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Nov 11, 2019, 28 tweets

BREAKING|| Catalan independence movement @tsunami_dem blocks border with France in La Jonquera.
Plan is to block the border for 3 days.

#IndependenceForCatalonia #SpainSitAndTalk #SpainIsAFascistState

Road block is already 10km long. People leaving their cars and joining the protest.

Four weeks ago today, Spain sentenced to 100y prison 9 Catalan leaders.

In 4 weeks of protests, Spanish police has injured hundreds and jailed >40 activists.

Today, the Catalan revolt continues with the closure of the border with France.

#SpainSitAndTalk
#LaForçaDeLaGent

People have the power

Protestors chant the Catalan version of ‘Do you hear the people sing’ of Les Miserables in front of French riot police at the border.

Catalan antifascist singer @lluis_llach is now performing at the road block, the idea is to spend the night and, at least, three more days.
#CatalanRevolt

It’s getting dark at the border but the protest continues.

Activists will spend the night and as long as it takes for Europe to tell Spain this is enough, it’s time to free Catalan political prisoners and allow a democratic solution.

#SpainSitAndTalk

Night is coming

French police taking pictures with what Spain calls a terrorist group #Tsunamidemocratic

Day 2 of the road block at the border.

Spanish and French riot police are simultaneously is trying to dissolve the protest.

#NeverSurrender ✊🏻✌🏻

French riot police using violence against Catalan protestors at the road block at the border

Police violence at the border against Catalan protestors

More Macron’s French riot police violence against Catalans

Spanish military police attacking the protest from multiple sides, while @tsunami_dem has called for a second road block a few miles south.

#NeverSurrender

While people still resist from police violence at the first block at the border, there is already a successful second block few miles south at La Jonquera.
#Tsunamidemocratic also calls for a third block at the Behobia border with France at the Basque country.

@tsunami_dem is now blocking the road in Girona, while the border with France at the Basque country is also blocked at the same time.

News about a PSOE-Podemos gov deal have left all unimpressed, fight will go on till all prisoners are freed and selfdetermination is respected!

Live concert right now in the Girona road block.

At the same time, border in Puigcerdà and Irun are blocked and multiple road blocks in Barcelona and across Catalonia.

- End police violence
- Release all political prisoners
- Independence

Impressive scenes at the road block in Girona by @tsunami_dem
4 road blocks in 24h💪🏻

🚧Update | Road Blocks in Catalonia right now 👉🏻

📌 AP7 Girona
📌AP8 Irun, French border, Basque Country
📌N-152 French border, Puigcerdà.
📌Diagonal, Meridana in Barcelona.
📌A7 in Tarragona
📌Ronda Iberia, Sabadell

#NoPassaran✊🏻 #PowerOfThePeople #IndependenceForCatalonia

Euronews report

Catalan most used highway AP7, is now simultaneously blocked in Girona and in Ampolla, after 30h block at the French border.

Road blocks also in Manresa and Barcelona.

Tsunami is everyone, the Spanish regime doesn’t have the operational capacity to stop the will of the people.

Barricades

One of the highlights of the first night of the blockade, was The Dance of the Oats, a popular catalan song and dance which describes steps of field work, performed by activists (terrorists as per the Spanish regime).

BREAKING|| Police attacks the road block in Girona which ends up in flames.

Police follows activists to the urban town of Salt, shooting foam bullets, different injured reported.

Town of Salt, Girona, is now occupied by police forces.

Catalonia, 2019. An occupied country.

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