Every time there is an act of kale borroka in the Basque Country, the political violence that it can generate is condemned immediately and forcefully by politicians, governments and their media terminals. As soon as it happened, everyone rushed to find out who accused him or condemned him most forcefully and firmly. As if there were only such violence. These same politicians, governments and media terminals forget – or conceal – that a large part of the population suffers from other types of economic, social and labour violence.

They are silent in the face of capitalism, which is responsible for unemployment affecting thousands of young people who in the future will have nothing but misery and poverty. They remain silent at the price of the lowest pensions (between EUR 350-400 per month) charged by thousands of citizens. And with occupational accidents, even though more than a hundred workers die each year in the Basque Country. Nothing is said about the serious situation created by the use of asbestos, which this year has caused 14 deaths and 120 people have died since 2008. The relocation of companies and multinationals has left hundreds of workers on the streets, but remains silent. The big tax fraudsters are told nothing and, of course, do nothing to end tax havens. We have heard nothing to denounce that the banks have closed the source of credit; on the contrary, they have used the money from our pockets to save those banks. They feel silent in the face of evictions, knowing that they are the cause of suicide. And they bless anti-social laws against workers.

It is time to put aside this political hypocrisy and to act against all these violence in a decisive and immediate way, as well as against the capitalist system behind them, because an important part of society is in trouble.