Liz Castro Profile picture
Founder of @AixetaInfo, a non-profit platform promoting creation. Also a writer and publisher.
Jan 4, 2022 10 tweets 9 min read
What is Catalan? And why should you care? Here's @llenguacat 's answer.
plataforma-llengua.cat/media/upload/p… “Compared to other languages with a similar demographic weight, Catalan is the most unprotected language in Europe”
May 7, 2018 19 tweets 4 min read
“Close your eyes and imagine a space in your house, a space that is 8 meters square. Now imagine a steel bed, a chair, a concrete bench, a toilet without a seat and a shower. Without walls or doors…”—@BassaMontse
(1 of 18) “Choose a colleague from work and imagine that they're shut in there with you for sixteen hours a day. One day after another for almost eighty days.”
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Dec 4, 2017 8 tweets 4 min read
I know this @Guardian article will be well received in Catalonia (ooh, a UK paper says we should have free elections!) but it is hopelessly misinformed. Let me count the ways...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/… There has been absolutely NO credible offer from Spain in the last ten years for a fair deal for Catalonia. Promising is not doing. Not even signed agreements and budgeted items are respected.
Oct 27, 2017 35 tweets 5 min read
Reverse chronology of how we got to today: October 27, 2017, Parliament will meet to decide whether to proclaim the Catalan Republic.👇 October 26, President said he had offered elections if Spain backed off of taking control of Catalan govt, police, media. Spain said No.
Sep 27, 2017 5 tweets 2 min read
Catalan Police: “Several considerations communicated to Prosecutor's Office with respect to the tense situation that is being generated in relation to events of next October 1.”👇 “The application of the measures arrived at by the Prosecutor must be adapted to basic principles that are relevant to any police action.”