Politics · Other · 3 hrs ago
Most Sol protest camp organizers begin leaving to work in Madrid neighborhoods
Most committees behind the Puerta del Sol camp are disbanding after more than a month of protests for housing rights in Madrid.
The organizers say they will take their work into neighborhoods and form a wider social movement.
They are turning their focus to a general strike planned for November 11 and hope to build support among residents.
The move follows warnings from Spain’s Government Delegation that ending the camp could be legitimate, and some organizers say hundreds have left since the warnings.
The camp is not entirely gone: accounts differ on which committees and groups remain, but a homelessness association is still there.
The organizers say the protest helped put housing on the public agenda, but Congress has not yet voted on two housing decrees.
The remaining camp is being cleared gradually, while the movement’s next stated focus is organizing in neighborhoods ahead of the strike.
Most committees behind the month-long housing-rights camp at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol have dissolved and are gradually leaving the square.
The organizers say they are moving their campaign into Madrid’s neighborhoods to build a social movement and prepare for a general strike on 11 November.
The departure follows communications from the Government Delegation saying it could be legitimate to end the camp.
The camp is not entirely cleared: people who are homeless and some committee members remain.
Reports differ on how many committees are still active, while organizers describe tensions among those who plan to leave and those who intend to stay.
- Who
- Most committees that organized the Acampada 26S camp are leaving. Some campers and the association of homeless people remain.
- What
- Organizers are moving their campaign from Puerta del Sol into neighborhoods and preparing for a general strike.
- When
- The gradual departure was announced on 31 October 2026, after a camp lasting more than a month.
- Where
- Puerta del Sol in Madrid; organizers plan to continue their work in neighborhoods.
- Why
- Organizers say they want to build a social movement and prepare for the 11 November general strike. The Government Delegation also warned that ending the camp could be legitimate.
Organizers leaving the camp
Campers who intend to remain
Whether to leave Puerta del Sol
Organizers leaving the camp
Organizers say they are gradually leaving and moving their campaign into neighborhoods.
Campers who intend to remain
Some campers do not want to leave and plan to remain despite the possibility of a forced removal.
The housing-rights camp was set up at Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
The Government Delegation emailed the camp’s legal advice committee, saying it could be legitimate to end the camp.
The Government Delegation sent a second communication, according to EL PAÍS.
EL PAÍS reported a steady flow of people leaving the camp.
Most organizing committees announced their gradual dissolution and plans to move their activity to neighborhoods.
The organizers plan to support a general strike.
- Location
- Puerta del Sol, Madrid
- Camp duration
- More than a month
- Planned general strike
- 11 November
- Government Delegation communications
- Two, sent on Monday and Thursday, according to EL PAÍS
- People who left
- About 600 since the warning became known, according to spokesperson Zahira Pagán
- Committees remaining
- Two of the original ten were operating, with members of two others still present, according to Pagán
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What people are saying
From Acampada 26S, we begin the so-called ‘move’ to the neighborhoods to transform into a social and working-class movement, understood as ‘Movement 26S’, thus ending our activity in Puerta del Sol
Two emails in less than a week, urging us, which is a strong word, to leave, and stressing that we have lost all legal protection
The plan of the majority of the people camping who are staying is to remain there fully aware of the possible violent eviction
This does not mean that everything we have built is over.
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📢 INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE: Renfe Cercanías Madrid mantiene hoy la estación de Sol abierta y a disposición de sus usuarios, ya que no se han detectado problemas de salubridad en sus instalaciones.