A translation of the opening paragraph of a post by Ignacio Escolar on the recent sit-ins across Spain in favour of more dignified and accessible housing:

"We belong to a generation condemned to live worse off than their parents despite the big-number economy telling us Spain is doing well. We have been deprived of the most basic, of housing, of having a family. As time goes by, the average age for having children is getting delayed because we do not have a place in which to bring them up, nor the time as these days two paychecks are needed when one was once enough. We were born in a democracy and we are, on paper, the most well-educated generation in the history of this country, but our working conditions are becoming increasingly worse and the only competition they say we can offer is low wages. We have the Internet and Playstations but the lounge in our parents' home is bigger than the whole flat which, if we are lucky, will be ours in 30 years, mayber more"