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<br>Me parece que merece una reflexión y difundirlo como protesta al silencio de nuestros "obedientes medios". Un beso<br><hr id="stopSpelling"><br>&nbsp;Islandia: La revolución silenciada<br><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div><br>....<br>

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                                                        <h1><b><font face="Times
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                                                          revolución&nbsp;silenciada</span></font></b></h1>
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                                                          <div><font face="Times
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                                                          el <a rel="nofollow" title="20:39" href="http://nosinmibici.com/2011/01/23/2073/" target="_blank">23

                                                          enero, 2011</a>
                                                          por <a rel="nofollow" title="Ver
                                                          todas las
                                                          entradas de
                                                          nosinmibici" href="http://nosinmibici.com/author/nosinmibici/" target="_blank">nosinmibici</a> </span></font></div>
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                                                          <div><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Recientemente

                                                          nos han
                                                          sorprendido
                                                          los
                                                          acontecimientos
                                                          de Túnez que
                                                          han
                                                          desembocado en
                                                          la huida del
                                                          tirano Ben
                                                          Alí, tan
                                                          demócrata para
                                                          occidente
                                                          hasta anteayer
                                                          y alumno
                                                          ejemplar del
                                                          FMI. Sin
                                                          embargo, otra
                                                          “revolución”
                                                          que tiene
                                                          lugar desde
                                                          hace dos años
                                                          ha sido
                                                          convenientemente
                                                          silenciada por
                                                          los medios de
                                                          comunicación
                                                          al servicio de
                                                          las
                                                          plutocracias
                                                          europeas.&nbsp;Ha
                                                          ocurrido en la
                                                          mismísima
                                                          Europa (en el
                                                          sentido
                                                          geopolítico),
                                                          en un país con
                                                          la democracia
                                                          probablemente
                                                          más antigua
                                                          del mundo,
                                                          cuyos orígenes
                                                          se remontan al
                                                          año 930, y que
                                                          ocupó el
                                                          primer lugar
                                                          en el informe
                                                          de la ONU del
                                                          Índice de
                                                          Desarrollo
                                                          Humano de
                                                          2007/2008.
                                                          ¿Adivináis de
                                                          qué país se
                                                          trata? Estoy
                                                          seguro de que
                                                          la mayoría no
                                                          tiene ni idea,
                                                          como no la
                                                          tenía yo hasta
                                                          que me he
                                                          enterado por
                                                          casualidad (a
                                                          pesar de haber
                                                          estado allí en
                                                          el 2009 y el
                                                          2010). Se
                                                          trata de
                                                          Islandia,
                                                          donde se hizo
                                                          dimitir a un
                                                          gobierno al
                                                          completo, se
                                                          nacionalizaron
                                                          los
                                                          principales
                                                          bancos, se
                                                          decidió no
                                                          pagar la deuda
                                                          que estos han
                                                          creado con
                                                          Gran Bretaña y
                                                          Holanda a
                                                          causa de su
                                                          execrable
                                                          política
                                                          financiera y
                                                          se acaba de
                                                          crear una
                                                          asamblea
                                                          popular para
                                                          reescribir su
                                                          constitución.
                                                          Y todo ello de
                                                          forma
                                                          pacífica: a
                                                          golpe de
                                                          cacerola,
                                                          gritos y
                                                          certero
                                                          lanzamiento de
                                                          huevos. Esta
                                                          ha sido una
                                                          revolución
                                                          contra el
                                                          poder
                                                          político-financiero
                                                          neoliberal que
                                                          nos ha
                                                          conducido
                                                          hasta la </span></font><a rel="nofollow" title="Ir a La crisis economica..." href="http://nosinmibici.com/2010/10/14/la-crisis-economica-o-de-como-nos-la-han-metido-doblada/" target="_blank"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">crisis</span></font></a><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;actual.

