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useless-catalanfacts · 6 years ago

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how can people within europe can help catalonia? letters? protesting? i wish i could help from britain but i feel like i can do nothing

hello! i’m so sorry it took me so long to answer

first of all thank you very very much for your interest. it’s very important for us to have allies in other countries, because we will need you to help us.

some months ago I made this post (http://useless-catalanfacts.tumblr.com/post/165972530938/how-can-you-help-catalonia) and some things have changed, but most still aplies. I’ll paste what still applies and update it here:

Here’s a little list of how you can help us Catalans from outside Catalonia!

1. Stay informed and talk about it with your friends.Spread the word, amplify our voices. Let the world know that human rights are been violated against the Catalan people. You can read trustworthy news in English on Col·lectiu Emma’s website (they’re a non-profit org that works to tell the world the situation of the Catalan people), and the newspapers Vilaweb and CataloniaToday.

Share information about what’s going on on your social media, so more people can see it.

Here’s some Facebook pages in English (some of these sometimes post in other languages as well): ANC USA / ANC England / look for ANC + your own country or city, Col·lectiu Emma, Americans for Catalonia, Vilaweb News from Catalonia in English, Catalan News.

Twitter: ANC International, Catalan News, Col·lectiu Emma, Vilaweb English.

2. Send letters to the political prisoners or those on exile. They’ve been there for months and have expressed many times how encouraging letters are what keeps their hopes up in their hard situation, and since they aren’t allowed internet nor anything like that in jail, letters are their only way of communication. I’m sure that getting a letter from someone from outside Catalonia will make them very happy. Learn more about the prisoners in the website Us Volem a Casa (in English, Spanish, and Catalan)

Here are their addresses in jail. It’s very important that you write your whole return address and that you don’t include anything more than paper inside the envelope, because the jail staff uses any minimal opportunity to not deliver them their letters.

Jordi Sànchez i PicanyolCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Jordi Cuixart i NavarroCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Carme Forcadell LluísCentre Penitenciari Mas d’Enric Mòdul de donesTravessia Comella Moro,1543764 El Catllar

Josep Rull i AndreuCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Jordi Turull NegreCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Raül Romeva RuedaCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Dolors BassaCentre Penitenciari Puig de les Basses: Mòdul de dones.Raval disseminat, 53,17600, Figueres (Alt Empordà).

Oriol Junqueras i ViesCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

Joaquim Forn i ChiarielloCentre Penitenciari Lledoners: Mòdul 2C-55, km 37,08250, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Bages).

3. If you can, consider donating to the main non-profit organisations fighting for the rights of Catalan people and the liberation of the political prisoners.

Òmnium Cultural: an independent organisation that since 1961 has helped to promote the Catalan language and culture (even during the dictatorship, when Catalan was strictly banned! These people have done A LOT), social cohesion, and these last years have leadered the independence process. Their president, Jordi Cuixart, is imprisoned by the Spanish government in Madrid since October 2017, without a trial, and only for having organised a peaceful protest. Click here to donate. The website is in Catalan so I can guide you throught it: you have to write the amount of euros you want to donate and click “següent” (“next”) and fill up your details (you can use google translate).

Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC): the most important pro-independence organisation. Their president, Jordi Sànchez, is also imprisoned under the same circumstances as Òmnium’s president. Together with Òmnium, they have been organising the protests, informative talks, prepared a lot of things to make sure everybody could vote in the referendum, pressuring politicians to listen to the people, etc. They have hundreds of volunteers in every area. Definitely the best pro-independence organisation. To donate, pay in what you want in the account number you can find in their website.

Association of the families of the political prisoners: the prisoners are kept in Madrid, far away from Catalonia, which prevents their relatives from being able to afford to visit them on the jail’s visit days. The relatives have organized in an association called Associació Catalana pels Drets Civils. All the donations go to paying for the travel expenses to visit their relatives in jail or exile from time to time, and a smaller part to providing for the prisoners’ children in the cases where they can’t live with only the salary of 1 parent. For international donations, this is their bank swift code: CDENESBBXXX. And inside Spain’s borders it’s ES71 3025 0001 1814 3359 2190.

