Far-right rally in Madrid on Saturday October 3

Núcleo Nacional and Democracia Nacional take to the streets on Saturday

On Saturday October 3, at 8:00 pm, Madrid's Alcalá street will host a rally mixing housing and immigration. Núcleo Nacional and Democracia Nacional have announced they are joining the demonstration organized by Indignados por España, with a meeting point at 7:30 pm in front of the Banco de España and the destination at number 21 of the same street, on the axis leading to the Puerta del Sol.

The messages spread by these far-right groups speak of defending decent housing and halting what they describe as an invasion. That is the framework the security operation is being built around. The question hanging over the day is not how many people will show up, but who they will run into.

Will there be a police cordon between Alcalá and Sol?

A prediction is circulating in the debate: that a security deployment will separate the organizers from the participants in the encampment. There is no official confirmation of the operation. A message circulating treats it as a given: from there to Sol there will be a police cordon, and it ends with two words, more theater.

The underlying suspicion, voiced by some participants, is that someone might benefit from a clash. It is worth remembering that, for now, it is just that: a suspicion.

Antiestéticar that the confrontation will feed a narrative

Some argue that images of unrest would serve as political ammunition: streets in turmoil, then the reproach and the pretext to reshuffle the board. Along those lines, the recommendation circulating among critics of the rally is the opposite of what one might expect: don't go near it, don't play along, leave the campers without a response and without fuel for the fire. What would be the point, what would it gain the cause, sums up another message that dismisses the idea of a clash.

Opposite is the pantomime thesis: that the campers are extras, that the faces have already been seen in other episodes and that everything trinc a script. It circulates freely on social media and has no evidence behind it.

Housing and immigration, the two intersecting themes

The core of the organizers' message ties together two issues: access to housing and immigration policy. The rally is presented as an event in defense of decent housing for Spaniards and against the invasion, in the words of the organizers themselves.

What doesn't add up

The security operation, the campers' response or the real number of attendees are unknowns that will only be resolved on Saturday night. And one more: if what is sought is a clash, the most effective way to deny it is not to go. That, at least, is the calculation made by some of those who have been trinc the matter for days. The rest, for now, is smoke.