Live Blog #3Oct : General Strike in #Catalonia

Good morning! Today we will report live from the genral strike against the repression by the Spanish Guardia Civil and Police Nacional on October 1. You can read the call for the general strike; here. You can send your pictures, videos, reports and analysis to enough14@gmx.net. Click at the refresh button of your browser to get the latest information. You will find the updates at the bottom of the page.

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Live Blog #3Oct : General Strike in Catalonia

Good morning! Today we will report live from the genral strike against the repression by the Spanish Guardia Civil and Police Nacional on October 1. You can read the call for the general strike; here. You can send your pictures, videos, reports and analysis to enough14@gmx.net. Click at the refresh button of your browser to get the latest information. You will find the updates at the bottom of the page.

10.00am Last night there were protests against the Guardia Civil and the Spanish Police Nacional in several cities and towns. After the police violence in the night from October 1 on October 2 the protests were more intense in Calella. As a consequence dozens of cops were kicked out of two hotels by the hotel management after their agression the night before. The Travé Hotel in Figueres announced that they will not renew the reservations for Spanish security forces and force them to leave the hotel.

Image: Annoucement from the Travé Hotel in Figueres.

10:25am Some images of blockades and pickets from earlier today:

10:33am The AP7 highway is blocked on three points in the counties of Girona and Penedes, as well as the AP2 in Molins de Rei, the C32 at the height of Sitges and the C25 in Vic. In total, 15 major routes are blocked due to the general strike. Access to the French State and Andorra are also blocked. In Barcelona ​​there are several blockades, like for instance at Lesseps Square.

10:50am Solidarity demonstrations in Euskadi (Basque Country) today:

11:00am Read our statement from September 28: Statement on #Catalonia by Some of the Enough is Enough Team

Happening now: Barricades and demos during #24hour general strike day in #Catalonia. Against state and police repression. #VagaGeneral30 pic.twitter.com/3xNRJpL84C

— th1an1 (@th1an1) October 3, 2017

Watch the video in this Tweet:

#3Oct Protests in front of #Rajoy's Partido Popular (PP) office in #Barcelona #VagaGeneral3OCT #oct3 #Catalonia pic.twitter.com/iDlqcINLCF

— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) October 3, 2017

11:15am We published the wrong email adress to send your  pictures, videos, reports and analysis. The right adress is: enough14@gmx.net

#Catalonia Fire fighters on one of the general strike demos in #Barcelona now. #VagaGeneral3O Video @alextortsagues pic.twitter.com/qRgwNgjMjb

— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) October 3, 2017

11:30am Image of general strike protests at Plaça de la Creu Alta in Sabadell. Image by Twitter account @sapoconcho.

11:47am General strike protests in Igualada. Image by Twitter account @DavidVitali

#3Oct General strike demo in #Lleida #Catalonia. #VagaGeneral3OCT #VagaGeneral3O #antireport Video by @moralesmmar pic.twitter.com/4dMOjB60ol

— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) October 3, 2017

12:29pm General strike protests at Plaça Mercadal in Reus. Images by @epinsach

Gathering in front of the National Police station in Via Laietana becomes huge #VagaGeneral3O #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/KcvIiWXMDd

— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) October 3, 2017

12:53pm In Madrid there will also be a solidarity gathering with the General strike. Protests start at 07:00pm

12:54pm General srike protests in Tarragona. Image from 12:30pm by Twitter account @DiegoMuozPasca7

#Catalonia: In #Barcelona thousands of people gathered to show their outrage with the way #GuardiaCivil handled the #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/Tm3ekGgIpQ

— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) October 3, 2017

Aerial shot from downtown Barcelona, the city is packed ahead of general strike demo. #VagaGeneral3O pic.twitter.com/Tfo7pkhqIL

— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) October 3, 2017

Girona: Anarcho-Syndicalists blocking access to Olot and Torell. Images by Twiter account @RRYrevolucion

02:55pm Catalonia Massive general strike protests also in Tortosa. Images by Twitter account  @JordiCostea

03:01pm Solidarity action in front of Spanish consulate in New York City. Image by Twitter account @macc_nyc

03:27pm Barcelona: “I don’t want independence but I can’t stay at home while they beat up my people”. Image by Twitter account @KateSB (Its not easy to publish images with national flags for us…)

03:37pm Calderdale Solidarity Federation on Catalonia: against police violence, against new states

Calderdale SF/IWA condemns the police violence against Catalan citizens on the 1st October 2017 who went to vote on what the Spanish state has declared to be an illegal referendum on independence. While, as anarchosyndicalists, we don’t support the creation of a new state, which reflects mainly the interests of the Catalan bourgeoisie, we do condemn all police violence and intimidation against men, women and children. Instead of the creation of new states with warring police and capitalist factions pitted against one another, we favour the deeply embedded solution of libertarian federalism – free, self-managed communities that are plural, open and tolerant.

