As the callers explained, it was known on 9 July that the City Council of Erandio has authorised the company Labartain, S.L. The knock down of their homes to "build a macro-infrastructure in the place where we develop our life project." They have strongly criticised the fact that this permission has been given even though people are known to live there.

"The attack on Astika has a marked symbolic character", concluded, "given that the neighborhood is in a strategic place for the capital, between two highways, a shopping center and an industrial area". In fact, Astika is located near the Faoeta district, between him and the Carrefour mall.

"Clash between Capital and Life"

"At the heart of the Astika conflict there is a collision between two opposing positions," they said, "a clash between Capital and Life. On one side are the economic interests of the few: Those who destroy our mountains to build the High-Speed Train, those who evict the gaztetxes to speculate with the construction, those who drive the neighbors out of their neighborhoods to meet the needs of tourists. On the other side are the ones we resist, the ones we continue to fight for a fairer and more supportive world."

According to Astika Herria, there are some 16th-century dwellings in the neighborhood. "We find them about to fall, and in the last eighteen years we have rebuilt and filled them with life," he added. They also recalled that the process of reaching the demolition licence began in 2010, when the City Hall of Erandio recalified the area, eliminating the condition of agricultural land and declaring it industrial land. "Opening our message, we hope that the debate on occupation and the right to housing will be put on the table," added Astika Herria.