15’7 % people voted: 89,3 % said yes

The fifth wave of consultations about Catalonia’s independence obtained a 15.7% stake (14.2% of the census broadened). This is the lowest of those made so far. Before this wave, the average participation was 23.5%. This decline of almost eight points was motivated by the failure who have had the consultations in the area of Baix Llobregat. In this country the average participation was 9.1%, It means fourteen points below the average of 23 , 5%. Baix Llobregat is a small region near from Barcelona that it is mainly populated by Spanish people. Most of them have their origins in Spain because they have born there or are second (and third ) generation migrants. Most of them refuse Catalan identity and they live as they still were in Spain.

The other side of the coin of the day has been the consultation in Mataró. In this important city in the Maresme coast the participation was 27.2%, exceeding the 26.97% obtained in April in Girona. In Mataró 23,006 people voted. Just in Mataró two unionists assaulted on electoral college destroying material but there were no wounded people.
Should be noted also that in Cerdanyola del Vallès (also with high numbers of Spanish people) participation stood at 16,52%. Sobremunt a little village in the Osona’s county has been the people with more participation: 73.24.
In absolute numbers, 68.157 people voted on June 20th. 55,388 (89.3%) have done for independence, and 4,648 (7.5%) against. %. You can follow the complete results in the 48 villages in the Coordination web.

The show of force goes on: 500.000 people more to vote on independence

Half a million Catalan people could vote in the fourth wave of consultations for independence to be held tomorrow. On June 20th 46 municipalities may express if they want or not to be in a new independent state. With this fith wave will already have 508 municipalities that have expressed their desire democratically about dependency or independence. In the 48 municipalities wich will vote on Catalan sovereignty there will be 315 polling stations spread installed in 140 electoral colleges. Regional capitals as Mataró and Falset have convoked consultations for self-determination. The list of counties and municipalities whre there will be consultations on 20 June is the next one:


Alt Camp: Alcover

Alt Empordà: Navata

Alt Penedès: Avinyonet, El Pla del Penedès, Sant Llorenç d'Hortons

Anoia: La Pobla de Claramunt

Baix Camp: Mont-roig del Camp

Baix Empordà: Calonge-Sant Antoni, Santa Cristina d'Aro

Baix Llobregat: Cornellà de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Olesa de Montserrat, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Feliu de Llobregat

Cerdanya: Bellver de Cerdanya, Guils de Cerdanya, Urús

Conca de Barberà; Sarral

Garraf: Sitges

Maresme: Mataró, Òrrius

Noguera: Térmens

Osona: Sobremunt

Priorat: Falset, Ulldemolins

Ribera d'Ebre: Ginestar i Móra la Nova

Ripollès: Ogassa

Segrià: Almenar i Els Alamús

Selva: Osor

Tarragonès: La Canonja

Vallès Occidental: Cerdanyola, Palau-solità i Plegamans

Vallès Oriental: Vallromanes

Tens of thousands of Catalans march for self-determination in Barcelona

Tens of thousands of demonstrators demonstrated on Saturday 12th in the city of Barcelona to demand the right of self determination. They were 50,000 according to the organization, but the police said they were no more than five thousandUnder the slogan 'Self-determination is democracy", the demonstration has been called by the Platform for the Right to Decide (PDD, Plataforma pel Dret a Decidir). PDD’s chairman said that the demonstration today was a response to the outrage of the Catalans. 'The Spanish state does not recognize the personality of Catalonia as a nation or the rights granted to the Spanish constitution gives (…) referendums, presenting a demonstration on Saturday and the popular initiative are examples of disagreement with the current situation”.


Protesters have also shown banners and slogans in support of the popular Initiative recently approved by the Catalan parliament. The initiative is to convoke a consultation on independence. A concert ended the march with artists as Dekrèpits, Jaume Arnella, Pep Sala and Titot.

The march also served to honor the work done by volunteers from the consultations on the independence vote and to encourage the next lapse, the June 20th. Just to acknowledge the work done by hundreds of volunteers who took part in the organization of consultations, were those who led them. There were two big banners, the first one with the slogan 'Self-determination is democracy'. In the first one there were representatives of many local committees organizers of the consultations. The second banner was with the slogan 'For the self-determination, democracy, labour and solidarity'. Behind the second banner parties and organizations that supported the event, such as ERC, CUP, Rally, Maulets , PSAN and JNC.