                                                          He aquí por
                                                          qué no se han
                                                          dado a conocer
                                                          apenas estos
                                                          hechos durante
                                                          dos años o se
                                                          ha informado
                                                          frivolamente&nbsp;y
                                                          de refilón:
                                                          ¿Qué pasaría
                                                          si el resto de
                                                          ciudadanos
                                                          europeos
                                                          tomaran
                                                          ejemplo? Y de
                                                          paso
                                                          confirmamos,
                                                          una vez más
                                                          por si todavía
                                                          no estaba
                                                          claro, al
                                                          servicio de
                                                          quién están
                                                          los medios de
                                                          comunicación y
                                                          cómo nos
                                                          restringen el
                                                          derecho a la
                                                          información en
                                                          la plutocracia
                                                          globalizada de
                                                          Planeta S.A.</span></font></div>
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                                                          <div><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Esta
                                                          es,
                                                          brevemente, la
                                                          historia de
                                                          los hechos:</span></font></div>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <ul type="disc">
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A
                                                          finales de
                                                          2008, los
                                                          efectos de la
                                                          crisis en la
                                                          economía
                                                          islandesa son
                                                          devastadores.
                                                          En octubre se
                                                          nacionaliza
                                                          Landsbanki,
                                                          principal
                                                          banco del
                                                          país. El
                                                          gobierno
                                                          británico
                                                          congela todos
                                                          los activos de
                                                          su subsidiaria
                                                          IceSave, con
                                                          300.000
                                                          clientes
                                                          británicos y
                                                          910 millones
                                                          de euros
                                                          invertidos por
                                                          administraciones

                                                          locales y
                                                          entidades
                                                          públicas del
                                                          Reino Unido. A
                                                          Landsbanki&nbsp;le
                                                          seguirán los
                                                          otros dos
                                                          bancos
                                                          principales,
                                                          el
                                                          Kaupthing&nbsp;el
                                                          Glitnir. Sus
                                                          principales
                                                          clientes están
                                                          en ese país y
                                                          en Holanda,
                                                          clientes a los
                                                          que sus
                                                          estados tienen
                                                          que reembolsar
                                                          sus ahorros
                                                          con 3.700
                                                          millones de
                                                          euros de
                                                          dinero
                                                          público. Por
                                                          entonces, el
                                                          conjunto de
                                                          las deudas
                                                          bancarias de
                                                          Islandia
                                                          equivale a
                                                          varias veces
                                                          su PIB. Por
                                                          otro lado, la
                                                          moneda se
                                                          desploma y la
                                                          bolsa suspende
                                                          su actividad
                                                          tras un
                                                          hundimiento
                                                          del 76%. El
                                                          país está en
                                                          bancarrota.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">El
                                                          gobierno
                                                          solicita
                                                          oficialmente
                                                          ayuda al Fondo
                                                          Monetario
                                                          Internacional
                                                          (FMI), que
                                                          aprueba un
                                                          préstamo de
                                                          2.100 millones
                                                          de dólares,
                                                          completado por
                                                          otros 2.500
                                                          millones de
                                                          algunos países
                                                          nórdicos.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Las
                                                          protestas
                                                          ciudadanas
                                                          frente al
                                                          parlamento en
                                                          Reykjavik&nbsp;van
                                                          en aumento. El
                                                          23 de enero de
                                                          2009 se
                                                          convocan
                                                          elecciones
                                                          anticipadas y
                                                          tres días
                                                          después, las
                                                          caceroladas ya
                                                          son
                                                          multitudinarias
                                                          y provocan la
                                                          dimisión del
                                                          Primer
                                                          Ministro, el
                                                          conservador
                                                          Geir&nbsp;H.
                                                          Haarden, y de
                                                          todo su
                                                          gobierno en
                                                          bloque. Es el
                                                          primer
                                                          gobierno (y
                                                          único que yo
                                                          sepa) que cae
                                                          víctima de la
                                                          crisis
                                                          mundial.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">El 25
                                                          de abril se
                                                          celebran
                                                          elecciones
                                                          generales de
                                                          las que sale
                                                          un gobierno de
                                                          coalición
                                                          formado por la
                                                          Alianza
                                                          Social-demócrata
                                                          y el
                                                          Movimiento de
                                                          Izquierda
                                                          Verde,
                                                          encabezado por
                                                          la nueva
                                                          Primera
                                                          Ministra
                                                          Jóhanna&nbsp;Sigurðardóttir.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A lo
                                                          largo del 2009
                                                          continúa la
                                                          pésima
                                                          situación
                                                          económica del
                                                          país y el año
                                                          cierra con una
                                                          caída del PIB
                                                          del 7%.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mediante

