Barcelona will live a new massive Diada this 11S
Catalonia celebrates this September 11 its National Day in a health context that allows celebrations to be reorganized in a larger format (the last two years the coronavirus prevented 9/11 from being commemorated as usual), but with a somewhat rarefied political and social environment.
So much so that the staff of Republican Leftwith the president Pere Aragones to the front, ha participate in organized events rejected by the Assembly (ANC), one of the great agents of the sovereignist movement. The republicans they will attend, instead, the mobilizations called by Òmnium Cultural.
It remains to be seen, then, how the day unfolds and, above all, what consequences the Generalitat may have in terms of the Generalitat, since the possibility of Junts per Catalunya breaking up with its current partners had even slipped.
sea like sea, the the spotlight will be on the streets againwhere hundreds of thousands of people are expected. Below we explain the reference points and appointments for this day.
BARCELONA, CENTRAL STAGE
The capital will be the epicenter of the demonstration where more people are expected. under the mottoLet’s return to win: independence”the African National Congress has prepared a demonstration which will start in Parallel (Throughout the route, people who want to join the column will be “collected”, although this year it is not compulsory to register, as in previous editions), will pass by Moll of the Whip and will end up in front of the France Station. As was done last year, the stage will be set up in front of the station for speeches and musical performances, with artists such as the participants of Euphoria, The Pets, Steal Estesa Y Lildami.
omnium has been in charge of this more cultural and playful part, which they have baptized as “Freedom Party”. Its president, Xavier Antich, has called for massive and civic participation, assuring that “the repression that we suffer is the test of a force that in this Diada we must exhibit again“.
Secondly, entities of the pro-independence left (Arran, the SEPC and the CUP, among others) have summoned its own act, at 6:30 in the afternoon in Plaça Urquinaona. They have not wanted to say if they will attend the ANC event.
Beyond those acts, the monument of Rafael de Casanova will be another point to observe. After 9 in the morning, the traditional flower offering by the Table of the Parlament, but it is expected that during the day they parade authorities, personalities, representatives of civil society, entities and sports clubs, among others.
COACHES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
As usual in recent years, Barcelona becomes the epicenter of the hands of independence and even more so this year when the Covid figures are the lowest in memory.
So much so that from the local sections of the ANC they have charter buses so that everyone who wants to can travel to the capital to participate in the demonstrations. It is also possible to arrive by public transport or by private vehicle, but the Assemblea decides to make facilities, as it has done in previous days.
In this way, it is expected that more than 150 vehicles (some of them will leave Catalunya Nord) will arrive in Barcelona with demonstrators.
Events are also planned for the Diada in many cities and towns in the territory, convened by the respective city councils. However, these celebrations have become very small in format, due to the enormous capacity for attraction of the demonstrations that Barcelona has hosted in recent decades.