Perpignan unanimously approved a charter for the Catalan language

The council of the Northen Catalonia capital, Perpinyà, unanimously approved a charter which recognizes the Catalan as co-official language of the city, along with the French. The charter is covered in several international texts in the French constitution and wants to ensure the survival and transmission of Catalan in the Catalan northern territory which is under French administration. This is the first council to claim official recognition of Catalan in the French state. All groups that make up the council, since the UMP majority group and the various opposition groups voted for the text. The next step from the City of Perpignan wants to carry out that the charter to be voted, approved and ratified in all 229 municipalities of the territory of Northern Catalonia. After this step institutions should create institutions that care for the development of the Catalan language, from education to government and institutions themselves.

Travel to Alguero...50 years later

In August 1960 a group of intellectuals and politicians from Catalonia, València and the Balearic Islands made a journey boat to the city of Alghero, where they were received by their brothers in the Sardinian town. L’Alguer, as it is named in Catalan language, is the only Catalan-speaking language in the Italian state.
That trip, known as ”Lo viatge del Retrobament” (the travel of Reunion), was to strengthen relations between the Catalan speaking territories. From 23th to 26th June a trip has been organized to celebrates the 50th anniversary reunion of the modern era. As the organizers say:

"When arrived news that abroad there was also a city where Catalan is spoken, a group of intellectuals from various Catalan-speaking territories wanted to come with a boat to retrieve the missing links. For expedition to the Catalans, who were admitted to see a crowd at the port of Alghero, with joy, enthusiasm exhibited by the Catalan flag, which at the time was banned by the dictatorship, it was a moment of great excitement and happiness. "

The ties had been broken for decades, and this trip helped them rebuild. A comprehensive program to celebrate a romantic anniversary: that of a people who reunited. Includes cafes, exhibitions, lectures, a commodity market, theater, concerts ... Very sincere congratulations to the organizers, the city of Alghero (ruled by the Berlusconi’s party), the Catalan Government and Catalan Travel Club (Club Català de Viatges).

' Goodbye, Spain?' on TV

Catalan TV, TV3, will broadcast today a documentary titled “Goodbye, Spain?”. It is a 90-minute documentary that compares the Catalan national situation with other similar cases. The other nations without state are like Scotland, Greenland and Quebec. It will be released by TV3 quarter to ten in the evening, the prime strip. Given the recent polls Catalan independentism is not just a minority feelin but it is difficult to translate it in an electoral option for storng differences among the political separatist options.


"Goodbye, Spain?" examines the positioning of the European Union "to the possibility of secession of a part of a Member State and its immediate inclusion in the Union”. It will interview Scottish Prime Minister, Alex Salmond from the Scottish National Party.

Sabadell, the biggest city to vote about independence

The consultation on the independence of Catalonia in Sabadell was organized on May 30. The Platform for Self-determination has registered a participation of 14.5%, with a total of 24,370 votes over a total of 173,426 who were eligible to vote. Sabadell also exceeds the 8.2% stake that was collected on April 25, Lleida, which until now was the largest town (114,000 inhabitants) which had organized a consultation.

A 92,53 % voted Yes, the 5.6% did it for not and the white vote and gets 1.8%. The Sabadell's results are despite lack of support or financial assistance from government institutions, although not official, and despite not having prepared an array of officials working there for free. For instance, over a 12% of participation was collected by a recent consultation on reform of the Diagonal Avenue in Barcelona. The last was organized a couple of weeks by the council of the Catalan capital. It squandered more than 3 million in municipal funds in Barcelona. Besides consulting Sabadell, as other questions about independence that have been made in the Principality, has received the approval and verification of international observers who have confirmed the validity and accuracy of them.

Thousand five hundred people in a concert for independence

The concert was played last Saturday in Mataró. It brought together more than 1,500 people and it was part of a campaign by CUP (Candidatura d’Unitat Popular). The campaign is called ‘Sí’ (‘Yes' in Catalan) to ask Mataró’s people to vote yes for independence in the referendum. Mataró decides, the association wich is behind the referendum has said that it has collected over 8,000 votes in advance. It represents 8% of the standard query that drives the platform decides Mataró when there is still almost a month to the vote day.

