From Maricarmen’s eviction to the general strike: how Spain’s youth are defying the housing crisis

By Amnesty International

“These young people today… they don’t protest like they used to…” They call us the “generación de cristal” or the “Glass Generation”. They say we are fragile, but here we are protesting and resilient – because when glass breaks it cuts. To many on the outside it may have looked like the Spanish housing protests […] The post From Maricarmen’s eviction to the general strike: how Spain’s youth are defying the housing crisis appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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