Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC) - Irlanda / Irlanda per la Independència de Catalunya
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La plataforma “Irlanda per la Independència de Catalunya” - ANC (Assemblea Nacional Catalana) Irlanda, el nostre objectiu és ajudar a Catalunya a aconseguir la independència.
On Sunday 01st
of September 2013 the Catalan community living in Ireland
(ANC Ireland and the Catalan
Council of Ireland)
organised a successful Human Chain in support of independence of Catalonia. The Dublin
human chain coincided with more than 100 similar other events
taking place world wide and a massive one that will take place in Catalonia
next September 11th.
It has been a
very successful event with more than 300 attendees, exceeding by far the
organisers expectations with people from all nationalities and ages gathered in
front of the Dublin’s
General Post Office (GPO), O’Connell
Street. As an act of friendliness and gratitude
towards their adopted country, Catalans welcomed
other Irish who wished to join in and be a part of the “human chain” today. Among them many of themthe member of Dáil
Éireann, Seán Crowe, TD for the constituency of Dublin South West.
The organisers have chosen the General Post
Office (GPO) in Dublin
to hold the event as the building is a symbol of Irish independence and freedom,
for its historic relevance. The people who gathered together, sang several
songs of freedom together with the Catalan national anthem and chanting
independence songs. The event was conducted in a festive yet civilised
atmosphere and passers by showed great interest and congratulated the
organisers. This event has been video recorded and subsequently will be shown
throughout most of the national media in Catalonia.
The Catalan
community in Ireland gives
its full support to independence for Catalonia
and today united its hands peacefully showing support to Catalonia and its desire for independence.
Today’s event was also useful to explain to Irish citizens and tourists why the
people of Catalonia want their independence from
Spain
as soon as possible.
Currently, the Catalan government is not allowed to hold a
referendum of independence or decide any relevant issues as it is subordinated
to the Spanish government and does not have full power of decision. Catalans
want to participate democratically in a referendum for independence. This
referendum could show then, that Catalonia
is mature enough to govern itself with its own voice in the European Union and
the United Nations.
However, as a referendum is not allowed by the Spanish government,
the social movement “Catalan National Assembly” http://catalanassembly.org/ who last 11th September
mobilised around one and a half million people during a peaceful rally
in Barcelona as a show of solidarity with the Catalan Government and in support
of the proposed Referendum, are organizing a “human chain” of over 400,000
persons holding hands that will peacefully stretch along the entire country
from north to south (about 400
Km) on 11 September 2013, Catalonia’s national day. More
than 200 foreign journalists have requested to be able to cover the Catalan Way,
creating a much higher international interest than for last year’s huge rally.
Like
the Catalan Community in Ireland
completed today, many Catalan communities abroad are also participating in this
serene symbolic gesture creating their own “human chains” in more than 100
cities around the globe. New York, Paris, London, Buenos Aires, Edinburgh, Hong
Kong, Beijing, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Boston, Rome, Miami, Frankfurt, Vancouver
… and many more !!! Such as a similar event thatwill
also be held here in Cork
next week:
·Cork Saturday, 7th of
September at 17h pm Grand Parade, in front of Cork City Library
The ANC Ireland wants to say to all those who attended the event and the ones who have shown interest in this rather unusual representation of good will where many people peacefully holded
hands for a minute or two to symbolise their support of a nation’s democratic
right to decide its future by means of a Referendum.”
For more pictures and videos, please visit:http://via.liffey.cat/
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