Palma will mobilize again this Friday, October 9, in support of Palestine. Plaça d'Espanya will host a new protest starting at 7 p.m. against the war in Gaza and to denounce the continuation of Israeli attacks, in a call that will coincide with the housing encampment that has been maintained in this same space for days.

Thousands of people marched through the center of Palma this Saturday to demand the right to housing. The National Police estimated an attendance of about 3,000 people, while the organizing entities put the figure at around 10,000. For nearly two hours, house keys jingled among the protesters, and chants such as "Get landlords out of our neighborhoods," "Neither people without homes nor homes without people," and "Long live the working class struggle" accompanied a march that passed through some of the most central and expensive streets in the city.

The Spanish government delegate in the Balearic Islands, Alfonso Rodríguez, reiterated this Friday that the National Police will not evict the housing encampment in Palma's Plaza de España, despite the request from the Palma City Council for the Government Delegation to intervene and put an end to the protest.

The Mallorca Housing Camp will organize an advisory day this Thursday to help people whose rental contracts are about to expire to draft and send burofaxes to landlords to request the extension provided for in the housing decrees.

The housing rights movement will take to the streets again this Saturday in Palma. The Mallorca Tenants' Union, the Palma Housing Union, and the PAH Mallorca have called for a demonstration at 12 p.m. at Plaça d'Espanya under the slogan 'Let's make housing a right!', as part of the new wave of mobilizations called this weekend in different cities across the State.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Ibiza this Sunday to protest against the airport remodeling project promoted by Aena and to demand that an end be put to mass tourism. The demonstration began shortly after 6:00 PM at the Vara de Rei promenade and traveled through several streets of Vila. The National Police estimated about 4,500 people, while the organization placed the attendance between 5,000 and 10,000 protesters.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Palma and Ibiza this Sunday (where the Police speak of 4,500 people and the organization, of 10,000) to protest against the increase in airport capacity and demand that air traffic growth be curbed. The demonstration in the capital of the Balearic Islands began at 6:00 p.m. in front of the Government Delegation and ended at the Consolat de la Mar, with the slogan 'No more expansion, no more promotion'. The protest was called by the Platform against the Airport Expansion and was attended by neighborhood, environmental and social organizations.

The Anti-Racist Assembly of Mallorca demanded this Saturday respect for the rights of migrants in light of the situation in Ceuta, during a rally this noon at the Plaza de las Columnas in Palma.

"Holy cow! What are we doing here?". This was the reaction of some of the members of the Palma Municipal Music Band of Palma when, a few minutes before the start of the event in defense of Ceuta, they saw the atmosphere and heard the shouts against the Spanish government and Pedro Sánchez. One of the musicians explains that the ensemble had been requested by the mayor, Jaime Martínez, and that they approached it like any other institutional act. "But one thing is to be with the people of Ceuta and another is to want to oust a government", he summarizes.

"Zero contact", as summarized by a member of Menys Turisme, Més Vida, the interactions with the Spanish government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, after thepolice charges of 26-J, the most important anti-saturation demonstration day in the Balearic Islands. Rodríguez has not contacted the organizers or the injured, despite having called a press conference the day after the protest to criticize the "disproportionate" actions of the National Police and announce that he had commissioned urgent reports to "determine responsibilities". "The images we have seen cause us concern. I have asked for explanations from the head of the National Police [José Antonio Puebla]. Violent actions were carried out by some members of the police force against people who posed no threat. I regret what has happened and convey my consternation," he said on July 27.

The National Police has returned from the August holidays with their September homework done: a nice internal report (but immediately sent to the courts) on the demonstration of July 26, in which the demonstrators appear as the culprits of the police charges, and seven people in particular are pointed out as the instigators of the clash. The government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, was urged to resign as the direct political official responsible for that episode of police brutality. There were more than enough reasons to ask for it, this resignation, although, on the other hand, it was quite predictable that Rodríguez would not resign, and he did not. On the contrary, he received the support of Pedro Sánchez himself after his visit to Felipe VI “to confer” in Marivent: the president and the head of the Spanish state are undoubtedly two conspicuous connoisseurs of the social reality of the Balearic Islands, who know better than anyone what the citizens of these fortunate islands need. For his part, the day after the demonstration. Rodríguez not only did not resign, but he commissioned this police report that now arrives loaded with blame for everyone except the Police. Indeed, a surprise never seen before.

Three weeks, this is the time that has passed since GOB requested a meeting with the President of the Government, Marga Prohens, and the President of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, to know if they are willing to listen to the outcry of the 70,000 people who, according to the organizers' figures, demonstrated in Palma on July 26th against the perverse effects of saturation and touristification on the lives of residents. The meeting was requested just one day later, on July 27th, but the Executive has ignored the environmental organization's request. "We have not received a single response," assure GOB sources.

More than 800 people gathered on Friday evening in the Plaça de la Catedral in Ciutadella to denounce the tourist saturation that Menorca is suffering. The call, promoted by the Via Menorca platform, brought together citizens from different parts of the island for a popular, protest-oriented dinner.

Around 2,500 people (according to organizers, 1,000 people according to the Spanish government delegation) demonstrated this Saturday in Sóller along a route that began in Plaça dels Estiradors, passed through Carrer de la Lluna, and culminated in Plaça de la Constitució. After the demonstration on July 26 in Palma, Sóller, a symbol of tourist overcrowding, was the next stage of citizen mobilization.

The National Police is finalizing a report that it plans to submit to the court regarding the incidents recorded at the end of the demonstration against over-tourism held on July 26 in Palma. This was made known by the police force just a few days after the platform Menys Turisme, Més Vida i Alerta Solidària announced the details of the judicial offensive they are preparing against the officers who left about twenty demonstrators with injuries of varying degrees. The document, according to sources familiar with its content consulted by Europa Press, records the throwing of objects, alleged assaults on officers, and incidents with tourists, and argues that the police charges near Les Voltes and Antoni Maura avenue were a response to "the escalation of tension".

The demonstration called for this Saturday in Sóller by the Platform Less Tourism, More Life is planned as a peaceful, civic, and family mobilization. The organization has called for responsible participation and respect to ensure the day unfolds with normality and safety.

Eleven years ago, Jero Hernández Gelabert opened Just Sant Elm, a “sustainable souvenir,” as she describes it, in Sant Elm. There, she mainly sells products that follow the bases of her initiative: fair trade, local products, and craftsmanship. At the same time, the owner demonstrated against Mallorca's tourism model on July 26th.

A month ago, the Moviment Jove de Sóller (Young Movement of Sóller) called for the August 8th protest against saturation in the municipality, which they consider one of Mallorca's hotspots in terms of touristification: a municipality where "all the effects of overcrowding are clearly observed," state members of the entity, in conversation with ARA Balears. "For us, it is impossible to imagine a future in Sóller," they lament, and emphasize that the measures implemented by the City Council, focused on mobility (more parking, some only for residents, and low-emission zones among others), do not solve the underlying problems caused by saturation. The main one, as in the rest of the Balearic Islands, is housing.