Barcelona riot live 28/01/25 11.00am

From Antiga Massana they have made an appeal through the social network X for people to gather in Plaça de la Gardunya to protest against the violent ongoing eviction of the Social Center.

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Antiga Massana is an occupied social Center in a long abandoned school belonging to the City Council. For 4 years a whole range of social projects have been using the building and it is vital for this neglected city center Raval area.

SOME ORGANISATIONS BASED IN ANTIGA MASSANA «#ConcessióAntigaMassana, Sindicat Habitatge Escoleta, 壘 Gimnas Popular, Esplai del Pi Papiro, Samidoun, OJS La Magrana, 徭 Makipomba»

The square is cordoned off and the gathering is taking place in adjacent streets, such as Carrer de l’Hospital. The police are attacking with extreme violence. “Today will be a very long day for all the politicians and businessmen who think they can impose capitalist misery without consequences,” they warn in a tweet.

“It is a completely illegal action”

Antiga Massana assures that the appeal they filed has not been resolved and that they have not been notified two weeks in advance, as is mandatory. “It is a completely illegal action”, Max Carbonell, from Antiga Massana, told Betevé tv.

He believes that the eviction was carried out without warning in the same week that the Casa Orsola eviction is also planned, to take advantage of the media hype and for this action to go unnoticed.

City Hall surrounded by fences

In parallel with the eviction of the Antiga Massana, fences have been placed around the entrance to Barcelona City Hall, in Plaça de Sant Jaume. There are also members of the Guàrdia Urbana guarding the entrance to the building.

Antiga Massana
@antigamassana
We call for a demonstration at 7:30pm in response to the eviction of Antiga Massana. AGAINST THE DICTATORSHIP OF POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSMEN!

COLUMNA SANTS: -WE DEFEND THE OLD MASSANA-.

The Collboni i Batlle City Council has evicted the Old Massana today.

But today is not the end. Today is the beginning of the construction of a revolutionary alternative that will set us free. Column at 6:30 p.m. Plaça Sants

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2000 protest 1st attempted eviction of 9 Collectives in the Old Massana School Occupation, Barcelona

20th October 2024..

This afternoon 1000’s of took to the streets of Barcelona to warn the PSC govt that if they evict Antiga Massana there will be riots in the Old City.

from thefreeonline – https://wp.me/pIJl9-Ev0 on 20th October 2024.. Telegram t.me/thefreeonline

Catalunya News-FREE Abel / Monster Campaign against Rent/25N Women Resist/ Street Assembly/ 15 Years Squat Video/ – etc..

Catalunya News-FREE Abel / Monster Campaign against Rent/25N Women Resist/ Street Assembly/ 15 Years Squat Video/ – etc..– by thefreeonline

Free our comrade ABEL now- Demo 30th Nov- to mark 6 months into his 3 year sentence

FIRE TO THE WALLS – For love of Anarchy and Hatred of Repression –

by La Directa / Ègida /ABEL SUPPORT GROUP on 17th November 2024 translations thefreeonline https://wp.me/pIJl9-EJC Telegram t.me/thefreeonline

6 MONTHS OF IMPRISONMENT OF THE ANARCHIST COMRADE ABEL DEMONSTRATIO Saturday 30 November 19:30h Plaça Orfila, Barcelona

**DEMO CALLOUT**

This November 30th will mark 6 months since our anarchist comrade Abel was
kidnapped by the State and imprisoned in the Brians 2 CP Prison (Barcelona) with a firm sentence of 3 years and 9 months for the assault on a JUSAPOL protester who was carrying fascist symbols in 2018……

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170,000 people march in the largest anti rent demo in history of Spanish State

November 26, 2024 – By Sindicat De Llogateres (Rent Payers Union)
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Last Saturday, Barcelona experienced a historic day with the largest demonstration for the right to housing in the history of the Spanish State. 170,000 people filled the streets of the city center to demand the four urgent measures against speculation: lowering rents, indefinite contracts, recovery of empty, tourist and seasonal homes and a ban on buying for speculation.

The march, called by more than 4,000 organizations, had around thirty separate columns that met up from all over Catalonia on foot, by bus or by train.

Lower rents, indefinite contracts, recovery of homes and prohibition of speculative purchases….

continues..(in Catalan) .. https://www.anarquia.cat/170-000-persones-omplen-la-manifestacio-per-lhabitatge-mes-gran-de-la-historia-de-catalunya-i-de-lestat-espanyol/

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Day of Action against Violence against Women- Demonstration 25N: Let shame change sides! Manifestació 25N: Que la vergonya canvii de costat !

