well, after everything was nice and going along cosy and calme for hours it ended up in a fight - as far as we know now mostly forced by undercover police: running, shouting, shooting, screaming: couldn`t stand the sound/situation any longer: running and just trying to get out. but most of the streets we were ending up were closed again from police. you had the rubberbullets behind you, police who were closing the streets and panic in your own head and around. at least i wasn´t able to calme down in that situation easely. but thanks to companionship i got out. de-escalation??? no way. a situation hard to describe: simply fear, probably and the most important think was to try to find out where the rest of your friends are .. but telefonica was down - no connection. asi? porque?? en oficial there haven´t been sooo much gente on the street. 300.000 or 600.000??? just coming back from one bar, where the owner got hurt by rubber stuff. more to come- soon ... but first: i want to get some sleep.

on the ground and somewhere else. everyone is getting prepared. cameras are not allowed at the demo. we will see. the meetingpoint of our small group of $$$ is set. and there will be three other groups oficial:

The white block, marching under white flags, is led by Plataforma contra l'Europa del Capital (Platform Against the Europe of Capital), and has as a motto Against the Europe of Capital and War. The red block, gathered around Plataforma Catalana contra l'Europa del Capital (Catalan Platform Against the Europe of Capital) and waving red flags. Finally, the blue block, organised by Fòrum Social de Barcelona and waving blue flags under the slogan Another Europe is Possible.

vale, there have been casualties, as you can read everywhere else, but still everyone, who is not a hardcore associate of the police, tries to keep the feeling of a siesta. last night there was a kind of childish circus happening at macba: kill the capitalism. a really bad performance. during the rest of the night it was calm. went out as normally for one of these long nights en barna at the weekend: no police estuve aqui and a lot of people it seems have left the city, annoyed from police and security. not as much gente out there. it was easy to get a table sin reservation or waiting time. as real capitalists we were immediatly walking to a bank and talking over dinner stupidly about stockmarket. but "el $IDA (sida stands for aids) no es una enfermedad contagiosa" as a flyer tells me.

normally the town is waking up late on a saturday, because of hangover, but today thanks to the helicopter, there was no way out but stand up. getting breakfast and walking by at macba: no police, relaxed siesta time. everyone is looking for something to eat. music.