It is difficult not to talk about the summer issue. No matter how much the beatings and the lack of knowledge of those responsible for the National Police have entertained us for a few days, what has become clear here is that there is enormous discontent among the citizenry due to the saturation we are suffering.

Felanitx hosted a protest this Tuesday afternoon against police action during Sunday's demonstration in Palma under the slogan 'Mallorca, at the limit'. The call, launched in less than 24 hours by various citizen groups and the Bloc per Felanitx, gathered more than 200 people.

Approximately 400 people have demanded this Tuesday the resignation of the Spanish government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, and of the police officials for the charges by the National Police against participants of the anti-saturation demonstration on July 26. The protest took place in front of the state government delegation, which the Police had secured by land and air: four National Police vans, a dozen officers and civil guards at the door monitored the demonstrators, in addition to the images captured by a helicopter and a drone that flew over the area during the two hours that the protest lasted, peaceful and civic at all times.

Demonstrations are not only held in the street. They also contend with the aftermath, when a media and political narrative is imposed about what happened. And, after the police charges of 26-J, the narrative of tourist saturation has been sidelined in the media by another debate much more comfortable for Marga Prohens' Government. It is important not to lose focus, because the president is one of the main people responsible for responding to the problems that the tourism model generates in the daily lives of the citizens of the Balearic Islands. The day after one of the most massive protests ever seen in the Islands, Prohens has not felt the need to face the situation, nor to give explanations about the lack of management, nor to confront her unfulfilled promises. The president has spoken about the charges, has demanded explanations from the Spanish government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, and has remarked that she respects the right to demonstrate, as if that were not a given.

About 200 people gathered this Wednesday evening in Plaça de Cort to denounce what they consider an "arbitrary" action by the Palma City Council after the Consistory did not authorize the Sopar a la Llesca planned within the program of the Canamunt 2026 festivities.

Dozens of workers from the public company Sóller 2010 have gathered this Saturday in the Plaça de Sóller to demand that the City Council unblock collective bargaining and avoid the indefinite strike called for this Monday.

If last week it seemed that part of public opinion had turned its back on the Menys Turisme, Més Vida platform after it published the manual encouraging direct action to protest against tourist overcrowding, the events of recent days have caused a plot twist.

A group of workers from the Sóller train has demonstrated this Saturday in front of the railway station, in Plaça d'Espanya in Sóller, to denounce the lack of safety in the railway infrastructure and demand urgent improvements in prevention and occupational health protocols.

The GOB, Terraferida and the Less Tourism More Life Platform have called a protest on July 5 under the slogan 'es Trenc NO es toca' (the meeting will be at 10 am at the parking lot of the Ràpita Nautical Club). Participants will form a human chain at Es Trenc in defense of the island's protected areas, affected by the provisions that the PP has incorporated into the Omnibus Law. The three entities have once again warned that this norm will reduce the protection of the natural areas of the Balearic coast, especially in areas like Es Trenc, in addition to making coastal uses more flexible.

One hundred officers from the Palma Local Police They gathered this Thursday in front of the City Hall to demand that the body management plan promised by the local corporation be implemented.

Neither the cold nor the bad weather forecasts stop the farmers: they begin the tractorsMore than a hundred tractors paraded from Campos to Ariany and drove through the streets of Palma, while another group traveled along the roads of Menorca (in three separate demonstrations) to demand solutions to the current critical situation in the primary sector and the uncertainty surrounding the future of the island's countryside. Specifically, they are protesting against the Mercosur agreement They demand that all products entering the Archipelago have the same conditions as local production and that agriculture not be a bargaining chip in the European Union.

