How a disabled, evicted 87-year-old woman became a political football in Spain’s upcoming election. In Spain, an average of 44 evictions are carried out every day. While statistics are shocking, numbers alone rarely spark a revolution. Mass protest movements instead tend to rally around one compelling individual story. Maricarmen Abascal’s eviction and activism made her an emblem of Spain’s mass housing protests. https://mediafaro.org/article/20261014-how-a-disabled-evicted-87-year-old-woman-became-a-political-football-in-spains-upcoming-election?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward #Spain #MaricarmenAbascal #Housing #Protest #Politics