Protest in front of the Spanish Embassy (Dublin)

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Monday May 09, 2005 19:34 by Pero Meogo - Galician People peromeogo at yahoo dot ie

Against militar parade in Galicia

On May 29th, the Spanish army is celebrating a parade in the Galician city of Corunna (A Crunha), with full paraphernalia. The local government, the corrupted and controlled Galician government and, in summary, those who "matter", will be welcoming the "glorious" Spanish army into Galicia (Galiza). We, Galicians, consider this action to be a direct insult.

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On May 29th, the Spanish army is celebrating a parade in the Galician city of Corunna (A Crunha), with full paraphernalia. The local government, the corrupted and controlled Galician government and, in summary, those who "matter", will be welcoming the "glorious" Spanish army into Galicia (Galiza). We, Galicians, consider this action to be a direct insult.

For that reason, Galician citizens will be demonstrating on that day and on the days before, but not just in Galicia, also abroad. Namely, a collective of Galician citizens in Ireland will be protesting on Saturday 28th of May in front of the Spanish Embassy in Dublin. And you are cordially invited to join us.

Galicia is one of the nations oppressed by the Spanish state, together with Catalonia and the Basque Country. In fact, our relationship with Spain can be labelled as "colonial". Following the military occupation of our country, and despite numerous attempts to regain independence or even some degree of autonomy through the centuries, our "association" with Spain has not improved much. Our devolved autonomous government is controlled by Madrid, so it is our economy and culture. Political repression and censorship are still the norm in this allegedly "democratic" country. Examples abound.
Galicians were relegated to emigration and the production of cheap primary sources for Spain. Now they are trying to enrol Galician youngsters into their army. That's their solution for us. That's why we consider this military parade to be a blatant affront.

Why didn't you know anything about Galicia? That's easy to explain: Being the first nation colonised by Spain our struggle is old, and has moved through phases. Since the colonisation we've been a poor and country, thus unable to express our own voice in the international arena. Our commitment with pacifism has also made us "unattractive" to modern mass media. Yet, we do exist, we do resist, and you probably know more about Galicia than you though…

Please find below the Manifesto we will be distributing on the day, which is a summarised translation of the one ratified by a number of Galician political parties, political associations, and civic and cultural organisations.