Topless protesters crash pro-Franco demonstration in Madrid

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Topless protesters crash pro-Franco demonstration in Madrid

 

A Franco bust is pictured at a demonstration of supporters of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco against his exhumation during the annual gathering held on the week of the 44th anniversary of the dictator's death, in Madrid, Spain, November 24, 2019. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Topless female activists on Sunday interrupted a demonstration in Madrid commemorating the legacy of Spain's former dictator Francisco Franco, 44 years after his death.

 

Chanting "for fascism no honour and no glory," half a dozen women from feminist group Femen, with the same slogan emblazoned across their chests, burst into the crowd when it reached Madrid's Plaza de Oriente. They were quickly removed by police.

 

Hundreds of Franco supporters turned out for the march, which is held around Nov. 20 every year to mark the anniversary of the dictator's death. Some demonstrators carried flags with Francoist icons and held an arm aloft in the fascist salute.

 

The leader of Spain's fascist Falange party, Jesus Muñoz, said they were marching against the "desecration" of Franco's remains, which were exhumed in October, and against Spain's historical-memory law which recognises those who suffered during the dictatorship.

 

Supporters of Francisco Franco marched in Madrid on Sunday (November 24) to express their anger over the exhumation of the Spanish fascist dictator's remains last October from Spain's civil war shrine.

 

"Now they start desecrating tombs, this is not going to be like 1936 (when the Spanish Civil War started) but much worse," he said.

 

Franco, who ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975, and his nationalist legacy still divide Spain and its political parties.

 

In October, Spanish authorities transferred the dictator's remains from a lavish state mausoleum outside Madrid where he was buried in 1975 to a private cemetery, provoking strong reactions from across the political spectrum.

 

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party had long campaigned to remove Franco's body from the mausoleum, arguing it would help bolster Spain's democratic credentials.

 

But some political opponents dismissed the exhumation as a ploy to drum up support before a general election and criticised Sanchez for reopening old wounds.

 

During Franco's regime, tens of thousands of his enemies were killed and imprisoned in a campaign to wipe out dissent, and as many as 500,000 combatants and civilians died in the preceding civil war, which split the nation in two.

 

(Reporting by Elena Rodriguez and Guillermo Martinez; Writing by Nathan Allen; Editing by Mark Potter)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-25

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[canuckamuck]

They were just showing their hearts are in the right place.

[Denim]

Pity the Thais are not abreast of current protesting methods.

 

I'd like to see them out in force protesting for democracy or something , anything really.

[Radar501]

"Is that a baton in your pocket, Senor?"

 

[Phuketshrew]

That's a nice bust ...

[sammieuk1]

I hope all Madrid's bush hedge trimmers are sacked for obstruction of view????

[VincentRJ]

Chanting "for fascism no honour and no glory," half a dozen women from feminist group Femen, with the same slogan emblazoned across their chests, burst into the crowd

 

I couldn't see anything emblazoned on their chests. All I could see were slogans on their backs. ☹️

[fantom]

Brave women.

[BritManToo]

5 hours ago, Radar501 said:

"Is that a baton in your pocket, Senor?"

 

She's quite cute ....... love the moody 'heavy breathing' look.

Edited November 25, 2019 by BritManToo

[AlexRich]

A protest we can all approve of, whatever we thought of Franco.

[Emdog]

Hubby: "I'm going to protest against Franco! My patriotic duty!"

Wife: "Not without me you aren't!"

[atyclb]

9 hours ago, Denim said:

Pity the Thais are not abreast of current protesting methods.

 

 

thai gals copying that protest technique would not make much of an impact

 

[Mac98]

The police acted as expected: Protect boobs in support of dictatorship; crack down on boobs in support of freedom.

[Denim]

1 hour ago, atyclb said:

 

thai gals copying that protest technique would not make much of an impact

 

Check out the thread about the 4 waitresses fined for inappropriate clothing ( or lack thereof).

 

Besides , boobs are a question of taste.

 

 

 

If you are lucky.

[atyclb]

35 minutes ago, Denim said:

1 hour ago, atyclb said:

 

thai gals copying that protest technique would not make much of an impact

 

Check out the thread about the 4 waitresses fined for inappropriate clothing ( or lack thereof).

 

Besides , boobs are a question of taste.

 

 

 

If you are lucky.

 

 

saw that but involved silicone

[atyclb]

1 hour ago, Mac98 said:

The police acted as expected: Protect boobs in support of dictatorship; crack down on boobs in support of freedom.

 

 

wait, you are confusing me, "crack" or "boobs"

 

please clarify

[Denim]

2 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

 

saw that but involved silicone

 

Could be. If so , money well spent. She could have wasted it on shoes or handbags.

 

A long term investment can't be sniffed at if the returns are good.

[atyclb]

4 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Could be. If so , money well spent. She could have wasted it on shoes or handbags.

 

A long term investment can't be sniffed at if the returns are good.

 

wasn't aware "scratch and sniff" silicone is available

[Tug]

Ahh lady’s what can I say but thanks for the mammarys