Catalan far left wants independence to ˇ°sweep away capitalismˇ±
CUP party launches campaign in run-up to planned referendum on secession from Spain
CataloniaˇŻs far-left pro-independence movement launched its election campaign on Thursday ahead of the planned October 1 referendum on the northeastern region seceding from Spain with the slogan: ˇ°Sweep them away, disobedience and self-determination, Catalan nations.ˇ±
At an open-air event held in front of BarcelonaˇŻs Chamber of Commerce, Anna Gabriel and Mireia Veh¨Ş ¨C both deputies in the Catalan regional parliament for the Candidatura dˇŻUnitat Popular (CUP),? a small anti-capitalist party that supports leaving the euro zone and holds the key to power in the region ¨C defended the need to ˇ°disobeyˇ± the Spanish state.
We want to bring down the structures of power that stimulate inequality and privilege CUP manifesto
ˇ°Holding the referendum, driving the constituent process and the construction of a new republic is only possible through the exercise of disobedience against unjust laws,ˇ± said Gabriel.
CUPˇŻs campaign includes Arran, a radical student group that has been involved in a number of attacks against tourist infrastructure in Barcelona and the Balearic Islands in recent months.
ˇ°We want to bring down the structures of power that stimulate inequality and privilege,ˇ± reads the campaign manifesto. ˇ°LetˇŻs sweep away capitalism, the patriarchy, corruption and the monarchy. LetˇŻs decide our own future, letˇŻs disobey unjust laws to build a free, independent and socialist republic,ˇ± it concludes.
The campaign is supported by a poster that shows a map of Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearics. A woman is sweeping away around a dozen figures who supposedly represent economic and political power, among them SpainˇŻs King Felipe, his sister Princess Cristina, former Prime Minister Jos¨¦ Mar¨Şa Aznar, and Artur Mas, the former head of the regional government of Catalonia, and who has driven the independence process over the last decade.
Similarities between the poster and one dating from the Russian Revolution showing Lenin were immediately pointed out on social networks.
English version by Nick Lyne.
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