General strike 11N and political news, live | Thousands of people walk the streets of numerous cities in the demonstrations of the general strike

Thousands of people have walked the streets of numerous cities in Spain as a culmination of the general strike day of this 9/11, the first in 14 years. The largest marches have been those in Madrid, where 120,000 attendees have gathered, according to the Government delegation, and charges have been recorded at 9:00 p.m. to disperse the protesters. In Barcelona, ​​with tens of thousands of attendees, groups of hooded people have broken shop windows and fired fireworks at the Mossos at the end of the protests. Slogans have been chanted in favor of access to housing and wage increases and against speculation. The majority unions UGT and CC OO predicted “massive” marches despite the rain and have celebrated the strike day as “very successful,” with follow-up “above expectations.” The employers have labeled it a “failure”, with an average follow-up of less than 5%. There have been some incidents involving pickets and protests that have resulted in at least 74 arrests in several cities. The day started with road closures in Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and other cities and transportation in general has been affected, with the cancellation of 24% of AVE services or 10% of Cercanías trains and more than 280 scheduled flights. In Catalonia, the strike will leave residents without public transportation for 10 hours. Furthermore, during the morning, a demonstration blocked Gran Vía and caused the closure of businesses.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested 50 people for the incidents this afternoon in Barcelona, ​​according to the mayor of the city, Jaume Collboni, who has reported that the City Council will appear in the legal cases regarding the destruction. Once the demonstration for the general strike ended, a group of people broke shop windows, looted shops and set fires in some premises on Paseo de Gràcia.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have charged against the protesters who have tried to approach the rally held this Wednesday by Santiago Abascal at the Tarragona fairgrounds, which was attended by more than 1,000 people. The police action, which has included the launching of foam projectiles, and the strong device around the Vox event have prevented both groups from meeting. The protesters came from the march called by the unions in the city center on the occasion of the general strike. This afternoon, another group of protesters peacefully protested against the presence of Abascal and his campaign team in a restaurant in the town of Llagostera. The leader of Vox came from Girona, where this Tuesday he held another rally.

The Mossos d'Esquadra continue to be deployed in the center of Barcelona where some bonfires are still burning and some protesters have taken shelter from the police in the camp for decent housing in Plaza de Catalunya. There are already 18 people arrested during the altercations after the general strike demonstration in the Catalan capital.

The UGT union has denounced the attack with an explosive that caused damage to the entrance to its headquarters on García Barbón street, in Vigo. The events occurred around seven in the afternoon while the massive unitary march was taking place, supported by thousands of young people. The union in Galicia considers that the action, supposedly carried out by a group dressed in black clothing, is the result of "social polarization" that makes some groups "work" under the "baton of hate."

The latest arrests for incidents on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​where groups of people have broken shop windows, burned containers and launched fireworks at the officers deployed, have raised the number of people arrested during the day of the general strike to 74, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior, Mossos and the Ertzaintza.

In the press conference to review the day, the Tenants' Union indicated that the eviction of Maricarmen represented a point of no return that led to this general strike, which it described as “historic.” The organization has assured that five million people have supported the strike and has raised the number of attendees at the Madrid demonstration to 750,000. The union has claimed that the strike is the result of mobilizations and the construction of a social movement from the neighborhoods. He has also called for a new housing model in which “houses are for living” and has defended that this day marks the beginning of a new stage of struggle.

The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, attacked tonight in Tarragona against CCOO and UGT, which he described as “crime and subsidy unions.” At a rally in Tarragona, attended by more than 1,000 people, Abascal said that the strike has been “a failure” and has assured that those who have stopped have done so coerced by “a violent mob that is the militias of Pedro Sánchez and bought unions.” “If the Spanish give us their support [on November 29] there will never be informational pickets in Spain that close businesses and prevent people from being able to freely carry out all their work during the day.” He has also accused the unions of "being dead during the eight years of Pedro Sánchez's government and getting up from the couch to go on strike against the opposition and the Spaniards who want to work. How disgusting!" he added. The head of the Vox list for Tarragona, who preceded him in speaking, is precisely Jordi de la Fuente, general secretary of Solidaridad, the union arm of Vox, pending trial for the assault on a juvenile center. In his speech, Abascal has gone one step further in his idea of ​​'national priority' by defending the 'national exclusivity' in the Minimum Living Income, survival aid to the most vulnerable families, by defending that no foreigner can collect it. The Tarragona rally coincided with the union demonstration on the occasion of the general strike, which has forced the Mossos d'Esquadra to deploy a strong device and divert the public leaving the rally in the opposite direction to the place of the concentration.

