Overview
- Organizers led thousands in a largely peaceful march through central Barcelona on Friday that featured wreaths, a minute of silence and speeches tying recent deaths to the housing crisis.
- The movement says the death of Maricarmen Abascal has become a rallying symbol that renewed public pressure for immediate housing reforms.
- Sindicat de Llogateres announced it will withdraw direct participation from the Plaça Catalunya encampment to focus on organizing the 11‑November general strike.
- Movement leaders blamed real‑estate firms, large landlords and investment funds and demanded an end to evictions, indefinite rental contracts, a ban on speculative purchases, a wealth tax and a large expansion of public housing.
- National and housing unions, including UGT and the Confederación Sindical de Vivienda de Catalunya, urged building strike committees in workplaces, universities and neighborhoods to turn street protests into coordinated industrial and social action.