The query about the independence is to be held in the capital of the Maresme region on June 20th. The concert served to introduce La Gossa Sorda songs from its new album ‘L’últim heretge’( 'The Last Heretic'), another band, Brams, announced the recording of a new album and their effective return to the stage.

Catalan Wikipedia amounts to the 14th place worldwide

The Catalan language wikipedia advances the version in Finnish language and amounts the 14th place worldwide with over 235,000 items. The Catalan one is the first non-state language in the Wikipedias classification.

The Catalan edition of Wikipedia has surpassed the number of articles in Finnish edition, which has allowed to position itself in the 14th position in world ranking for this category. The growth continues with the Catalan Wikipedia firm, since September 2009 exceeded the 200,000 articles, and in January of this year reached the top position in global quality. This sort of ranking for more than 270 edits, as its extension and the achievement of 1000 items considered most important by users of an encyclopedia. You can view the full details of the Catalan version of Wikipedia in the statistics section.

A crowd claimed for independence at the UN headquarters in Geneva

Hundreds of people (4.000 was the figure given by the organization) gathered on May 8th in Geneva (Switzerland) at the United Nations headquarters to claim an independent Catalan state. Promoters of the demonstration consider the "peaceful conflict" in Catalonia and Spain is aware that Spain, in his opinion, violates and endorses the international commitments that recognize the right of peoples to self-determination in denying this right in Catalonia.

The demonstrators, convoked by Deumil.cat wanted to represent hundreds of thousands of pro-Catalan independence from Spain in consultations which have been held in recent months. In a political act and it lasted almost three entertaining hours, they concentrated in the Swiss city and marched among for independence. Concentration also was attended by delegations from Venetian, Basque, Occitan, Lombard and Scottish separatists. Here you can see a photo gallery and the letter given to the UN (it’s in French language).

Sixty Catalan personalities require a single candidacy towards independence

A manifesto will be presented on Monday May, 17th calling for the independence drive to “work together (...) with the aim to establish a Catalan state”. It is signed by several gold medals from the government, like doctor Moisès Broggi, actress Montserrat Carulla, Cross of St. George as Heribert Barrera (former Parliament president) or former FC Barcelona president Agustí Montal, musician Antoni Ros Marbà, the awards of Honour of Catalan Letters Joan Sola and Antoni Badia Margarit, Raimon Panikkar or the philosopher and ex-PSOE member Xavier Rubert de Ventós.



The text is absolutely clear: 'independence is the only solution that can definitively solve the historical problem between Catalonia and Spain.” It is called “Manifesto for a national conference of sovereignty”. The idea is so simple: to unite everybody under the banner of independence. An important thing is that anyone of the promotors have no relation with politics and refuse to use any type of political office. They only want to appeal to all groups to search an agreement to submit a nomination crossing several ideologies. It could motivate abstentionists and shoul be capable of carrying a group of MPs in Parliament. All of these without renouncing their personal ideologies.


This a new step towards the exciting next elections. Several voices demand an united separatist list. Last two Catalan elections there were elected 23 and 21 MPs under the ERC’s banner but they were used for the party to support the unionist PSOE party. It provoked a big disappointment between the independentist voters so the ERC’s result is expected to be so bad.

Meeting of Majorca’s Schools in Catalan language

On Monday, May 3rd, its was presented at a press conference the agenda of the XXVI Meeting of Majorca’s Schools in Catalan language. It was celebrated in Petra on Saturday, May 8th, coinciding with the end of Correllengua. It is organized by the youth association Joves de Mallorca per la Llengua as well as the Obra Cultural Balear (OCB). The conference was attended by Rosa Barceló, Director of Language Policy of the island’s government.

The first ever trobada (meaning meeting in Catalan language) was organized in 1984. It brings together all schools that are teaching in Catalan and rooted in the reality of the country. The organizers have stressed that the meeting is for the entire school community, not just children, and that novelty this year is the arrival Correllengua (running for the language). For the occasion of Majorca 7,000 school classrooms have been doing community work that is subject to sustainable mobility, and a drawing that consisted of a sustainable means of transport done by each child. It is expected that all drawings be done with a giant mural.