The last hours of protests over the general strike have raised the number of detainees to 64, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Mossos. The figure has risen since 5:00 p.m. with a new detainee in Valencia, with a total of five in this province throughout the day, eight arrested for incidents on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​where groups of people have broken shop windows, burned containers and launched pyrotechnics against the officers deployed, and three new ones in the Basque Country. More than 1,500 incidents have been recorded throughout Spain, a third of them in Catalonia, according to data that collected what happened until 8:00 p.m. and is in the process of being updated. In the Civil Guard and National Police demarcations, 39 arrests have been made. The Basque Country, with 16 arrested, Madrid, with 15, and Andalusia, with 12, are the regions with the highest number. They are followed by the Valencian Community, with seven, and Castilla y León, with three. In Navarra, La Rioja, A Coruña, there has been an arrest in each of them, according to the information provided by the Ministry, Mossos and the Ertzaintza.

The Tenants' Union has estimated that 750,000 people attended the demonstration in Madrid during the day of the strike.

Thousands of people protested this Wednesday afternoon on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​where various calls for demonstrations coincided, during the day of the general strike. The demonstration was filled with signs for decent housing and affordable living. The protesters have occupied the central promenade, from Diputación street to Diagonal. During the march there was a protest and festive atmosphere. The Urban Guard has put the number of participants in the Passeig de Gràcia demonstration at 6:45 p.m. at 55,000, while the Llogateres Union speaks of 400,000 people. At the end of the demonstration, when it had already been called off, a group of people broke shop windows, looted shops and set fires in some premises on Paseo de Gràcia; One of the most affected stores has been the Lego toy store, where they have broken the facade.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested 8 people for the incidents recorded on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​where groups of people have broken shop windows, burned containers and launched pyrotechnics at the officers deployed. As reported in a statement, these arrests after the end of the demonstrations for the general strike, are in addition to one arrested last morning for burning containers and another for attacking authorities agents. The Catalan police maintain a deployment of operations in the center of Barcelona.

The National Police have charged against a group of protesters during the protest in Madrid, using pepper spray and throwing rubber balls to break up the crowd on Madrid's Gran Vía. To do this, it has encapsulated the protesters in two police barriers organized in both directions of the avenue. Some 120,000 people according to the Government Delegation and 400,000 according to the Tenants' Union, demonstrated peacefully this Wednesday from 6 pm. But near the Plaza de España, a small group burned several trash cans and debris was thrown at the uniformed officers near Callao. Several people were treated by the Samur with stinging eyes and breathing problems.

The president of the Catalan Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has spoken out on his 'X' account during the altercations in Barcelona. “Neither violence nor vandalism represents the people who have demonstrated peacefully,” Illa writes. “In Catalonia, whoever does it pays,” warns the president.

The demonstration in Seville, which has brought together, according to the first estimates of the Police, some 3,000 people, has dissolved around eight in the afternoon without any incidents and it is time to make an assessment. “The demonstration has been another moment in a process that has included camping, the neighborhood committees, the information pickets of today…” explains Ibán Díaz, doctor in Geography from the University of Seville and one of the founders of the Tenants Union in Seville. A process that, as he himself points out, does not end with today's strike. "It doesn't end here, we continue to build the union, young people are joining, there are also very interesting people in the neighborhood committees... Now it's time to draw up a long-term roadmap," he points out. Díaz draws attention to the important participation of young people both in the afternoon demonstration and in the defense of public education this afternoon. “They really want to overwhelm and disrupt the decision of UGT and CC OO to suspend the demonstration,” he says.

The general strike demonstration in Barcelona ended with altercations and looting in businesses, in addition to groups of people who clashed with the Mossos d'Esquadra and burned containers. They have broken the window of the Lego store on Paseo de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​with some boxes lying on the floor inside. The protesters mostly look at it from the outside. Some block access. The riot police rush to the Plaza de Catalunya area, where they have warned of immediate intervention. There are many people left in the area, most of them young. The demonstration has been called off. The Barcelona Urban Guard protects the Firefighters, who put out the containers on fire in Ronda de Sant Pere. Some damage has also occurred on La Rambla.