It appears in the manuals of the military strategy. Before taking up a position, we must first consider how to defend it. Barcina, in 2004, was made with the Basque Party, waiting for the excavators. The old pediment was completely leveled with the ground before the agents pulled out the last of the young. But Barkos wanted Rozalejo in its entirety. UPN, by his youth, was not killed by the Navarrería war by a single vote. The Government of change, on the contrary, could hardly have come out of a festival of smoke and pelotazos that evoked the times of bad accord. Not forgetting that Geroa Bai voters are much more mugatiarras and easier to escape than UPN voters.

The Gaztetxe Marvels won the first battle after the refusal of the Government of Navarre to forcibly recover the building. In the war of public opinion they have not been so skilled. The tribute to Mikel Castillo, an ETA militant killed by the police, has brought them the outrage of Asiron himself. The equation between the 36-gunmen and the gudaris of recent decades has hurt many militants by historical memory, as well as distancing the people from Ezker Batua and Batzarre. The dining room and bar of the Gaztetxe, on the other hand, have not been so well received by all the hotel owners of the neighborhood. Self-managed projects are beautiful, but to whom you pay the rents and taxes you have to explain very well what you do not deserve.

In Germany, during the 1980s and 1990s, hundreds of public places were occupied in the name of self-management. In Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne… there were major incidents between police and youth. The first deals came when the Greens came to the first municipal governments. Finally, the other political forces realized that it was cheaper to have the rebels working juggling in their old theatres and cinemas than on the street kicking. Today, there are no major German cities without occupying their premises. Another thing is whether that has had any political influence on the kingdom of Merkel.

The Government of Navarra and the City of Pamplona should consider the occupation of Rozalejo as an investment. In the West, the cities that offer a physical contrast and a very diverse human landscape are the ones that succeed. The metropolis that wants to be has to offer the visitor, in addition to the historical space, the spacious gardens and the bourgeois widening, the charm of an alternative neighborhood. Gaztetxe Marvels has voiced his vocation to become the laboratory of revolution. After the end of the journey of the lockdown, I would take the tourists to Rozalejosa, to witness that fascinating social experiment.