At night there was a toast and a popular rock concert performed by the Majorcan Volvox, the Valencian Aspencat, Brams (popular band which resumes in Majorca after their performances years of silence) and Lax'n'Busto, leading the Catalan rock band. Thousands of people attended the event.

Barcelona is the new Europe's basketball champion

Regal FC Barcelona is the 2010 Euroleague champion. 
The Catalan team downed Olympiakos 86-68 in the final at the Paris-Bercy. This is the second Euroleague crown, being the first one the 2003 edition which was played in Barcelona. Juan Carlos Navarro, the only remaining player from Barcelona’s 2003 winning squad, was named Final Four Most Value Player. Joan Carles Navarro got with 21 points. Navarro was in the 2003 final too. In fact he is the only one to be in the team yet.
A Catalan, Xavi Pascual is the coach of the team following the politics of Laporta's president who prefers to choose people from home and not paying a lot of money for abroad people.

4th North-Catalan week for the language

From 1 to May 8 it is developed the fourth week for the Catalan language in the North. The event is organizad by the Angelets de la Terra (Little angels of the earth). It is named by a Catalan guerrilla of the seventh century which resisted French occupation. Events Hill take place in four villages of Roussillon: Elna, Perpinyà, Rivesaltes and Salses. These acts expose the creation Catalan music, theater, poetry and film. Jordi Ramon Faura i Labat, president of the association, says this week is the best example of the vitality and diversity of Catalan creation. Catalanity is popular and without complex it attracts young people. "

May 1st. Elna. Act on 'Six hours of song' who were in the seventies in the Roussillon and it will screen the film 'The Colonel Macià”.
May 4th. Perpinyà. Debate on the economy in Northern Catalonia "From the Catalan folklore to the Catalan vector of economic growth”.
May 5th. Perpinyà. Cinema in Catalan language as well as concert in English language.
May 6th. Perpinyà. Debate on the Catalan theatrical creation and it will be presented the work done jointly by two Catalan companies. There will be representation of a work in Catalan.
May 7th. Rivesaltes. 'Poetry Night' and concert.
May 8th. Salses. Concert.
Altogether a fantastic initiative of the Angelets de la Terra as well as collaborators such as delegation of North Catalan Generalitat de Catalunya, Elna’s and Perpinyà’s towns, among others.

València’s demonstration "the most crowded in recent years”: PP responds with an attack on TV3

In a statement, the Acció Cultural del País Valencià said: "The demonstration on April 24 that toured the streets of Valencia was the most massive mobilization of last year in Valencia. 50,000 people lined the streets in a festive and fun event involving all trade unions, progressive parties and the main cultural and social associations and organizations. The success of the event confirms the correctness of the strategy working unit driven by the convening organizations for the purpose of joining efforts to achieve social majorities them to do any changes specific to the plight suffered by València. Now the regional government has the opportunity to hear the cry of an important sector of the Valencian society, open to dialogue and listen to what we say to the various organizations representing the various areas that now have filled the streets of València . But if the government remains committed to Valencia refuse dialogue, the unitarian work (which on April 24, Valencia saw a tangible result in success on the street) will win new challenges (how to stop the destruction and make Cabanyal possible thanks to half a million signatures, the process of the bill that will allow the legalization of emissions TV3 Valencia). And not only that, but will see an increasing social mobilization during the next year.”

Photos that ACPV have circulated ACPV demonstrate the large number of people who demonstrated. According to the socialist newspaper "El Pais" that there were about 20,000 people and while the local police in 2300. Just see the pictures to see the hoax police controlled by the PP. ACPV also offered links to the media picked up.

The Spanish nationalist PP party response was immediate and has prevented the broadcast of the match Vila-real / Barça by threatening a requirement that Channel 9 has submitted to ACPV. ACPV has issued a note which explains that Channel 9 has the certainty that if they can pick, València viewers choose TV3. Faced with this new attack it must be remembered that the popular initiative “Television without Frontiers" lacksyet 50,000 signatures necessary to reach 500,000.