Indignados in Spain and, you know, movements kind of all across.

And, yeah, and really saw ourselves as part of a lineage of mass movements in the streets, you know, taking life into their own hands.

I think we were, and I think even the forum, this sort of like decentralized taking over public squares, we were deeply inspired by.

So right now we, what we have is, um, a lot of furious people, enraged people that are demanding from the government and from the public institutions that they, um, give us, g- give us some sort of solution, and we're also demanding certain, um, specific measures that will be discussed, uh, tomorrow in the Council of Ministers.

Ministers.Can you explain who the people are in the streets? It's a reminder, it seems, of the Indignados, the ig- ig- indignant, um, who took to the streets so many years ago.

And talk about the Spanish government's response, Sabina.

Yeah.

And, and yeah, I think that's a huge impact.

And Yotam, you talk about the, uh, the ins- the international inspirations to Occupy, 'cause clearly about a year earlier, the Arab Spring had broken out in May of 2011, the, the, the Indignados in Spain.

To what degree the activists, uh, uh, in New York and across the United States were aware or inspired by those movements?

Yeah, I think we were hugely...

I, I think a lot of the people in the sort of heart of Occupy Wall Street were hugely inspired by those movements, by, by Arab Spring, and, uh, yeah, I mean, the Indignados in Spain and, uh, you know, movements kind of all across.

Uh, and yeah, and really saw ourselves as part of a, a lineage of, of mass movements in the streets, uh, you know, taking, taking life into their own hands.

I think we were...