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Encampment in Madrid pressures government

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Housing activists camped at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol were joined by education protesters, swelling the encampment and pressuring the government ahead of Tuesday’s planned vote on a housing decree.

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There is a huge movement growing across the Spanish State that has come to include an encampment in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol (like the 15M of 2011) in protest against the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen and the capitalist housing crisis. There are calls for encampments across the country.
Madrid protests for 87-year-old Maricarmen and housing ends in sit in
Around 150 tents now occupy Madrid's Puerta del Sol after Saturday's protest over 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction. Protesters, mobilised by the Tenants' Union, demand a housing decree on Tuesday: "E...
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September 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM

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Miles de personas salen a las calles de Madrid en una nueva protesta en defensa de la educación pública dozz.es/4eddk7
Miles de personas salen a las calles de Madrid en una nueva protesta en defensa de la educación pública
Miles de personas salen a las calles de Madrid en una nueva protesta en defensa de la educación pública
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September 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman camped overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more demonstrators — including multigenerational families — joined them on Sunday for a second day of protests over Spain's housing crisis. https://to.pbs.org/4AxL6qc
Eviction of 87-year-old sparks encampment protest in Madrid over housing crisis
Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of María del Carmen Abascal from the apartment in the upscale Retiro neighborhood where she had lived for more than seven d...
to.pbs.org
September 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM

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🇪🇸 A growing protest camp in the heart of Madrid over unaffordable housing pushed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday to pledge swift government action.
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September 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM