La candidatura del president Puigdemont al PE, blocat per la JEC

The unprecedented decision (30 April 2019) by the Spanish Electoral Commission to bar three candidates to the European Parliament, later (6 May 2019) quashed by a Madrid court. A big victory for the Catalan independence movement:
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Iridia and International Trial Watch

The April issue of Omnium's newsletter contains an interesting interview with Anaïs Franquesa, a member of Irídia, who talks about the referendum trial and the work of International Trial Watch. Here is an English translation: I hope she and Omnium don't mind!
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FT and Pedro Sanchez

So, so often, the Spanish press has distorted, manipulated and misreported what the leaders of the Catalan independence movement say. This time it's FT that's on the receiving end.
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Fascist violence in Mataró

Fascist attacks on support of Catalan independence supporters increase by the day. Here is a communiqué on the latest incident, translated by M.S. into English.
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By Benet Salellas: Violation of Fundamental Rights in Europe: The Catalan Trial as a Case Study

I recommend this detailed summary, in English, of the legal arguments presented by defence counsel Benet Salellas.

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Corrupción en Cataluña y España

Corrupción en Cataluña y España: la gran desproporción (a pesar de los intentos de los medios españoles).
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By d4veCAT: Video evidence, postponed by Supreme Court

Video evidence has been postponed by Supreme Court till the end of the trial, after all the police witnesses have repeatedly made descriptions of people's reactions to their violent attacks on polling stations on 1 October 2017 that have little to do, if anything, with what was recorded by dozens of voters on site: an English translation of a thread on this issue.
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What Swinburne wrote about Catalonia in 1775!

What was Catalonia like in 1775? Here are some extracts from a letter included in the book ''Travels Through Spain in the Years 1775 and 1776: In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings by Henry Swinburne'', 1779.
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By David Fernandez: "In uniform by day, uncontrolled by night" (Jan 2019)

This post is an English translation (by M.S.) of the article by David Fernandez "De dia uniformats, de nit incontrolats". I hope the author doesn't mind (and that it hasn't already been translated!)

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By Aamer Anwar: 'Spain has laid you a trap'

In an interview with Aamer Anwar, Catalan Minister Clara Ponsatí's lawyer, says that 'Spain has laid you a trap''. Here is the link to an English translation of the interview (September 2018).

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A supposedly, unsigned legal opinion requested by Sre. Tajani

This is part of a document written by an unknown person of an unknown institution, and apparently addressed to another unknown person.The author refers to the Legal Service of an unknown institution and there is no evidence that the document has at any time been drafted, seen or officially endorsed by any unit in the European Parliament. 
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The origins of PSC, the Catalan Socialist Party

In 1977 the main Catalan Socialist Party reached an agreement with the incipient delegation of the Spanish Socialist Party on Catalonia  to form a coalition, with the medium-term aim of uniting. Here are a couple of interesting texts, translated into English. 

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"Tumultuous masses"

The Spanish police seem keen to track down "tumultuous masses" during the 2017  referendum, to get judges to charge voters for their passive resistance on #1Oct. This is an English translation of an article by Oriol Solé @urisole. I hope he and the newspaper don't mind.
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I decline an invitation

I have not accepted an invitation to an important international conference. Click here if need be to find out why.

VIDEOS, La Caparrella 1-Oct

Per a qui vulgui contrastar els testimonis -sota jurament- dels polícies d'avui 17 d'abril a la tarda, sobre la seva intervenció a La Caparrella, l'1 d'octubre.
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By José Luis Martí: Violations of the Catalan political prisoners' rights

A disturbing article on two recent decisions by Spanish authorities that violate the Catalan political prisoners' rights, by José Luis Martí, member of the Global Democracy Project and Associate Professor of Law at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Here is an English translation by M.S. that the author has authorized.

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firemen

On October 1 2017, during the referendum, firemen were active in many polling stations, attempting to prevent the Spanish police from injuring voters, and later issuing a statement deploring their violence. They were publicly acclaimed in later days. The Spanish authorities took careful note and now, 18 months later, three firemen are being investigated by a Girona court at the behest of the Spanish police.
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Miami-Barça

 In the end the Girona-Barça football match was played... in Girona!

 Here is translation of a short article on the subject.

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By Ernesto Ekaizer: The five reasons why Marchena will not opt for rebellion

Here is an English translation (I hope the author and the paper do not mind) of an article by ERNESTO EKAIZER: "Les cinc claus per les quals Marchena no apostarà per la rebel·lió".
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By Ricard Gonzalez, an anguished plea from

Here is an anguished plea from yet another innocent victim of the silent war being waged by Spain against the whole of our independence movement.
Please disseminate and, if you can, make a donation. I have (and, sadly, not for the first or second time).
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VIDEOS. Sabadell: Escola Nostra Llar. 1-Oct

El PN de Sabadell parla sobre la intervenció a l'escola Nostra Llar. Aquí hi ha vídeos que podrien matisar les seves versions.
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Special issue of IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies on Catalonia

Here are links to the six papers on Catalonia in the latest issue of IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies. Five of them were read at the IAFO conference in Bacelona in July 2018.
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Conclusions on violations of rights in Catalonia in 2018

The Catalan Office of Civil and Political Rights issued, in January 2019, a short report on its activities. It has been translated unofficially into English by M.S.
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Manifesto, 20/12/2018

On December 20 2018 a Manifesto on the violence experienced on 1 October 2017 was signed by dozens of relevant organizations and groups.
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MEMÒRIA AUDIOVISUAL DE L'1-O

The Catalan Broadcasting Corporation published an interactive map explaining place by place what happened duing the referendum on self-determination on October 1 2017. This source and the one at the foot of the post are being widely used by the social media to almost instantly reveal the incorrect descriptions - by Spanish riot police officers testifying before the Supreme Court - of what really happened at each polling station.
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"Ja ha fet l'any", poema de Pere Grau

M'ha enviat aquest escrit en Pere Grau, indefatigable defensor de la nostra Nació, des d'Hamburg.
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