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"L'organització Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr de Gal•les afirma que la lluita catalana és bàsicament una lluita per la democràcia contra un Estat espanyol burgès corrupte, que ha pres una forma nacional a Catalunya.

No obstant això, el lideratge nacionalista català busca subordinar a Catalunya a una Brussel•les corrupta i a la Unió Europea, no és l'alliberament nacional, sinó un simple reajustament entre els burgesos nacionals de l'Estat espanyol i d'Europa.

L'Esquerra Revolucionària de Catalunya s´ha d'oposar tant al corrupte Estat espanyol com a la corrupta Unió Europa, l'OTAN i elevar a la classe obrera al lideratge polític de la lluita nacional per la democràcia a Catalunya. La classe obrera ha de guanyar la direcció de l'alliberament nacional.
Suport a la declaració unilateral d'independència de Catalunya.

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La organización Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr de Gales afirma que la lucha catalana es básicamente una lucha por la democracia contra un Estado español burgués corrupto, que ha tomado una forma nacional en Cataluña.

Sin embargo, el liderazgo nacionalista catalán busca subordinar a Cataluña a una Bruselas corrupta y a la Unión Europea, no es la liberación nacional, sino un simple reajuste entre los burgueses nacionales del Estado español y de Europa.

La Izquierda Revolucionaria de Cataluña debe oponerse tanto al corrupto Estado español como a la corrupta Unión Europa, la OTAN y elevar a la clase obrera al liderazgo político de la lucha nacional por la democracia en Cataluña. La clase obrera debe ganar la dirección de la liberación nacional.
Apoyo a la declaración unilateral de independencia de Catalunya.

Socialism and Independence

Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr in Wales says the Catalan struggle is basically a struggle for democracy against a corrupt bourgeois Spanish State which has taken a national form in Catalonia.

However the bourgeois nationalist Catalan leadership seeks to subordinate Catalonia to a corrupt Brussels and the European Union - this is  not national liberation but a readjustment among the national bourgeois in the Spanish State and Europe.

The Revolutionary Left in Catalonia should oppose both the corrupt Spanish State and the corrupt European Union and NATO and elevate the working class to political leadership of the national struggle for democracy in Catalonia - the working class should win the direction of national liberation.


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The UPG (Galizan People’s Union) condemns the repression unleashed against the Catalan people and upholds the right to self-determination

The  UPG (Galizan People’s Union) condemns the repression unleashed against the Catalan people and upholds the right to self-determination
01/10/2017/

The violent repression carried out by the Spanish regime on Sunday 1 October intended to prevent the Catalan people from freely deciding its own future only served to fully expose the absolutely authoritarian and anti-democratic nature of the Spanish political system which does not hesitate to unleash police repression to deny basic rights and civil liberties, especially to thwart the exercise of the right to self-determination.

As we have repeatedly stated in the past, it is not Mariano Raxoi’s government and the People’s Party who  are not solely to blame for this anti-democratic conduct, but the Spanish State itself, i.e. the political regime born out of the Transition and the Constitution of 1978, falling back on the would-be legality of a constitutional text which states that the “Spanish people” is the exclusive holder of political sovereignty, thereby effectively denying the right of nations such as Catalonia and Galiza to decide freely over their own future.

It is also important to remember that all of the Spanish political parties publicly declared themselves to be against the referendum held on 1 October, despite its having been called by the Catalan government, democratically elected by the people and in  accordance with the legislation passed by the Catalan Parliament; some, such as the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and Ciudadanos lent the Spanish government their unconditional support, while others, such as Podemos and the United Left (IU) attempted to deglegitimise the result of the ballot under the pretext of ‘a lack of guarantees’ which, as was to be expected, they laid at the door not of the Spanish but of the Catalan Government.

Trying to camouflage the denial of the right of Catalonia to decide for itself and to become a sovereign State if that is the will of the Catalan people behind the fiction of a referendum agreed on with the Spanish regime which, as they know full well, never was and never will be possible, is the lowest of political shams and shows the true colours of the so-called left-wing organisation in Spain which have already made it clear that their claim to ‘break’ with the regime is nothing more than hot air and demagoguery because, when it comes down to it, they too in practice deny the sovereignty of the nations within the Spanish State, be it Catalonia or Galiza.

What the independence process and the referendum in Catalonia effectively did was to expose the true face of the Spanish political system and its so-called ‘democracy’. Denying basic rights and freedoms is how the Spanish regime responds to the will of our nations to be free. No state which violates basic rights and the freedom of expression, opinion, assembly, information and the right to decide through a ballot, resorting instead to violence to curb these rights, can be considered to be in any way democratic.

There will be some in Galiza who think that none of this has anything to do with us. Nothing could be further from the truth. The basic social, economic, cultural and linguistic, problems, etc. which affect our country are rooted in the political dependency we suffer and the denial by the Spanish State of our capacity to decide freely over our own affairs and interests. It is vital for the Galizan people to breaking free of this yolk in order for us to be able to build a better future of welfare, prosperity and freedom for ourselves.

