LIS statement to the Catalan popular revolt
1- Monday 14 October the Supreme Court of Spain announced the sentence of judgment Farce leaders of Procés, It is resulting from 9 Y 13 years in prison for sedition and embezzlement, with disqualification to hold public office. Condemnation of the twelve political prisoners consummated punishment of two million Catalans who exercised their right to self-determination referendum voting in the 1-O in 2017. It is a miscarriage of justice, vindictive and condemnable, dictated to exemplify what can happen to those who are mobilized with the common goal of achieving independence.
2- Nevertheless, far from causing fear, Case deepened the rupture with Spain, It generated more outrage and a popular revolt. As soon as the ruling was made public students went on strike and there were concentrations in each town hall and main square of Catalunya. Thousands of people were mobilized to the El Prat Airport collapsing operation during hours of resistance to police charges. Wednesday began the "Freedom Marches", were huge columns with stellate flags of the provinces came walking down the road to Barcelona, where they converged Friday on a historic day general strike. Every day of the week the mass rallies called by the ANC were repeated - Òmnium, Democratic tsunami, the Inter CSC and CDRs. It has opened a new peak of polarization and a dynamic that will depend on the class struggle at the local and international level.
3- At present events she has broken a powerful youth. You are tired of cuts freedoms, feminists poses as electoral formality to get along with society, xenophobia immigrants. Settings, come from the Spanish State or the Catalan bourgeoisie. Definitely, one sick youth of the conditions imposed by capitalism. They are the children and grandchildren of those who fought heroically to Franco, they never accepted the Franco transition and its "exemplary democracy". He wants to turn around and act accordingly.
4- Young people have been placed in the first line up barricades to defend against the repression of the National Police and the Mossos d'Esquadra that so far have caused: 21 arrested, more of 600 wounded, four of which had an eye for rubber bullets, one lost one testicle and another person is in serious condition. further, youth is at the forefront of direct confrontation with the groups that come to lead the Spanish flag in one hand and in the other Nazi salute.
5- Some argue that the Catalans are violent and designated as terrorists. Enraged son mentiras. The truth is that they defend repression, as did generations of Spaniards against Franco. Violent is the regime clubbing protesters with arms raised, sitting on the floor or voting. State violence is punishable by imprisonment who are self-determined and organized a democratic referendum and pursues and prosecutes activists. Violent is the oppressor, not the underdog fights as you can. It is a shame that there are those who call themselves Republicans, progressives, democratic, left and not clearly support the claims of the Catalan people, objectively putting side Rey, its repressive forces and right-wing parties. We can and want to be weighed Commons with one and another, in an equidistance places closer to the oppressors than the oppressed.
6- The government of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), the PP, Citizens and extreme right VOX not only guarantee failure, but they are pushing for the adoption of emergency measures. Far from giving a political solution to a political problem judicializing intend to continue protest. They are the exponents of a monarchical parliamentary system, embodied in the Constitution 78, that is totally exhausted, You can not provide any progressive response to the nationalities of the Iberian Peninsula, or workers, pensioners and women. Only it offers subservience to the European Union, enemy of self-determination, guarantor of the businessmen and bankers bailout and manager of curtailment of democratic rights and social.
7- The village has returned to kick the board and has put the major parties Catalans in the dilemma of catching up to the occasion or be overwhelmed. Continuity of attacks target placed on central power that do not serve black halftones: the regime is defeated or oppression deepens. It has been demonstrated with the symbolic declaration of independence despite the popular will to enforce the Republic with the constitutional process and go to the end. So growing discontent with those from the Government and the Parliament say one thing and do another: of the Republic speak, but put towards autonomy, encourage disobedience, but they support the repression of Mossos or warrant has arrested. Claiming social measures, but keep the cuts in health, to state wages and nefarious privatization Aragonese Law. It is necessary to turn away from the "Super Skills" and open the way direct role in mobilizing, strikes and popular organization with new leaders at the helm. It is on the street where the people defended: Release detainees, Disobedience determination and mark the way forward, also faced the Catalan bourgeoisie.
8- In Chile, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Algeria, France, Syria, definitely, on every continent great battles are fought. With every popular victory, the struggle against the exploiters and oppressors is strengthened, the capitalist system and imperialism. Because, We called the broadest unity of action to support the struggle of the Catalan people and from the sentence, from the International Socialist League we have deepened the campaign of solidarity with actions embassies and consulates of Spain in different countries. we will continue, against repression, for freedom of political prisoners and exiles, of those arrested in protests, by the fall of the regime shaped by Franco. This would be an immensely progressive step, but insufficient. We continue to promote socialist revolutionaries go beyond, We do not encourage a change of Spanish Catalan patterns by patterns, the operator is the same bourgeoisie, no flags. We stand up for democratic conquests as an essential step in the strategy to break the imperialist bloc EU, to establish a workers' government and the people and a free Federation of Socialist Republics of the Iberian Peninsula.
20 October 2019.
