Saturday, 5 January 2013


End to Evictions in Spain? Locksmiths Refuse to Help Oust Owners Amid Austerity Drive

This is exactly what we need to bring the tyrants down - a mass refusal to contribute to the servitude and injustice of ourselves and others on the basis of compassion, fairness, justice and common decency.
'Dozens of locksmiths in the Spanish city of Pamplona have vowed to stop aiding authorities in evicting delinquent homeowners. The locksmiths said they would not assist in evictions that led to over 100 suicides in 2012.
If a house's locks remain unchanged, the evicted family could return whenever they liked, forcing authorities to start another – sometimes months-long – eviction process.
"As people, we can't continue carrying out evictions when people are killing themselves," Pamplona locksmith Iker de Carlos told PRI (Public Radio International).'