Some 3,000 people, according to the Barcelona Urban Guard, demonstrated this afternoon in the streets of Barcelona on the sixth anniversary of 1-O called by the CDR who throughout the day held events celebrating the referendum and protesting against the sovereigntist parties for not making independence effective.
Hundreds of protesters left the old Modelo prison and blocked Diagonal to Passeig de Gràcia. There they received the attendees of the event convened by the Consell de la República, the ANC, the Intersindical and Òmnium in the center of the city.
The CDR called the protest in front of the Civil Guard barracks on Travessera de Gràcia to express their rejection of the police action on October 1, 2017 on those who participated in the vote as well as the “Judas operation” in which activists They were arrested for allegedly preparing violent actions to demand independence.
In the first section of the demonstration, up to the Jardinets de Gràcia, there were around 3,000 people, according to the local Barcelona police, although only around 300 remained in front of the barracks.
However, numerous members of the Mossos d'Esquadra have prevented the passage by placing fences, so the protesters threw eggs, plastic bottles and flour at the officers and burned two Spanish flags shouting 'let's get them'.. They have also moved some containers and other street furniture when they were dissolved, without further incident.
The CDR undermined the Catalan police's maintenance of order by stating on social networks “Mossos protecting the Civil Guard. El Pueblo doesn't forget”, along with a video of Els Segadors singing. There were also whistles and insults towards the police deployed to avoid incidents.
CDR demonstration in the center of Barcelona EFE
The majority of protesters left after singing the Catalan anthem and only a small group wanted to continue with the protest in front of the Government delegation in Catalonia.. In the march, numerous 'esteladas' were seen, banners such as '1-O, neither forgetting nor forgiveness' or now 'Enough lies, independence now' and slogans were raised such as: 'Neither France nor Spain: Catalan Countries', 'Le they call democracy and it is not', 'Free Catalonia', 'Puigdemont, our president', in addition to demanding secession and lamenting the role of both Catalan and Spanish political representatives.