Marjorie,
Working in the factory today. Don't think I can make it,
Mark
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On Oct 5, 2017, at 9:52 PM, Marjorie Stamberg <marjoriestamberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The Internationalist Group and Trabajadores Internacionales Clasistas are
calling a protest to protest the brutal police attack on the October 1
referendum on independence in Catalunya. Almost 900 people were injured as
thousands of riot police brought in from elsewhere in Spain dragged retirees
out of voters lines to beat them bloody. It was a throwback to the days of
the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and a clear attempt to intimidate and
humiliate the population of this restive region who dared to defy the
neo-Francoist Spanish government. Two days later there was a work stoppage
throughout Catalonia as hundreds of thousands marched to denounce the vicious
repression.
We are calling for "International Workers Solidarity Against Police
Repression in Catalonia." In New York, the protest will be held tomorrow,
Friday, October 6 from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. outside the Spanish government
tourist office at 60 East 42nd Street, opposite Grand Central Station in
Manhattan. This is a last-minute effort as the government appears to be
preparing to cancel Catalonia's regional autonomy and impose direct rule from
Madrid through a military/police occupation (army units are already being
brought in). It would be important if you could make it and bring friends.
There are important articles on the Internationalist Group/League for the
Fourth International web site (www.internationalist.org) providing detailed
coverage of the rapidly developing events. See:
Mass Resistance to Police Repression in Catalonia
(http://www.internationalist.org/cataloniadefiespolicerepression1710.html)
Defend the Right to Self-Determination and Independence for Catalonia
(http://www.internationalist.org/cataloniaselfdetermination1709.html)
The Left in Catalonia and Independence
(http://www.internationalist.org/cataloniaselfdetermination1709.html#catalonialeft)