Plataforma per la Llengua: an NGO that works to promote the Catalan language. They do a great job in helping immigrants learn the language and get more integrated, and also help older people (who were raised during the dictatorship and so can’t write/read their mother language) learn Catalan. This is not directly linked to the politics you’ll hear about on TV, but after 300 years where Spain has been constantly trying to suppress our language, still speaking it is a revolutionary act. And it makes the fascists angry. Here to donate.

4. Get organized. Check out if there’s an ANC or CDR organization in your country, city or region, and get in touch with them. Volunteer if you can, or sign up to known when they’re planning events so you can help or at least attend.

In your case, anon, since you’re from the UK maybe there’s events you can attend to support Clara Ponsatí, one of the exiles who is in Scotland.

5. Send letters to the European leaders and ask them to make a move. The European Union shouldn’t allow one of its member states, Spain, to commit such human rights violations. In this PDF, made by Associació Catalana pels Drets Civils, you will find example letters you can use written for each leader in their country’s language. Here’s some addresses:

Bundeskanzleramt BundeskanzlerinAngela MerkelWilly-Brandt-Straße 110557 BerlinGermany

Excm. M. Emmanuel MacronLe Palais de L’Élysée55, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré75008 ParisFrance

Kunnioitettu Pääministeri Juha SipiläValtioneuvoston kansliaSnellmaninkatu 100023 HelsinkiFinland

Excm. Mr. Leo VaradkarDepartment of the TaoiseachGovernment BuildingsUpper Merrion Street, Dublin 2,D02 R583Ireland

Exc. O senhor António CostaRua Imprensa à Estrela 61200-619 LisboaPortugal

Please, send them to your own country’s president and foreign affairs minister/secretary as well.

6. The most important one: when the times comes, pressure your governments to recognise the Republic of Catalonia.

Thank you very much again for your interest! 💕

#sorry i just saw the ask now but it's probably been some days #i'm in finals week and the blog is running on queue #ask #anonymous #actualitat #catalonia #catalunya #solidarity #political prisoners

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useless-catalanfacts · 7 years ago

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How can YOU help Catalonia?

Hey! So by now you’ll have heard about the military police invasion of Catalonia by Spanish forces, the violation of the human rights of Catalan people, the cancellation of many parts of Catalonia’s government, all the political prisoners, and the brutal violence that the Spanish police did on Catalan people attempting to vote, etc.

90% of voters in the independence referendum voted “Yes”, so we’ll declare independence even if Spain doesn’t want it. We don’t know how violently they will answer from now on, but, seeing what they have been doing these days, we will need your help.

Warning: some of the links may stop working, since the Spanish government is constantly closing websites that talk about these topics. I will look for new ways to access the webs and update this post when necessary.

Here’s a little list of how you can help us Catalans from outside Catalonia!

Stay informed and talk about it with your friends. Spread the word, amplify our voices. Let the world know that human rights are been violated against the Catalan people. You can read trustworthy news in English on Col·lectiu Emma’s website (they’re a non-profit org that works to tell the world the situation of the Catalan people), and the newspapers Vilaweb and CataloniaToday.

Share information about what’s going on on your social media, so more people can see it.

Here’s some Facebook pages in English (some of these sometimes post in other languages as well): Catalonia Votes, ANC USA / ANC England / look for ANC + your own country or city, Collectiu Emma, Americans for Catalonia, Vilaweb News from Catalonia in English, Catalan News.

Twitter: Raül Romeva (secretary of foreign affairs of the Catalan gov), ANC International, Catalan News, Col·lectiu Emma, Vilaweb English.

If you can, consider donating to the main non-profit organisations fighting for the rights of Catalan people.

Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC): the most important pro-independence organisation. Together with Òmnium, they have been organising the protests and preparing everything to make sure everybody can vote, pressuring politicians to listen to the poeple, etc. They have thousands of volunteers in every area. Definitely the best pro-indy organisation! To donate, pay in what you want in the account number you can find in their website.

Check out if there’s an ANC organization in your country, city or region, and get in touch with them. Volunteer if you can, or sign up to known when they’re planning events so yo can help or at least attend.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ASK YOUR GOVERNMENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE REPUBLIC OF CATALONIA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE ONCE WE DECLARE INDEPENDENCE, WHICH WILL BE VERY SOON.

Thank you very much for your interest and solidarity!

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