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Taking 200€ of food isn’t theft, affirms Andalucian minister

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“Taking a shopping cart full of food that’s worth about 200€ cannot be called theft, when they are going to give thousands of millions of euros to the banks”. That’s what the Andalucian minister for Housing and Development Elena Cortés (IU) said today. “llevarse un carro de comida por valor de 200 euros no se le puede llamar robar cuando se va a dar a los bancos miles de millones de euros” YES IT IS Continue reading Taking 200€ of food isn’t theft, affirms Andalucian minister→

Hungry looters ask police “if Mayor can loot for food, why can’t we?”

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A group of twenty unemployed youths broke into a small Coviran in Seville over the weekend, stealing booze and food from the shop. After police arrived and nabbed three of them, their official defense, according to the police statement, was that they assumed it was alright to “steal if you’re hungry” because the Mayor of Marinaleda did so last week and nothing bad has happened to him. Well, quite. Not altogether accurante, as they don’t Continue reading Hungry looters ask police “if Mayor can loot for food, why can’t we?”→

Looting mayor to be investigated (note: not arrested)

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The Minister of Justice has personally ordered an investigation into whether or not the mayor of Marinaleda, who looted a bunch of supermarkets in his town and ordered neighbours to riot against the Police, has broken any laws. Eh? He ordered his local police away, got 400 odd rioters to fight off the National Police patrols that turned up and ransacked two Mercadonas and a Carrefour, causing at least two cashiers to need medical aid Continue reading Looting mayor to be investigated (note: not arrested)→

Mayor and unionists rob supermarkets to “give food to the poor” in Marinaleda

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The Mayor of Marinaleda (Seville) broke into two Mercadona supermarkets in his town today and looted a load of goods which he says are “for the poor of the village”. José Manuel Sánchez Gordillo (IU) together with dozens of people, mainly from the left wing union SAT – some reports say up to 500 looters were seen. The so-far-left-wing-its-lost-over-California union Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SAT), under the leadership of this prat Sánchez, said that they Continue reading Mayor and unionists rob supermarkets to “give food to the poor” in Marinaleda→