⬛️⬜️Instead of acknowledging Spain’s structural democratic deficits, Juan Carlos I accuses Catalans of “disloyalty” and “intolerance”. These memoirs reveal the monarchy’s inability to accept pluralism. A democracy that refuses to confront its past cannot be called consolidated.

⬛️⬜️The former king devotes significant space to attacking Catalonia. He admits he feared peaceful Catalan self-determination movements more than armed violence, and labels the 2017 referendum a “coup d’état,” contradicting Spain’s own judiciary.

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⬛️⬜️ We reaffirm what @arihv.bsky.social has stated at the UN Forum on Minority Issues: “Self-determination is the only democratic way to overcome the structural discrimination the Catalan people continue to face.”

A reminder: self-determination is not a threat to peace; denying it is.

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⬛️⬜️🗣"Unresolved injustices from the dictatorship still constrain Spain's democracy today. Refusing to allow peaceful, democratic self-determination, the state perpetuates the same patterns of suppression it never addressed through transitional justice" - @arihv.bsky.social.

⬛️⬜️ 50 years on, Catalonia still faces the consequences of an incomplete democratic transition.
Our commitment is clear: defend civil & political rights, expose democratic deficits, and work toward a future where Catalans can exercise their right to decide their political fate.

⬛️⬜️Spain presents itself as a “model democracy” but the reality tells another story:
- Political prisoners & exiles after the 2017 referendum
- Systemic obstacles to freedom of expression & assembly
- Criminalisation of peaceful dissent
These are not signs of a healed democracy.

Spain is the only country in the world that remained ruled by an openly Fascist regime after World War II, and the same regime set up the "democracy" after the dick-tator's death.
#Catalonia wants OUT of this corrupt, colonialist system. We need our own state, for survival sake!