starry Madrid
About 120.000 people were mobilized to the capital of the Spanish State. "Self-determination is not a crime". The action was organized by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) Omnium Cultural and, with the support of organizations like the rest of Spain: eh Bildu, Bloque Nacionalista Gallego (BNG), Madrileños for the Right to Decide, left Castellana, It is in our hands, Altsasu Gurasoak and the Andalusian Union of Workers, among other. Were officials of the Generalitat, the Parliament and leaders of the Catalan independence parties.
The crowd came to Madrid in 500 coaches, Private vehicles, aircraft and AVE, crossing over 600 kilometers. stellate flags, Republican, Basque Country, Galicia, Castile and Andalusia; yellow ribbons, posters and stained color folksongs one kilometer and a half Paseo del Prado, between Atocha and Cibeles. The world media highlighted the massive participation. The massive demand for the release of political prisoners and exiles and self-determination resounded on the walls of the Moncloa, the Zarzuela Palace and the Supreme Court.
The fight against Farce trial , also he expressed with humor and creativity of the Catalan people, reminding the judges, pointing to the green Cibeles and Enric Millo statement on the alleged use of violent participants 1-O pull the floor detergent for washing dishes, "Fairy trap", repressors police. The event ended with attendees intoning L´Estaca.
The massive demand for the release of political prisoners and exiles and self-determination resounded on the walls of the Moncloa, the Zarzuela Palace and the Supreme Court.
There have been other mass mobilizations, for example, of Brussels 45.000 people, the last National Day with a million attendees and held a month ago in Barcelona 200.000 people. Nevertheless, the 16M was a historic day, concretized in the very face of oppressive central power, peacefully and without falling into any provocation of the Spanish Falange and other fachos.
On the same day there was a march against the unit of Spain, It was a dismal failure. Since the PSOE government responded with the regime of monarchic-parliamentary '78 in the mouth: "Within the Constitution, all; outside her, nothing".
El PP, in the mouth of his secretary of organization Javier Maroto, He has promised that the government Pablo Casado "this will not happen again", that is to say, who they think prohibit the Catalan democratic participation in the streets. TV3 citizens denounced to the Electoral Board for coverage 16M. Between PP, Citizens and Vox, there is a tough fight to see who's far-right. It is no coincidence that Madrid was repeatedly sung "Not pass".
The future of the Republic will not be defined only in Catalunya, but also in Spain and in the international arena of class struggle.
The general strike and mobilization leading the way for self-determination and freedom. And 16M milestone should mark a copy: deepening the fight for the support of workers and the Spanish people.
The speeches stressed the need to address the attack on the Catalans cut as part of democratic freedoms throughout the Kingdom of Spain. flyers were distributed in Castilian, others with links to videos about fight catalanda, police violence and 1-O. It was exciting to receive solidarity from some locals, taxi drivers honking, Galician, Basques and Andalusians, among others present.
Since SOL we are proud to have initiated and participated in this unforgettable day and internationally to defend the Catalan cause from Anticapitalist Network.
