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8 3 sands of rural protesters who had arrived from all over the country. During the rally, protesters sprayed red hand graﬃti on buildings and posted bills saying “GUILTY” on bank oﬃces and ministries, referencing the widely held belief that the crisis was caused by banks, the Govern- ment, and cuts in social services. Due to the large crowds, the demonstration split into two columns to avoid con- gestion. The demonstration ended with a protest camp in front of the Congress of Deputies. 3.3.4 25 July The “I Foro Social del 15M” was held in order to coor- dinate the mobilizations of the following winter. Dur- ing the economics assembly, 2001 Nobel Prize win- ner Joseph Stiglitz appeared to show his support to the movement. [103] The camp in front of the Congress con- tinued. 3.3.5 26 July 2011 EVENTS time, they evicted the tent city that had sprung up on the Paseo del Prado. The police then blocked oﬀ all access to Sol, including Metro and Cercanías, and ﬁlled the square with over 300 police, including riot police, and 50 police vans. [110] In response, protesters called an immediate convergence to try to access the square. The heavy police presence im- peded their entry. The protestors, then numbering over 5,000, [110] decided to turn to the streets, demonstrating from Callao, Gran Vía, Cibeles, and Paseo del Prado, all the way to the Congress of Deputies building, where they were met by more riot police, police barricades and police vans. [111] Protesters then turned to Atocha and once more to Sol, where they again encountered an overwhelming police presence. The decision was then made by the protesters to occupy Plaza Mayor, where an emergency participatory assembly was held in order to decide what to do. [112] Ultimately, protesters set up a temporary infor- mation booth in Plaza Mayor, and some stayed to camp through the night. [113] At the end of the night, two people were arrested, and released the day after. [114] Fifty indignados left Puerta del Sol walking in an International March to Brussels planning to arrive on 8 3.4.2 3 August October, a week before the demonstrations of 15 Octo- ber, in order to give the people’s proposals to the Euro- pean Parliament. 3.3.6 27 July Police violently removed the camp in Paseo del Prado, injuring a dozen people. [104] As a response, 500 demon- strators rallied towards the Congress. Meanwhile, several activists crossed the police line in the Congress wearing formal dresses and succeeded entering the Congress of Deputies, where the Book of the People, containing the rural problematics found during the Indignant People’s March, was delivered. Deputy Gaspar Llamazares com- promised on presenting it to the Congress and forwarded it to the Prime Minister. However, he made clear that he had no connection to the Movement. [105] [106] 3.4 3.4.1 August 2011 2 August When the assembly decided on 12 June to dismantle the tent city in Puerta del Sol, it also decided by consensus to leave behind an information booth, called PuntoSol, where people interested in the movement could ﬁnd infor- mation about how it had been decentralized to the neigh- borhood assemblies. [107] An organic garden surround- ing one of the fountains in Sol was also left behind in the square. At 6:30 a.m. on 2 August, the national and municipal police evicted the remaining protesters at the information booth, and cleaning crews dismantled PuntoSol [108] and the organic garden. [109] At the same Poster used in the protests, Not enough bread for so much chorizo, referring to political corruption, as "chorizo" is also used to mean “stealer.” [115] During the Plaza Mayor assembly, protesters decided to

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