Antifascist activists gather at UAB amid planned visit by Vito Quiles in Bellaterra, Spain

On October 19, 2026, in Bellaterra, Spain, @MarcMontanya7 shared a video showing an activist gathering at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). In the footage, a large crowd assembles outside a university building, with many people dressed in dark clothing and some carrying flags as they move around the entrance and nearby steps. The camera pans across the gathering, capturing people moving through the area and groups of riot police wearing helmets and carrying shields positioned nearby. According to reports, the university had refused to authorize Vito Quiles’s planned campus event and asked Catalonia’s police to prevent his entry. Hundreds of students gathered at Plaça Cívica to oppose his visit, while police deployed barriers and officers to prevent confrontations.