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Violence against the LGTBI community in Catalonia: 400 cases and only two convictions.. /English /Catalan

by Laura Aznar .. shared with thanks .. at https://www.elcritic.cat/noticies translation TheFreeOnline

original en Català abaix

El testimoni de víctimes d'LGTBI-fòbia: "Cada cop em fa més por"

Demo in Barcelona to demand an end to violence against the LGTBI community

english translation A report prepared by the Generalitat admits that the number of court convictions is “surprisingly low” in relation to the complaints received

A report prepared by the Generalitat admits that the number of convictions is “surprisingly low” in relation to the complaints collected by the Mossos from 2015 to 2019

In recent months, several LGTBI-phobic aggressions have transpired in the media, such as the murder of Samuel last Saturday in A Coruña at the shout of “faggot”, the punching of two minors to a young man in Sant Cugat while reprimanding him. his sexual orientation, which took place on June 26, or the beating of five men to two pairs of boys in Barcelona in May, which caused a fracture in the jaw of one of the victims and they had to operate.

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#ManiOkupa December 1 .. Why We Squat .. Demo for Occupation ..Barcelona

English translation . llegiu en català #ManiOkupa .Squat Demo December 1 Demonstration for Occupation

On Saturday, December 1, we take to the streets in defense of Occupation. In the face of repression and the wave of evictions we do not retreat, on the contrary, we take a step forward.

Saturday December 1 .. All on the streets! No eviction without response.

Spread the word and Act!

The occupation of abandoned sites for self-management of our lives has been a reality for more than two decades in Barcelona.

This was our response to the need for social spaces and the lack of accessible housing in the cities. In the last year, and like other times, we are experiencing a wave of repression of our projects: ccupied Social Centers such as La Clandestina, REA, Ateneu la Pua … and homes such as Ca La Trava, Kubo, Kantonada, Montmany 3 … have been evicted.

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Durruti and Garcia Oliver Live: in The Echo of Their Footsteps’

It’s not the first time I say it: there are people who only need one book, the Bible to explain the world (…) To me, it happens to me, I must confess it, with ”The Echo of the Steps” the memoirs of Juan García Oliver. An anarchist waiter who arrived at the Minister of Justice in the middle of the war.

from an article by Andreu Barnils on vilaweb

”Durruti and I went to the request of President Lluís Companys. It was surrounded by army officers. When he saw us, opening his arms, he exclaimed: “My children, people of the CNT, today you are the only hope of Catalonia! Forget everything and save the freedoms of our people! “

– Is that all, Companys? I said. I thought you wanted us here to give us weapons.

-I do not have any weapons to give you. I just wanted to wish you lots of luck! ” he replied

(note: The Catalan president Luis Companys later ran out of luck himself and was executed by a fascist terrorist firing squad)

This is one of the hundred of priceless scenes in The Echo of the Steps, one of the books that have influenced my brain more powerfully. They are the memories of a Catalan anarchist.

(note: 100 yrs later García’s great book isn’t translated yet into English, but you can read… My Revolutionary Life (Anarchist Library): )

«When the military were beginning their coup d’etat, the CNT Confederal Defense Committee of Barcelona had an advantage of almost a year and a half studying and planning how to counteract a military revolt. The Confederal Defense Committee existed since the first days of the Republic. The Confederal Defense Panels also (…) Continue reading “Durruti and Garcia Oliver Live: in The Echo of Their Footsteps’”

CNT Dock Strike in Barcelona.. Comminiqué and Insight

UPDATE VICTORY UPDATE VICTORY UPDATE

16 FEB …The Dockers have been reinstated in their jobs and VICTORY declared for now

DOCKERS STRIKE! ‘CNT PORTUARIS’ COMMUNIQUE !!

”Our affiliates are accused of putting their own lives ahead of the economic benefits of the company. And that’s why they ARE DISMISSED.

700 people die each year in work accidents in the Spanish State. THIS STRIKE IS FOR THEM. This strike is for all of you, WORKERS, who, like our companions, are forced day after day to choose between your safety or your sustenance.

First of all, DIGNITY. Soon they will know that we are not merchandise.

ALL TO THE PORT OF BARCELONA ON DAYS 15, 16 and 17 FEBRUARY.

COME TO SUPPORT THE STRIKE IN THE MOORING!”

Statement on the dismissal of three Dockers in the Port of Barcelona

Enviat per Sec. Premsa

Dismissal of three union workers without any cause. The message is clear: the firm defense of workers’ rights is not allowed. We pick up the glove. One month before the Trial for Collective Conflict is held before the Social Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia, our company MOORING & PORT SERVICE intends to gain an advantage .that will allow it to influence collective bargaining Continue reading “CNT Dock Strike in Barcelona.. Comminiqué and Insight”