Indeed, above and beyond the basic need to defend democratic rights, all of our nations have a vested joint interest in ending oppression and domination by the Spanish State. It is clear that the national question, especially in the light of the situation in Catalonia, is the key decisive factor which is shaking the foundations of the Spanish political system. For that reason, we must actively defend democracy and the right to self-determination and redouble our efforts to explain to all of those around us why, more than ever, Galiza needs to achieve national sovereignty.

The ongoing attack on rights and freedoms in Catalonia is an attack on the rights and freedoms of all of those who live within the confines of the Spanish State and all of the nations still part of it and who yearn to be free. It is, therefore, essential to defend democracy and the right of the peoples to decide, to exercise our right to self-determination and to build independent, sovereign states of our own. Today, by defending the freedom of Catalonia, we are also defending the freedom of Galiza and all people.

We know that no amount of repressive violence by the State will ever be enough to crush the sovereign will of the Catalan people who took to the polls en masse throughout the country and who has already gained its own Republic. Today we reiterate our wholehearted support for Catalonia as it democratically exercises its right to self-determination. And we also once again repeat our commitment to continue strengthening the self-organisation of the Galizan people and to continue working for a truly democratic break with the old regime, paving the way for full national independence and a sovereign State of our own: the Republic of Galiza.

Catalonia Foreign Minister : Referendum ‘impossible to stop’

Una hora de musica comunista catalana - One Hour of Catalan communist music - Red Salute from Wales

00:00 L'Estat i la revolució (El Estadoy la revolución)
03:32 La Internacional (La Internacional) 06:44 El despertar roig (El despertar rojo) 09:25 La gallineta (La gallinita) 11:59 Terra lliure (Tierra libre) 14:46 Onze de setembre (Once de septiembre) 17:27 Diguem no (Digo no) 19:40 Mil nou-cents trenta-nou (Mil novecientos treinta y nueve) 23:38 No passareu (No pasaran) 25:51 L'estaca (La estaca) 28:18 Som una nació (Somos una nación) 30:47 I si demá no tornara (Y si mañana no volviera) 35:33 Les quatre banderes (La cuatro banderas) 39:31 Ball de rojos (Baile de rojos) 42:45 Stalingrad (Stalingrado) 46:23 Canviarem la història (Cambiaremos la historia) 48:52 Avui com ahir (Hoy y mañana) 53:29 Serà un dia que durarà anys (Será un día que durará años) 55:43 Els segadors de sempre (Los segadores de siempre) 59:25 La flama (La flama)

'Spanish Prosecutor threatens jail for sedition in Catalonia

Declaration of Solidarity with the Catalan People of the Independent Organizations of Nations Without a State Under French Domination

Manifesto of solidarity with the Catalan people.

On 1 October the Catalan people were invited to vote on the independence of Catalonia in a self-organized referendum whose legality was contested by the Spanish authorities.

Various measures of intimidation followed: searches of companies likely to produce voting material, ostensible deployment of the Spanish army and police, an attempt to ban the website for the promotion of the referendum, judicial convocation of more than 700 elected officials having pledged to favor in their communes the holding of the vote, restrictions of the right of assembly ...

Our organizations implanted in stateless nations under French domination want to reaffirm their support:

The inalienable and legitimate right of the Catalan people to choose without constraint and without fear its future.

Its right to proclaim at the end of this vote an independent Catalan republic.

Moreover, they invite the democrats, peoples and workers of the world and first of all in the French state to publicly express their support for the Catalan people, which makes their determination to vote an aging monarchical regime emerge from the Franco dictatorship.

The contribution of the Catalan people to restoring meaning to democracy is indisputable. The Catalan process of independence is rich in teachings because it eloquently explains that the right to self-determination is not demanded but that it is exercised without waiting for the authorization of the states or the European Union.

It restores meaning to the concepts of sovereignty, self-governance and self-organization at a time when global economic exchanges are being built more than ever, in disregard of the views of peoples and to the detriment of the majority and the environment.

Many liberation organizations of other peoples under Spanish domination support the Catalan process, but we remind ourselves that the French state also occupies a part of the Catalan countries and denies it any right to freely choose its destiny.

Our internationalist solidarity towards the Catalan people knows no borders between France and Spain, and we also affirm that Catalans, like all peoples under French rule, should be able to exercise their right to freely decide to build another political, social and environmental model to the benefits of the majority to get rid of capitalism, colonialism and imperialism.

Organization signatories:

• Catalonia: CUP Perpinya

• Corsica: A Manca

• Flanders: V-SB

• Brittany: Breizh O Stourm (Left Independent)

• Basque Country: Euskal Herria Bai, Askapena

• Martinique: CNCP, PKLS

• Occitania: Collectiu Comunista Combat Proletari

• French Guiana: MDES

• French Polynesia: Tavini Huiratira




Manifeste de solidarité avec le peuple catalan.

Le 1er octobre, le peuple catalan est invité à se prononcer sur l'indépendance de la Catalogne dans le cadre d'un référendum auto-organisé dont la légalité est contestée par le pouvoir Espagnol.

