立ち退きとジェントリフィケーションに反対するテント村運動

マドリーとバルセロナからの報告

https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/15/tachinoki-to-gentrification-ni-hantai-suru-tentomura-undou-madrid-to-barcelona-kara-no-houkoku

2026年9月23日、スペイン当局は、不動産会社「ウルバヘスティオン」との長きにわたる法廷闘争の末、障がいのある87歳の女性マリカルメン゠アバスカルをマドリーの自宅から暴力的に立ち退かせた。彼女はその家に70年間住んでいたが、最近の家賃値上げを負担できなくなっていた。これに対し、その日、1万人が抗議のために街頭へ繰り出した。3日後、更に大規模なデモ隊がプエルタ゠デル゠ソル広場にテント村を築いた。この広場は、米国のオキュパイ運動の引き金となった15-M運動 （2011年）の舞台でもある。

マリカルメン゠アバスカルは、立ち退きに伴うストレスが原因で10月7日に亡くなった。イベリア半島の多くの都市では、抗議者達が引き続き広場を占拠しており、11月11日にはゼネストが呼び掛けられている。

ここでは、マドリーとバルセロナの記者が、スペインとカタルーニャ全土に広がる、立ち退きとジェントリフィケーションに反対する運動を内部の視点から伝える。

#日本語

The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
On the 2026 Midterm Elections

https://crimethinc.com/hotpotato2026

The Republicans' loss in the midterms sets us up for a volatile two years.

Ultimately, the Democrats are no more capable of addressing the root causes of popular anger than the Republicans. State power will continue to swing back and forth more and more wildly between different parties until our rulers consolidate an autocracy or we manage to effect revolutionary change.

At best, the election results should function as a mandate for grassroots resistance to the Trump administration's policies, not as a pressure valve to diminish the urgency we feel.

We must build the grassroots capacity to defend and care for our communities.

If we succeed, Democratic politicians will probably try to co-opt whatever we have achieved by offering to do the same things for us through the state. But they will only offer us what we demonstrate the ability to accomplish ourselves, and it is better to develop the ability to address needs directly and consistently than for the well-being of our communities to depend on the outcome of elections.

https://crimethinc.com/hotpotato2026

We can imagine an alternate reality in which Trump—chastened by the midterm results—seeks to deescalate.

In that case, spineless Democrats would be in a position to collaborate with the administration, passing joint legislation and preserving Trump's agencies and policies into the future.

Instead, by elevating white nationalist Stephen Miller to White House Chief of Staff, Trump is doubling down on a combative strategy, setting the stage for an open conflict between his administration and the rest of society.

This is probably for the best.

But it will be up to us to mobilize grassroots resistance, rather than imagining that politicians will defend our communities for us.

https://crimethinc.com/hotpotato2026

On September 23, Spanish authorities evicted an 87-year-old woman from her home of 70 years—sparking a countrywide movement against evictions and gentrification.

On November 11, the movement will carry out a general strike—the first in Spain in over a decade.

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/Maricarmen

For more background, you can read here about how the combative general strike that took place in Spain on March 29, 2012 erupted into massive street-fighting in Barcelona as participants wrested control of the streets from riot police.

https://crimethinc.com/texts/rosefire

As we argued in our analysis of the last two general strikes in the US, walking out of work is not enough—we must also interrupt the economy.

To succeed today, in addition to shutting down workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, and prisons, a general strike must target the choke points of the economy—physical locations like ports, highways, and distribution centers as well as online venues and other forms of infrastructure.

https://crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralStrikes

ホットポテトの持ち主が再び変わる
2026年中間選挙について

https://crimethinc.com/2026/11/06/hot-potato-no-mochinushi-ga-futatabi-kawaru-2026-chukan-senkyo-ni-tsuite

結局のところ、民主党も共和党と同様、民衆の怒りの根本原因に対処する能力など持ち合わせていない。支配者達が独裁体制を固めるか、あるいは私達が革命的な変革を成し遂げるまで、国家権力は異なる政党の間を益々激しく行き来し続けるだろう。

#日本語