Occupation of Podemos activist's home: private property in Spain should be sacrosanct

We all know that for the left, "occupation" is just a fiction. Even parties such as Podemos and Mas Madrid have included anti-eviction activists or former occupiers in their lists. For example, the leader of Podemos in Madrid, Alejandra Jacinto, is a prime example. But of course, it is interesting to know what the occupation means for communists, activists and independence supporters.

Occupation and the struggle against eviction

Remember, for example, the words of Gemma Galdón, who was speechless when her home was occupied by the occupiers, or the response of Carles Riera when asked about his reaction if his home had been occupied. Or the case of the mayor of Caldes de Malavella (Gerona), when his house was occupied by the occupiers and he felt 'defenseless'. Or even''Anti-eviction activists who demanded the eviction of the very occupiers of their home: "I don't understand how we wait so long when there is a court decision that says they have to leave the place. The conclusion is, let them occupy all private properties.... except their own.

Executive directors are being victimized.

Today we come across another case of executive directors being victimized themselves. His name is Josep Janet, he is a member of Podemos, and he wrote a letter to "Pablo Iglesias, Ada Colau and Yolanda Diaz": "I am a Podemos activist of forty years, I belong to leftist political activity and I am 60 years old. My house that I own has been occupied and I am literally living on the street. "

Injustice and''lack of support

He blames Pablo Iglesias, Ada and Yolanda: "You don't know anything about fighting poverty and you don't want to because you are not poor yourselves. "In my town, Esparreguera, ruled by a left-wing coalition from the PSC and Catalonia in Public, there is a social services department under the care of the latter political formation. The municipality has an apartment for emergency housing, but they empty it for their own interests." "I went to the municipal mediation service to try to mediate with the family of the occupiers, but the Councillor for Social Services himself opposed the process and nothing happened," adds Janet.

The demand for help and disillusionment with politics

"All the mechanisms of the left to fight poverty have failed again. My only option is to seek mediation with Desokupa, but I can't afford to pay for their services as I receive social assistance of 480 euros a month. I will talk to Dani Esteve and ask him to let me pay for their services in installments if he accepts my case. My case is not unique and there are many more people who are in the same or even worse situation than me. "

Religion and hope for help

"It has been proven that when the so-called transformative left comes to power in cities, regions and in the very''state, the rights of citizens and the quality of life of the peoples of the country are rapidly deteriorating. This is not a problem of ideology, but of the people in power who, in their lust to achieve personal power and improve their social and economic situation as deputies and representatives, completely ignore their origins and obligations." "You have no idea how to fight poverty and you don't want to because you are not poor yourselves, but your more than need our vote to vote for yourselves." Janet told LibreMercado that while forced to sleep in his car and eat in public canteens, meanwhile his three-room house is being enjoyed by the occupier: "They are disregarding the Constitution because they are effectively legalizing the occupation, even though in''Spain's personal property should be sacred because it is a right enshrined in our Constitution'." He said that during the election campaign he was paid to stay in a hotel so that he would not try to express his opinion, but after the election, when he published his letter, he was kicked out again. Josep rented his house, but when he asked the tenants to leave the dwelling so he could move there himself, the occupier stopped paying rent and refused to leave, so Janet is forced to live in his car. He claims he sought help from a social counselor from Ada Colau's party, who promised to find alternative housing for the occupier, but never fulfilled his promise. He described this in a video on his social media accounts in which''has accused social services of manipulation to secure social rent for the occupier at the expense of his own housing, and so asks Pablo Iglesias to intervene from Ada Colau: "I supported you before and now you need to help me". Janet accuses Iglesias and Colau of not fighting for the two vital issues of housing and poverty, and calls them "shameless" and "careerists" who have disappointed voters from the left.