Let Catalans Vote
Let Catalans Vote (in Catalan: Deixin votar els catalans) is an international support manifesto to the Catalan independence referendum.
The manifesto points out that the best way to solve legitimate internal disputes is to employ the tools of democracy and calls on the Spanish Government and its institutions, and their Catalan counterparts, to work together to allow the citizens of Catalonia to vote on their political future and then negotiate in good faith based on the result. The manifesto declares that the fact to prevent the Catalans from voting seems to contradict the principles that inspire democratic societies.
The manifesto has been signed by several personalities of international relevance, which include the following five Nobel Prize winners: Rigoberta Menchú, Desmond Tutu, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Dario Fo and Jody Williams.[1][2]
Signers
The signers of the manifesto come from different professional and labour fields. In the field of art and culture: Joan Baez, Mārtiņš Brauns, Andrea Camilleri, Dario Fo, Peter Gabriel, Saúl Hernández, Ken Loach, António Lobo Antunes, Hélder Mateus da Costa, Viggo Mortensen, Yoko Ono Lennon, Silvio Rodríguez, Peter Sís, Colm Tóibín, Pēteris Vasks, Irvine Welsh and Tsering Woeser. In the academic and university field: Zygmunt Bauman, Harold Bloom, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Susan George, Costas Lapavitsas, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Paul Preston, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett and Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. In the field of civil and institutional policy: Gerry Adams, Tariq Ali, José Bové, Piedad Córdoba, Heiner Flassbeck, Ahmed Galai, Peter Jambreck, Hu Jia, Wuer Kaixi, Ronald Kasrils, Rigoberta Menchú, Ambler Moss, José Shulman, Jody Williams and Jason Y. Ng. In the field of sport: Eric Cantona, Johan Cruyff and Hristo Stoichkov. Also signed by: Ignacio Ramonet, Bill Shipsey, Bořek Šípek and Desmond Tutu.
References
External links
- Let Catalans Vote (in Catalan, English, Spanish, French, and Italian)
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- Catalan autonomist campaign of 1918-1919
- Plot of Prats de Molló
- Catalan Republic (1931)
- Events of 6 October
- Operation Garzón
- 2009–2011 independence referendums
- 2010 autonomy protest
- 2012 independence demonstration
- 2013 Catalan Way
- 2014 Catalan Way
- 2014 self-determination referendum
- 2015 Free Way
- 2016 We are ready
- 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
- 2017 National Day for Yes
- 2017 Yes Campaign
- 2017 Operation Anubis
- 2017 independence referendum
- 2017 Catalan general strike
- 2017 Wake Up Europe!
- 2017 Catalan regional election
- 2018 Let's build the Catalan Republic!
- 2019 trial of independence leaders
- 2019–2020 protests
- Bases de Manresa (1892)
- Draft Constitution of the Catalan Republic (1928)
- Declaration of Sovereignty (23 Jan 2013)
- White Paper on the National Transition of Catalonia (Sep 2014)
- Initiation of the Process of Independence (9 Nov 2015)
- Let Catalans Vote (May 2017)
- Law on the Referendum on Self-determination (6 Sep 2017)
- Law of juridical transition (8 Sep 2017)
- Catalan declaration of independence (10/27 Oct 2017)
- Valentí Almirall
- Enric Prat de la Riba
- Josep Puig i Cadafalch
- Francesc Macià
- Lluís Companys
- Joan Comorera
- Josep Irla
- Josep Tarradellas
- Jordi Pujol
- Guillem Agulló
- Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
- Artur Mas
- Oriol Junqueras
- Muriel Casals
- Carme Forcadell
- Jordi Sànchez
- Jordi Cuixart
- Carles Puigdemont
- Roger Torrent
- Anna Gabriel
- Quim Torra
- Elisenda Paluzie
- Pere Aragonès
- Sign † marks defunct organisations.