Police officers who hit demonstrators in non-violent and legitimate mobilizations – such as the massive protest last Sunday in Palma, against overpopulation and «turistification» – do so protected by the anonymity of their helmets and badges: they are not people with a face and a name, like citizens, but rather there is a conscious effort to give the police officer who represses citizens an aspect as dehumanized as possible. This is well known, studied, and denounced. The other great instrument of concealment for the repressive police officer is corporatism. This is the foundation for the development of police accounts that, to put it mildly, clash with or contradict reality. That they lie, to put it bluntly. They know they can do it because corporatism, a kind of misunderstood and perverted camaraderie, makes it impossible for a police officer to ever dare to report the bad practices — and whoever says bad practices, says crimes and offenses — of their less exemplary colleagues.The National Police of Palma has produced a report on the events of Sunday evening in which they do the usual: victimize themselves and state that they had to resort to charges to "defend themselves" from "violent demonstrators" who caused "fear". The song of individuals who like to line up as muscular cabinets, armed to the teeth and trained for whatever may come, who claim to feel intimidated and scared to death by defenseless demonstrators who – in the case of Palma – do such fearsome things as sing La Balanguera. It is tiring, above all, because it is a lie. From the police of October 1st to those of Altsasu, including those who have been in charge of repressing pro-Palestine demonstrations with batons, they all claim to feel deep fears when they have to confront the unleashed hordes of violent demonstrators. The reality, repeated over and over again, is that the provocative, aggressive, and – if necessary – violent elements in demonstrations and other citizen protest events are the police officers themselves. This is what happened in Palma, where there were more than twenty injured, including a photojournalist who had to receive six stitches in his head. The police attacks were unjustified. And, above all, intolerable.False police reports and statements – and, when necessary, false declarations before courts by police officers and high-ranking officials – are repeated because the political leaders do nothing about it (they are afraid, these ones). The government delegate in Palma, Alfonso Rodríguez, is asked to resign. He should also present it due to his incompetence in having done the dirty work for the tourism businessmen and the PP and Vox Government chaired by Marga Prohens. They have achieved the objective of tarnishing a demonstration that was as powerful as it was civic, and on top of that, they can blame a socialist government delegate. They probably think they have made a masterstroke, but more or less everyone sees through them (this does not mean that the delegate must resign, of course).

A resident of the old Palma prison on Thursday accused the City Council of breaking promises made to the inhabitants and allowing them to continue living "surrounded by rats and garbage". "We were promised something and absolutely nothing has been done," she pointed out during an intervention at the municipal plenary session this Thursday.

From the letter A of Alicante, Albacete and Almería to the letter V of Valladolid and the X of Xixón. The thousands of people who overflowed onto Avenida Maria Cristina in Barcelona this Saturday celebrated with a shout of victory the name of each city that joined the first major national mobilization in defense of the right to housing. More than 40 Spanish towns and cities have coordinated their demands for more solutions to the housing emergency from the Spanish government—and the regional executives—whom they accuse of having focused their measures on tax breaks for property owners. "Today we have made history again," Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for the Renters' Union, claimed in statements to the media before the rally.

His name is Arnaldo, he's 83 years old, and his is a story with a happy ending. Originally from Bologna, he found himself homeless because he couldn't pay his rent and ended up sleeping in his city's airport. The workers responded with solidarity: the newsstand worker gave him a newspaper every day, the cafeteria worker brought him food and drinks... and months went by, up to nine, until the City Council noticed his situation and offered him a place to live a year ago. Arnaldo's story is reminiscent of Dominico's. He's also Italian, 78 years old, and sleeps in Barcelona's El Prat Airport. However, Dominico hasn't been so lucky: Three weeks ago he saw himself thrown out of the airport, in a move by Aena to try to empty the infrastructure of the hundred homeless people who live there.

From baptising a club with his initials, BCM, and placing them, immense, in gold on the facade, to starring in one of the most notorious corruption cases in the history of the Balearic Islands. Bartomeu Cursach Mas, known as the king, the kingpin or even the godfather was the great mogul of Majorcan nightlife. And he still has power. This Monday, however, he was back in court. He is one of the 23 people –including politicians, civil servants, businessmen and policemen– who are indicted in a trial that is expected to last until April 2023, and bears Cursach's name. But the defendants' bench was significantly emptied out on the first day: Palma's Court has agreed to acquit six of those involved, after the accusations –including the Prosecutor's Officed– have withdrawn the charges they faced.