Catalan Diary
Monday 30 October 2017 – from anti-fascists in Barcelona
Fascist attacks in Barcelona during demonstration against the Catalan republic.
The anti-Catalan independence demonstration mobilised by the right-wing Catalan Civil Society (SCC) and supported by the Spanish nationalist parties PP, PSOE and C’s gathered tens of thousands of people in Barcelona yesterday from all over Spain.
All the far-right Spanish organisations like España2000, Spanish Falange, National Democracy (DN) and others joined the protest.
During the unionist demonstration and throughout the day, there were numerous incidents involving nazis and fascists throughout the city.
The vicious violence included racist attacks against Indian and Pakistani citizens, clashes with the Catalan police, robberies of shops owned by citizens of Arab origin, attacks on political headquarters of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and random assaults on members of leftist organisations.
Many of the incidents were reported by ordinary citizens, who via the hashtag #AlertaUltra on Twitter. At least two people were hospitalised as a result of the attacks and police made just a single arrest. Also, a taxi driver and a pregnant woman were attacked for speaking in Catalan as can be seen in videos under the #AlertaUltra hashtag on the internet.
Today, Monday, the former leader of the French National Front, Jean Marie Le Pen, has shown his support to Spain against Catalunya through Twitter with the Francoist motto “Spain One, Big and Free”.
Meanwhile, the infamous nazi paramilitaries and mercenaries of the Ukrainian Azov Battalion have published a video highlighting their support for their Spanish comrades against Catalan separatism. This follows the rumours of a possible intervention by these nazi thugs that have been swirling around the internet during the weekend.
Prefer to listen? Click the play button to hear the audio version. Harry Shukman Reform UK is staffed by oddballs and enigmas, but none odder…