Calderdale SF also supports the general strike called in Catalonia by independent unions such as our sister union the CNT on 3rd October, which not only opposes a capitalist free-for-all as proposed by all state actors but which also defends the self-empowerment of the working class.

Calderdale SF/IWA, October 3, 2017

03:47pm Another death threat by a Spanish fascist on Twitter (screen shots)

03:29pm Video from a bit earlier. Fire fighters protesting at Spanish Policia Nacional HQ in Barcelona.

#VagaGeneral30 Spanish police and guardia civil comming out dressed in civilian clothes from Piolin boat in Barcelona!! Be careful!!

— Fairytale (@fairytale10000) October 3, 2017

04:10pm According to several tweets the people on the image below came from the boats where Spanish cops and the paramilitary Guardia Civil are stationed in the port of Barcelona. Be careful for provocations by plain clothes cops and Guardia Civil! Note: We don’t have confirmation. But Spanish CNT Dockwerker Union the image below is not a fake, but its from this morning and no related to any provocations.

#IMPORTANT Reports of many Spanish police dressed as pro-indy civilians, receiving orders to provoke trouble in Barcelona, in groups of 2-6. https://t.co/iADRdtGfAQ

— Tim Parfitt (@tjparfitt) October 3, 2017

04:49pm 50 roads blocked in Catalonia.

05:18pm CET Spanish Police Nacional is waiting at La Meridiana at the moment. Image by Twitter account @Lokoulos

05:30pm CNT dock workers union confirms that the image of the plain clothes cops is real BUT its from this morning and not related to provocations. They also came back to the ship.

Nos confirman q es una foto de esta mañana.Han salido al muelle a hacer una pequeña concentración y han vuelto a subir a bordo. Tranquilidad https://t.co/9Jw0ghwec9

— Portuaris CNT (@PortuariosCNT) October 3, 2017

06:20pm At 06:00pm people started to meet in many cities and towns across Catalonia for the evening demonstrations. Image below from Barcelona. Image by Twitter account @15MBcn_int

06:38pm An update with a few more cities outside of Catalonia with solidarity demonstrations against police violence and repression. Huesca, 08:30pmh at. Plaza Zaragoza. Teruel, 08:00pm at Plaza San Juan. Zaragoza, 07:30pm at Plaza Espana.

06:57pm General Strike protesters at Plaça de la Vila in Vilanova i la Geltrú. Image by Twitter account @gilbert_bernado

06:58pm General Strike protesters in Figueres. Image by Twitter account @JordiSanvicens

07:04pm General strike demo in Barcelona is marching.

07:10pm First people arrived at Sol square in Madrid for solidarity action with general strike in Catalonia. Against police violence and state repression. Image by Twitter account @ZeroHour18

07:22pm Massive turnout at La plaza Mayor and the rest of the city center of Vic right now. Image by Twitter account @AgenciaUO

07:45pm The small village of Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona provence earlier today. Image by Twitter account @15MBcn_int

07:50pm Solidarity protest at Sol square in Madrid right now. Against police violence for the right to decide.

07:58pm Solidarity protest with general strike in Zaragoza. Image by Twitter account @VictorML_98

07:59pm Solidarity protest with general strike and against police violence in Gasteiz, Basque country. Image by Twitter account @MrHastaLosEggs

08:10pm #3Oct Solidarity protest with #VagaGeneral30 in #Valencia (Image from 07:20pm). Image by @AgenciaUO

#Solidarity with the people of #Catalonia!

Now in front of #Spanish Embassy in #Athens! pic.twitter.com/e1uxU0uCHL

— City Plaza Squat (@sol2refugees) October 3, 2017

08:40pm Massive turnout at solidarity protests against police violence and for the right to decide in Bilbao, Basque Country tonight (Images from about 1 hour ago). Images by @davidsecular

Story by Kate Shea Baird: “The streets will always be ours”: the cry of a defiant Catalonia “The future is uncertain, but one thing is clear: whether or not the Catalan Parliament declares independence, and whether or not such a declaration is recognized internationally, real sovereignty in Catalonia is already being built by people on the ground, street by street.”: https://katesheabaird.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/the-streets-will-always-be-ours-the-cry-of-a-defiant-catalonia/

The Spanish government has dismissed calls to bring in a mediator between Madrid and the government of Catalonia https://t.co/SVhkkw9h6n

— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) October 3, 2017

Call for solidarity action in Madrid (earlier tonight): https://www.anarkismo.net/article/30560

While Spanish King is talking, some tents opened in Gracia/Gran Via #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/48bdv34qXC

— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) October 3, 2017

#3Oct #VagaGeneral30 According to local cops 700.000 people took the streets in #Barcelona today. Several 100.000 in other Catalan cities.

— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) October 3, 2017

1041pm We will end our live coverage for today now. Thanks for reading. If you like our work, at the bottom of the page you can find how you can support us. We want to stay independent and need your support.

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