                                                          una ley
                                                          ampliamente&nbsp;discutida
                                                          en el
                                                          parlamento se
                                                          propone la
                                                          devolución de
                                                          la deuda a
                                                          Gran Bretaña y
                                                          Holanda
                                                          mediante el
                                                          pago de 3.500
                                                          millones de
                                                          euros, suma
                                                          que pagarán
                                                          todos las
                                                          familias
                                                          islandesas
                                                          mensualmente
                                                          durante los
                                                          próximos 15
                                                          años al 5,5%
                                                          de interés. La
                                                          gente se
                                                          vuelve a echar
                                                          a la calle y
                                                          solicita
                                                          someter la ley
                                                          a referéndum.
                                                          En enero de
                                                          2010 el
                                                          Presidente,
                                                          Ólafur&nbsp;Ragnar&nbsp;Grímsson,
                                                          se niega a
                                                          ratificarla y
                                                          anuncia que
                                                          habrá consulta
                                                          popular.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">En
                                                          marzo se
                                                          celebra el
                                                          referéndum y
                                                          el NO al pago
                                                          de la deuda
                                                          arrasa con un
                                                          93% de los
                                                          votos. La
                                                          revolución
                                                          islandesa
                                                          consigue una
                                                          nueva victoria
                                                          de forma
                                                          pacífica.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">El
                                                          FMI congela
                                                          las ayudas
                                                          económicas a
                                                          Islandia a la
                                                          espera de que
                                                          se resuelva la
                                                          devolución de
                                                          su deuda.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A
                                                          todo esto, el
                                                          gobierno ha
                                                          iniciado una
                                                          investigación
                                                          para dirimir
                                                          jurídicamente
                                                          las
                                                          responsabilidades
                                                          de la crisis.
                                                          Comienzan las
                                                          detenciones de
                                                          varios
                                                          banqueros y
                                                          altos
                                                          ejecutivos. La
                                                          Interpol&nbsp;dicta
                                                          una orden
                                                          internacional
                                                          de arresto
                                                          contra el
                                                          ex-Presidente
                                                          del Kaupthing,
Sigurdur&nbsp;Einarsson.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">En
                                                          este contexto
                                                          de crisis, se
                                                          elige una
                                                          asamblea
                                                          constituyente
                                                          el pasado mes
                                                          de noviembre
                                                          para redactar
                                                          una nueva
                                                          constitución
                                                          que recoja las
                                                          lecciones
                                                          aprendidas de
                                                          la crisis y
                                                          que sustituya
                                                          a la actual,
                                                          una copia de
                                                          la
                                                          constitución
                                                          danesa. Para
                                                          ello, se
                                                          recurre
                                                          directamente
                                                          al pueblo
                                                          soberano. Se
                                                          eligen 25
                                                          ciudadanos sin
                                                          filiación
                                                          política de
                                                          los 522 que se
                                                          han presentado
                                                          a las
                                                          candidaturas,
                                                          para lo cual
                                                          sólo era
                                                          necesario ser
                                                          mayor de edad
                                                          y tener el
                                                          apoyo de 30
                                                          personas. La
                                                          asamblea
                                                          constitucional
                                                          comenzará su
                                                          trabajo en
                                                          febrero de
                                                          2011 y
                                                          presentará un
                                                          proyecto de
                                                          carta magna a
                                                          partir de las
                                                          recomendaciones

