Some sources estimated the numbers attending at 100,000, but experienced activists put the number considerably lower at around 15,000.
The largest unions which called the General Strike: the UGT and CC.OO. were present as was the anarcho-syndicalist union the CGT, also backing the strike. Visible police presence was minimal, although like throughout the whole city there were large numbers of secret police, one of whom was dressed as a shopper with his baton protruding from his carrier-bag! Towards the rear of the march was a band and stilt-walkers who iniated a General Siesta Against Capitalism, providing much-needed rest and shelter from the scorching sun.

The other Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union, the CNT had a separate demonstration with more radical demands and was met with large numbers of riot police.

Apart from the demonstrators, the city was almost deserted with almost no shops open, except for a C&As and an Irish Pub.

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