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Four million stage general strike in Spain over national housing crisis (www.abc.net.au)
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Four million people in Spain joined a general strike, protesting rising rents and evictions amid a housing crisis.

It is the first general strike since workers downed tools in 2012 against austerity measures during the euro zone debt crisis. The walkout is backed by Spain's two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, representing more than a million workers, as well as tenants' associations angry about rising rents and evictions.

After largely peaceful marches, some protesters smashed storefronts and started bonfires.

An election is set for November 29.

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[–] [S] 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It may be closer to 5 million people on the streets in the strike which is about 10% of the Spanish population. Imagine if we had 10% of the population of Australia protesting against our housing situation. Reckon the politicians (an others) might take notice.

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    What tickles my brain is how so many relatively rich countries are all having the same problems at the same time.

    Housing shortage, affordability crisis, etc

    I'm a bees dick away from being a conspiracy nut.

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