Ponent CGT supports the CSO La Chispa against the imminent eviction.The Criminal Court has decided to grant an ”interim order” of eviction against the squatted social center, without even it being requested by the owner himself.By Rojo yNegro

From the CGT Ponent we give our full support to Okkupied Social Center La Chispa, a space squatted since December 2007 and has until now been a meeting place for groups and social movements developing hundreds of educational, cultural and recreational activities.

Like the occupying collective we understand the occupation as a cultural, social and political action to promote creative spaces, meeting, gathering and dissemination of ideas, workshops and to denounce real estate speculation and model of consumerist leisure that exists in our city.

Interestingly the occupied space is on the N-240 road at the exit of Alpicat, dedicated to commercial entertainment and the promotion of consumerism without taking into account the needs and the residents of the city or working conditions of people they work there.

In addition, the occupied centeris owned by “UA S.L.”, a company which is part of the investment holding company “Grup Cervera Carras”. Since 2000 this company has spent millions buying up cheap land which n ow, with the financial crisis past, has been hugely revalued after the area was requalified as urban.

Parallel to this, almost nine years after the occupation, and after the trial, the judge has approved the eviction as a ”precautionary measure”, ie. 8 years and a half after the initial complaint and without being asked for this emergency legal procedure takes effect.



In this situation, from the CGT we support the CSO La Chispa and everyone involved there; We defend the occupation as a means of campaigning and as a meeting space for social movements of the city.

At the same time we strongly reject the measure of ‘preventive eviction’, we understand that after nearly nine years of occupation and having entered into a criminal trial in June, to issue an eviction order prior to judgment responds only to economic interests and allows the company that owns the land to evict them as quickly as possible without having to resort to civil proceedings.

So therefore, we join the call for solidarity made by the collective CSO La Chispa and encourage the residents of Lleida to join it .

FL CGT Lleida

CGT Ponent apoya al CSO La Chispa ante el inminente desalojo