Spanish unemployment hit record high - nearly SIX MILLION !!

Spaniards signing on the dole !

The number of unemployed people reached 5,639,500 at the end of March, with the unemployment rate hitting 24.4%. Economic figures due out on Monday are expected to confirm that Spain will have joined the UK & slipped back into recession.

In the first three months of the year, 365,900 people in Spain lost their jobs. The country has the highest unemployment rate in the European Union and it is expected to rise further this year.

Cuts in public spending & severe austerity measures by capitalist governments are NOT working. The government in Spain along with Greece, the UK & France have introduced drastic spending cuts designed to reduce "capitalist" debt levels and meet deficit targets agreed with the European Union. These cuts are contributing to severe economic contraction.

What we are witnessing in these countries is a "domino effect" - The recession is so severe that when you take one step forward on austerity, it takes you three steps back. Spain is going down the same path as Greece, the UK has "flat-lined" - we're back into recession. These capitalist countries are all interconnected - the events in Greece, Spain & France have an impact "the capitalist domino effect".

The way out ? ....... a "planned economy" based on the needs of the people not capitalism ! We need a system in place based on socialism.

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.In January 2011 (just over a year ago)

A group of jobless Spaniards tried to form the country’s longest-ever unemployment line in the capital of Madrid.

With more than 4 million people unemployed at the time in Spain, the unemployed tried to form the longest unemployment queue to set a world record, around 5 km long.

It's a form of protest against the government's recent benefits cuts for the long term unemployed. A huge number of long term unemployed now receive nothing in the form of any benefits at all.

On-line video is here : Spaniards form longest jobless line