Tenants' union urges strike Racu explains its strategy

Oct 2

Speaking live from Sol, Tenants' Union spokeswoman Valeria Racu says the decree defeat is unsurprising and accuses the right of serving property speculation, the left of failing to advance rights and the far right of scapegoating vulnerable groups. Those are her political judgments. She calls the decrees minimum measures and says anger is becoming hope through organizing, claiming eight days of popular power have achieved more than eight years of progressive government. She renews the drive toward a general strike, without announcing its date or a completed call. Asked whether Sol will disperse, she says its own assembly decides and the camp currently continues. It must set new objectives after the decrees' defeat. She announces prospective weekend demonstrations in more than 54 cities and describes teachers, educators, forest firefighters, health workers and housing campaigners joining a broader coalition. She says the movement will outlast the last tent. The entire interview retains her answers and the distinction between ongoing occupation, organizing and future action.

On October 2, after the housing-decree defeat, Spain's Tenants' Union renews its appeal to organize toward a general strike. Alicia del Río invokes the strike as a workers' tool; Valeria Racu's full live interview argues that parliamentary failure strengthens popular organizing and describes a coalition beyond housing. RTVE says CGT offers to call a strike. CCOO and UGT plan talks and street mobilization but do not confirm one. Racu announces prospective weekend demonstrations in more than 54 cities and says the Sol camp decides its own future. There is no agreed strike date, confirmed joint labour-union call or completed weekend mobilization in these sources.