                                                          consensuadas
                                                          en distintas
                                                          asambleas que
                                                          se celebrarán
                                                          por todo el
                                                          país. Deberá
                                                          ser aprobada
                                                          por el actual
                                                          Parlamento y
                                                          por el que se
                                                          constituya
                                                          tras las
                                                          próximas
                                                          elecciones
                                                          legislativas.</span></font></li>
                                                          <li><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Y
                                                          para terminar,
                                                          otra medida
                                                          “revolucionaria”
                                                          del parlamento
                                                          islandés: la
                                                          Iniciativa
                                                          Islandesa
                                                          Moderna para
                                                          Medios de
                                                          Comunicación (</span></font><a rel="nofollow" title="Ir a IMMI" href="http://immi.is/?l=en" target="_blank"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Icelandic&nbsp;Modern&nbsp;Media

                                                          Initiative</span></font></a><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">), un
                                                          proyecto de
                                                          ley que
                                                          pretende crear
                                                          un marco
                                                          jurídico
                                                          destinado a la
                                                          protección de
                                                          la libertad de
                                                          información y
                                                          de expresión.
                                                          Se pretende
                                                          hacer del país
                                                          un refugio
                                                          seguro para el
                                                          periodismo de
                                                          investigación
                                                          y la libertad
                                                          de información
                                                          donde se
                                                          protegan&nbsp;fuentes,
                                                          periodistas y
                                                          proveedores de
                                                          Internet que
                                                          alojen
                                                          información
                                                          periodística;
                                                          el infierno
                                                          para EEUU&nbsp;y el
                                                          paraíso para
                                                          Wikileaks.</span></font></li>
                                                        </ul>
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                                                          <div><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Pues
                                                          esta es la
                                                          breve historia
                                                          de la
                                                          Revolución
                                                          Islandesa :
                                                          dimisión de
                                                          todo un
                                                          gobierno en
                                                          bloque,
                                                          nacionalización
                                                          de la banca,
                                                          referéndum
                                                          para que el
                                                          pueblo decida
                                                          sobre las
                                                          decisiones
                                                          económicas
                                                          trascendentales,
                                                          encarcelación
                                                          de
                                                          responsables
                                                          de la crisis,
                                                          reescritura&nbsp;de
                                                          la
                                                          constitución
                                                          por los
                                                          ciudadanos y
                                                          un proyecto de
                                                          blindaje de la
                                                          libertad de
                                                          información y
                                                          de expresión.
                                                          ¿Se nos ha
                                                          hablado de
                                                          esto en los
                                                          medios de
                                                          comunicación
                                                          europeos? ¿Se
                                                          ha comentado
                                                          en las
                                                          repugnantes
                                                          tertulias
                                                          radiofónicas
                                                          de
                                                          politicastros
                                                          de medio pelo
                                                          y mercenarios
                                                          de la
                                                          desinformación?
                                                          ¿Se han visto
                                                          imágenes de
                                                          los hechos por
                                                          la TV? Claro
                                                          que no. Debe
                                                          ser que a los
                                                          Estados Unidos
                                                          de Europa no
                                                          les parece
                                                          suficientemente
                                                          importante que
                                                          un pueblo coja
                                                          las riendas de
                                                          su soberanía y
                                                          plante cara al
                                                          rodillo
                                                          neoliberal. O
                                                          quizás teman
                                                          que se les
                                                          caiga la cara
                                                          de vergüenza
                                                          al quedar una
                                                          vez más en
                                                          evidencia que
                                                          han convertido
                                                          la democracia
                                                          en un sistema
                                                          plutocrático&nbsp;donde