Les mesures d'intimidation diverses se succèdent : perquisitions des entreprises susceptibles de fabriquer du matériel de vote, déploiement ostensible de l'armée et de la police espagnoles, tentative d'interdiction du site internet de promotion du référendum, convocation judiciaire de plus de 700 élus s'étant engagés à favoriser dans leurs communes la tenue du vote, restrictions du droit de réunion...

Nos organisations implantées dans des nations sans état sous domination française tiennent à réaffirmer leur soutien :

Au droit inaliénable et légitime du peuple catalan à choisir sans contrainte et sans peur son avenir.

Son droit à proclamer à l'issue de ce vote une république catalane indépendante.

Par ailleurs, elles invitent les démocrates, les peuples et les travailleurs du monde et en premier lieu dans l'état français à exprimer publiquement leur soutien au peuple catalan qui fait vaciller par sa détermination à voter un régime monarchique vieillissant issue de la dictature franquiste.

La contribution du peuple catalan à redonner du sens à la démocratie est incontestable. Le processus catalan pour l'indépendance est riche d'enseignements car il explique de façon éloquente que le droit à l'autodétermination ne se quémande pas mais qu'il s'exerce sans attendre l'autorisation des états ou de l'Union Européenne. Il redonne du sens aux concepts de souveraineté, d'auto-gouvernance, d'auto-organisation à un moment ou les échanges économiques mondiaux se construisent plus que jamais au mépris de l'avis des peuples et au détriment du plus grand nombre et de l'environnement.

Beaucoup d'organisations de libération des autres peuples sous domination espagnole soutiennent le processus catalan mais nous rappelons que l'état français aussi occupe une partie des pays catalans et lui nie tout droit à choisir librement son destin.

Notre solidarité internationaliste envers le peuple catalan ne connaît pas les frontières franco-espagnoles et nous affirmons également que les catalans comme tous les peuples sous domination française devraient pouvoir exercer eux aussi leur droit à librement se déterminer pour construire un autre modèle politique, social et environnemental aux bénéfices de la majorité pour se débarrasser du capitalisme, du colonialisme et de l'impérialisme.

Organisation signataires :

• Catalogne : CUP Perpinya

• Corse : A Manca

• Flandres : V-SB

• Bretagne : Breizh O Stourm (Gauche Indépendantiste)

• Pays Basque : Euskal Herria Bai, Askapena

• Martinique : CNCP, PKLS

• Occitanie : Collectiu Comunista Combat Proletari

• Guyane : MDES

• Polynésie : Tavini Huiratira


source http://www.bretagne-info.org/2017/09/24/declaration-de-solidarite-avec-le-peuple-catalan-des-organisations-independantistes-des-nations-sans-etat-de-l-hexagone/

Statement in Catalan and Spanish of Solidarity with struggle in Catalonia

"L'organització Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr de Gal•les afirma que la lluita catalana és bàsicament una lluita per la democràcia contra un Estat espanyol burgès corrupte, que ha pres una forma nacional a Catalunya.

No obstant això, el lideratge nacionalista català busca subordinar a Catalunya a una Brussel•les corrupta i a la Unió Europea, no és l'alliberament nacional, sinó un simple reajustament entre els burgesos nacionals de l'Estat espanyol i d'Europa.

L'Esquerra Revolucionària de Catalunya s´ha d'oposar tant al corrupte Estat espanyol com a la corrupta Unió Europa, l'OTAN i elevar a la classe obrera al lideratge polític de la lluita nacional per la democràcia a Catalunya. La classe obrera ha de guanyar la direcció de l'alliberament nacional.
Suport a la declaració unilateral d'independència de Catalunya.

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La organización Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr de Gales afirma que la lucha catalana es básicamente una lucha por la democracia contra un Estado español burgués corrupto, que ha tomado una forma nacional en Cataluña.

Sin embargo, el liderazgo nacionalista catalán busca subordinar a Cataluña a una Bruselas corrupta y a la Unión Europea, no es la liberación nacional, sino un simple reajuste entre los burgueses nacionales del Estado español y de Europa.

La Izquierda Revolucionaria de Cataluña debe oponerse tanto al corrupto Estado español como a la corrupta Unión Europa, la OTAN y elevar a la clase obrera al liderazgo político de la lucha nacional por la democracia en Cataluña. La clase obrera debe ganar la dirección de la liberación nacional.
Apoyo a la declaración unilateral de independencia de Catalunya.

Socialism and Independence

Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr in Wales says the Catalan struggle is basically a struggle for democracy against a corrupt bourgeois Spanish State which has taken a national form in Catalonia.

However the bourgeois nationalist Catalan leadership seeks to subordinate Catalonia to a corrupt Brussels and the European Union - this is  not national liberation but a readjustment among the national bourgeois in the Spanish State and Europe.

The Revolutionary Left in Catalonia should oppose both the corrupt Spanish State and the corrupt European Union and NATO and elevate the working class to political leadership of the national struggle for democracy in Catalonia - the working class should win the direction of national liberation.


Support  a unilateral declaration of independence