The Plaça de Cort in Palma will host this afternoon's annual rally in support of the Sahrawi people, organized by the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi People of the Balearic Islands. The event will include the lighting of candles in remembrance of political prisoners and the disappeared. As the organization noted in a statement, December 25th marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the occupation of Western Sahara. Musicantes, Cor de Cambra, the Orfeó Ramon Llull, and CAUOM will participate in the rally. The event will serve to denounce the forced disappearances, repression, human rights violations in the territory, and the imprisonment of Sahrawis fighting for their freedom. The association points out that there are currently 39 Sahrawi political prisoners serving life sentences or 30- and 25-year terms in Moroccan prisons, under conditions they describe as inhumane. "Each candle we light will be a light against the silence, a cry against impunity, and a tribute to all the victims," the statement affirms. The Association of Friends of the Sahrawi People of the Balearic Islands reiterates its demand for the holding of the self-determination referendum promised to the Sahrawi people and recalls "the political, legal, and moral obligation" of Spain as the administering power of the territory. "This Christmas, we join in their pain, their hope, and their struggle," the organization concludes.

Residents of Palma have called for a pot-banging protest in front of the City Hall to protest the felling of 18 beautiful shade trees in Llorenç Villalonga Square.

Dozens of lifeguards demonstrated simultaneously in Palma and Ibiza to protest against the amendment to Decree 2/2005 regulating their work on beaches. According to the professionals, the proposed amendment establishes a non-preventive lifeguarding model, which contemplates the placement of towers 800 meters from the sidewalk. They also criticize the fact that it leads to increasingly shorter seasons, designed for tourists rather than residents.

On October 15, the UGT and CCOO organized two-hour work stoppages in all workplaces with the aim of "demonstrating that the world of work does not look the other way and also singles out Israel as a genocidal state," explained José Luis García, Secretary General of the Workers' Commissions of the Balearic Islands. Both unions formally registered the call for action in the Islands (which will also be carried out in the rest of Spain) this Tuesday with the Ministry of the Presidency. All employees—both in public and private companies—will be able to show their support for Palestine from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (morning shifts), from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. if they work in the afternoon, and from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. if they work at night.

The SATI union has called for a cacerolazo at the Palma Intermodal Station to kick off the eighth day of the strike. The "symbolic, renewed, and forceful" protest, the union reported, will take place starting at 8:30 a.m. this Tuesday.

Workers of companies subcontracted by Aena to provide logistics and ground operations services to aircraft, airlines and passengers (handling) at Son Sant Joan Airport complain of working "among fleas and cockroaches." A worker on the ARA Baleares plane shows off her body "covered in flea bites." In fact, at the workers' demonstration this Friday protesting working conditions, the secretary of the UGT (Union of Workers' Union) for the air sector in the Balearic Islands, José Negreira, denounced that "there's everything in the baggage claim area." "We have workers with many bites all over the place. It's shameful," he reiterated. Along the same lines, he added that passengers, "when they board, they see fireflies running around." "The airport is the gateway for tourism to the Islands. We're the first face they see, and the service isn't very good," he insisted.

Workers at companies subcontracted by Aena to provide logistics and operational services to aircraft, airlines, and passengers at Son Sant Joan Airport threatened this Friday to cause a "total collapse" in August due to the "precariousness of the sector" and the conditions in which they are forced to work. Balearic Islands Minister José Negreira warned that "if the government and Aena do not contact the workers within a week," he announced that they will bring out a hundred cars they have already prepared and begin circling the roundabout with the goal of ensuring that "no one gets through." handling They protested at the airport over the contracts with companies paid by Aena. "They give them 10-hour contracts, and as the season progresses, they increase them and they add a lot of overtime," explained José García, secretary of the Federation of Services, Mobility and Transport of the UGT (General Workers' Union), . "They treat the permanent, discontinuous workers as if they were temporary staff," the workers denounced. "We want them to hire staff and provide us with 100% of the minimum services," Negreira insisted.

The Mallorca Platja Tour organization has formally canceled the gathering planned for this weekend on the Amarador beach in Mondragó, as part of its efforts to raise awareness about overcrowding on the island's beaches.

The government delegation, led by the Director General of Mobility, Lorena del Valle, greeted the townspeople with a surprise tractor parade. They met this Tuesday with the owners of the land affected by the future train line between Sa Pobla and Port d'Alcúdia.