Sol Camping Meets in the Rain Three Weeks of Institutional Conflict, Threats of Eviction and Losses in Shops
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A few weeks before the early parliamentary elections in Spain on 29 November, the government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez approved a new series of social measures on Tuesday, 20 October. However, the protest movement created at the end of September after the expulsion and subsequent death of an octogenary did not weaken. In Madrid, the demonstrators continued to occupy the Puerta del Sol to demand decent housing and to make their de…
The contemporary artist, husband of Macarena Gómez, has starred in an intense round trip with a camping in Sol about the function of the security forces during the demonstrations
Spain has been experiencing great tension for weeks over housing, which seems increasingly inaccessible to many people. The eviction and subsequent death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal have turned an individual tragedy into a symbol of a collective problem. Since then, at Puerta del Sol in Madrid, the square has been filled with tents, banners and citizens who denounce that having a roof has become a privilege, demanding improvements to the g…
A few days after a month of camping for the right to housing, the moods of the protesters who continue at the Puerta del Sol are mixed. The horizon of the protest that has put the housing crisis at the center of the political debate is increasingly blurred. The tiredness abates the participants, who face the increasing complexity of managing space logistics, resisting harassment and preparing for the threat of cold and rain. Ivan participates in…
The movement has passed from the victories during its first week to the stagnation of a besieged contingent: «The entrances and exits of the camp are being complicated, because sometimes they won't let you in or they won't let you out» Read
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What began as a protest against the eviction of Maricarmen, a 87-year-old woman who had been living in the same house for seven decades and who died days after being evicted on a stretcher, has ended up becoming a political, judicial and economic conflict in the heart of Madrid. The camped for the right to housing in Puerta del Sol celebrates this Sunday 22 days and continues to stand despite the rain and the growing pressure to evict her.
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