Overview

• Organizers from Rescop have called coordinated demonstrations in roughly 80 Spanish cities this weekend, including Madrid at 18:00 on Saturday.
• In Barcelona, a mass march is scheduled for 12:00 from Jardinets de Gràcia to Arc de Triomf with closures on Passeig de Gràcia, Plaça Catalunya and Ronda Sant Pere, alongside an encampment at Plaza de la Carbonera.
• The Israeli interception and detention of the Global Summud flotilla in international waters ignited the mobilization, with detainees including Ada Colau, Jordi Coronas, Pilar Castillejo and Saturnino Mercader.
• Authorities recorded large turnouts in earlier protests, estimating 25,000 across two cities on Thursday, with episodes of tension as Mossos d'Esquadra blocked key roads and used gas to disperse crowds.
• Political stakes are rising as left-wing ministers Mónica García and Sira Rego plan to join marches, the PSOE keeps a cautious posture, Congress prepares to debate an arms-embargo decree criticized for exceptions, and unions set 15 October stoppages.