Fuera de Irak, Fuera de Palestina, Fuera Los Yanquis de America Latina...

I went to an anti-war demonstration here in Madrid on Sunday. It was a subdued affair with about 1000 people strolling through the streets. The demonstration was also too politicised for my tastes, There was a republican section and a Communist section to the demonstration and we were forced to march under one or other´s banners. Spanish politics is very tied up in the civil war, and all the ´goodies´ are hopelessly divided. We stuck up with the Communists as a bunch of old Communist campaign warriors were belting out some amusing and tuneful songs sush as the one above. ´Fuera´ means get out... Another good one was "Los Yanquis nessesitan- garabe Vietnamita" which is something along the lines of: The Yankies need a dose of Vietnam or the Vietnamese medecine... The best thing about the march was the old communist comrades who were hilarious. They gave me a USA TERROR sign which I carried around through the streets for the rest of the day and got many shouts of encouragement...