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‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election

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Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change At a makeshift lunch counter tucked within a maze of tents at a housing protest camp in Madrid…

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  • Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change At a makeshift lunch counter tucked within a maze of tents at a housing protest camp in Madrid…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:43:36 UTC.

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