Youth Without a Future

Madrid, Spain. November 14, 2012. Spanish student, Rita Maestre, demonstrates during the General Strike in Madrid.

Madrid, Spain. November 9, 2012. A girl looks at a map of Europe painted in a wall of the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas".

Madrid, Spain. October 11, 2012. A student wears a Che Guevara t-shirt during a rally against budget cuts in education in Puerta del Sol Square.

Madrid, Spain. October 11, 2012. Spanish student Julio Martinez (2nd from the left) talks with a colleague from the organization "Youth Without a Future" during a break from class at the Philosophy Department of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).

Madrid, Spain. October 19, 2012. Spanish student, Rita Maestre, participates in a meeting of the organization "Youth Without a Future" in the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas" .

Madrid, Spain. October 13, 2012. Members of the Spanish organization "Youth Without a Future" demonstrate in Madrid during the Global Noise Day, against the payment of what they consider an illegitimate public debt under the slogan "We will not pay for your debts".

Madrid, Spain. November 9, 2012. Spanish student Mikel Revuelta (2nd from the left) designs posters for the General Strike with colleagues in the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas".

Madrid, Spain. October 11, 2012. Riot police officer checks the ID of a youth who is taking part in a rally against budget cuts in education in Puerta del Sol Square.

Madrid, Spain. October 19, 2012. Spanish student Rita Maestre smokes during a meeting of the organization "Youth Without a Future" in the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas" .

Madrid, Spain. October 11, 2012. A student shouts slogans during a demonstration against budget cuts in education in Puerta del Sol Square.

Madrid, Spain. October 13, 2012. Spanish student Julio Martinez (3rd from the right) talks with a colleague from the organization "Youth Without a Future" after an assembly in the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas".

Madrid, Spain. November 11, 2012. A member of the organization "Youth Without a Future" designs a poster for the General Strike called for November 14. The banner reads (in Spanish): " Nor Unemployment, Nor Insecurity, Nor Exile: General Strike"

Madrid, Spain. November 14, 2012. Spanish students Julio Martinez and Mikel Revuelta (2nd and 3rd from the right) demonstrate during the General Strike in Madrid.

Spanish student Rita Maestre (on the right) works on a schedule of civil action for the General Strike, with colleagues of the organization "Youth Without a Future" at the occupied social centre "Patio Maravillas".

Madrid, Spain. October 27, 2012. Spanish student Mikel Revuelta (3rd from the left), member of the organization "Youth Without a Future", shouts during a demonstration against austerity measures .

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Due the financial crisis in Spain, the opportunties to build a future for most of the youth in the Country have disappeared. Dozens of thousands of youngsters well prepared by the University, must face a landscape of high unemployment rates, exile and frustration. A group of students have created a Movement called " Youth Without a Future" denouncing the cuts to the welfare state by the Spanish Government and UE, and promoting alternative policies to deal with the financial and political crisis (or a swindle as they call it) The Movement makes strategic decisions in the "real democratic way", where all members have the right to vote and the chance to debate every single proposition. Closely followed by police, "Youth Without a Future" is often criminalized by the Spanish Government because it has become an important group among the grassroots organizations in Spain. They take to the streets crying " We won't pay your debts!"

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Gabriel Pecot

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