                                                          nada ha
                                                          cambiado con
                                                          la crisis,
                                                          excepto el
                                                          inicio de un
                                                          proceso de
                                                          socialización&nbsp;de
                                                          las pérdidas
                                                          con recortes
                                                          sociales y
                                                          precarización&nbsp;de
                                                          las
                                                          condiciones
                                                          laborales. Es
                                                          muy probable
                                                          también que
                                                          piensen que
                                                          todavía quede
                                                          vida
                                                          inteligente
                                                          entre sus
                                                          unidades de
                                                          consumo, que
                                                          tanto gustan
                                                          en llamar
                                                          ciudadanos, y
                                                          teman un
                                                          efecto
                                                          contagio.
                                                          Aunque lo más
                                                          seguro es que
                                                          esta calculada
                                                          minusvaloración

                                                          informativa,
                                                          cuando no
                                                          silencio
                                                          clamoroso, se
                                                          deba a todas
                                                          estas causas
                                                          juntas.</span></font></div>
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                                                          <div><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Algunos

                                                          dirán que
                                                          Islandia es
                                                          una pequeña
                                                          isla de tan
                                                          sólo 300.000
                                                          habitantes,
                                                          con un
                                                          entramado
                                                          político,
                                                          económico y
                                                          administrativo
                                                          mucho menos
                                                          complejo que
                                                          el de un gran
                                                          país europeo,
                                                          en el que es
                                                          más fácil
                                                          organizarse y
                                                          llevar a cabo
                                                          este tipo de
                                                          cambios. Sin
                                                          embargo es un
                                                          país que,
                                                          aunque tienen
                                                          gran
                                                          independencia
                                                          energética
                                                          gracias a sus
                                                          centrales
                                                          geotérmicas,
                                                          cuenta con muy
                                                          pocos recursos
                                                          naturales y
                                                          tiene una
                                                          economía
                                                          vulnerable
                                                          cuyas
                                                          exportaciones
                                                          dependen en un
                                                          40% de la
                                                          pesca. También
                                                          los hay que
                                                          dirán que han
                                                          vivido por
                                                          encima de sus
                                                          posibilidades
                                                          endeudándose y
                                                          especulando en
                                                          el casino
                                                          financiero
                                                          como el que
                                                          más, y es
                                                          cierto. Igual
                                                          que lo han
                                                          hecho el resto
                                                          de los países
                                                          guiados por un
                                                          sistema
                                                          financiero
                                                          liberalizado
                                                          hasta el
                                                          infinito por
                                                          los mismos
                                                          gobiernos
                                                          irresponsables
                                                          y suicidas que
                                                          ahora se echan
                                                          las manos a la
                                                          cabeza . Yo
                                                          simplemente
                                                          pienso que el
                                                          pueblo
                                                          islandés es un
                                                          pueblo culto,
                                                          solidario,
                                                          optimista y
                                                          valiente, que
                                                          ha sabido
                                                          rectificar
                                                          echándole (dos
                                                          cojones)!!?&nbsp;
                                                          (inteligencia!!?),
                                                          plantándole
                                                          cara al
                                                          sistema y
                                                          dando una
                                                          lección de
                                                          democracia al
                                                          resto del
                                                          mundo.</span></font></div>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <div><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">El
                                                          país ya ha
                                                          iniciado
                                                          negociaciones
                                                          para entrar en
                                                          la Unión
                                                          Europea.
                                                          Espero , por
                                                          su bien y tal
                                                          y como están
                                                          poniéndose las
                                                          cosas en el
                                                          continente con
                                                          la plaga de
                                                          farsantes que
                                                          nos gobiernan,
                                                          que el pueblo
                                                          islandés
                                                          complete su
                                                          revolución
                                                          rechazando la
                                                          adhesión. Y
                                                          ojalá
                                                          ocurriera lo
                                                          contrario, que
                                                          fuera Europa
                                                          la que entrase
                                                          en Islandia,
                                                          porque esa sí
                                                          sería la
                                                          verdadera
                                                          Europa de los
                                                          pueblos.</span></font></div>
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