2,000 in the Basque march for Amnesty of political prisoners

Pro Amnesty movement yesterday rallied in Bilbo under the slogan “Borrokatzea zilegi delako, amnistia osoa!" claiming for amnesty for them all. The march also called to free Galician, Andalusian and Catalan political prisoners and was followed by 2,000 people. The Amnistiaren Aldeko eta Errepresioaren Aurkako Mugimendua, the...

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New Flemish identity cards launched

The party of Vlaams Belang gave all the deputies a "Flemish identity card" and launched an action allowing the general public to get some. Profits will go to the Boven De Wolken Association, which helps parents of stillborn children. "The Flemish identity is also solidarity," said Tom Van Grieken, the party's president, in a press release....

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Basque students rally in several cities simultaneously to claim their own education system

Students from Euskal Herria institutes and colleges have supported a strike day called by the dynamic ‘Gora ikasleon borroka!’, presented last October 12 in Gasteiz. The rallies have been both in the North (under Freench rule) and south (Spanish rule) parts of the Basque country. They have denounced that Basque youth is subject to the Spanish...

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Mebyon Kernow to constest in St Austell and Newquay

Mebyon Kernow does not think that a snap election in December is appropriate, and considers the recent antics of the London parties to be shameful. “But we feel it is important that MK does stand in the General Election, so that it has a platform to publicly make the case for more powers to Cornwall through our own National Assembly, to demand fair funding for Cornwall’s public services, to push for action to properly address...

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Both SNP and Plaid win by-elections

Two of the eight council by-elections on Thursday, November 14th in the UK resulted in gains by both the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. Scottish independentists clearly won in Dunfermline Central (Fife) By-Election, 1st Preferences; SNP - 1526 (33.2%, +3.4) Con - 1142 (24.8%,+0.7) LD - 1050 (22.8%, +15.9) Lab - 612 (13.5%, -13.1) Green...

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EH Bildu: no investiture without self-determination

The general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, has valued the pre-agreement of Government between Spanish Socialists and Communists in which his group becomes fundamental, in the form of a positive vote or abstention, so that the investiture goes ahead. In this sense, he has made it clear that:- if the imprisoned politicians are...

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Committee for the Liberation of the Venetian Nation Blocks Italian revenue agency

On November 13th in Pordenone, at the revenue agency where the Italian colonizing state is located and occupying the Venetian Republic, the Committee for the Liberation of the Venetian Nation (CLNV) once again claimed fot the right of the Venetians to self-determination of peoples.The self-determined people were present to point out...

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Republican Network for Unity Edentubber 2019 commemoration

Republican Network for Unity assembled at the Edentubber Monument this lunchtime to remember 5 men that made the ultimate sacrifice preparing a land mine that exploded prematurely 62 years ago during the operation harvest border campaign. The event was chaired by RNU national chairperson Eadbhárd Ó Cuinn. Eadbhárd opened proceedings...

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Basque National Parties grow from 47,7 % to 50,8 % in the Spanish elections

EH Bildu grows from 16,7 % to 18,7 % and the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) from 31 % to 32 %. With a lower turnout that in April, the Basque forces grow from 10 to 12 MPs. In the Basque Autonomous Comunity EAJ/PNV wins a MP and EH Bildu keeps the same but in Navarra EH Bildu, who had no representation wins its first MP growing from...

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Galician National Block in the Spanish parliament again

The Galician National Block (BNG) lead by Ana Pontón won 25,000 votes on November 10th. The pro independence party grow from 94,433 (April 2019) to 119,577 and from 5,74 % to 8,13 %. With this result the Galician national movement has again a MP in the Spanish parliamen...

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Catalan pro independence parties grow in MPs, % and votes

The Spanish snap elections have been a setback for pro Spanish parties in Catalonia. Between April 2019 and November 2019 they lose 282,000 votes. The parties who demand a referendum grow from 54,28 % to 57,85 %. Catalonia’s Republican Left wins again the elections in Catalonia for the second time. In spite of this they lose 150,000...

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Patriotti announces the creation of Aiutu Patriotticu to raise funds for teh Corsican political prisoners

The members of the group Patriotti held a press conference yesterday in Mezzavia to formalize the Aiutu Patriotticu structure. The goal is to raise funds through various events such as concerts or parties. "Today, we knock on the door of civil society and we will organize a lot of events in order to reap the money, that's why singers, and...

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Saoradh party 4th conference

Saoradh held its fourth Ard Fheis in Newry on November 9th. Formed in 2016, Saoradh is the newest and most influential republican group opposed to the Good Friday Agreement. The party is an attempt to give a political face to the growing republican dissent in nationalist areas north of the border. Following a large commemoration...

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6th Arctic Leaders' Summit

Next week over 70 Indigenous leaders from across the circumpolar North will gather in Rovaniemi, Finland for the 6th Arctic Leaders' Summit, hosted by The Saami Council. A finalized program is available online. The topics of the Summit include: 1) A look back on Arctic Leaders’ Summit history 2) Arctic Indigenous languages and environmental...

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RNU held a vigil to remember An Gorta Mór

On November 3rd Republican Network for Unity in Derry held a vigil to remember the Irish holocaust perpetrated by the British State. Below is a short history of what occurred. IRELAND 1845-1850: “FAMINE/Gorta Mór” LIES vs. HOLOCAUST/AN T-ĀR MŌR FACTS Chris Fogarty (author of Ireland 1845-1850: The Perfect Holocaust, and Who Kept it “Perfect”) ...

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New Corsican pro independence movement, Ghjuventù Libera, formed

      Ghjuventù Libera is formed by Corsica's militants from 15 to 29 years. The movement was anounced in the Corti's internationalist days, at the beginning of August. On September 8th in a press conference it was explained which are their principles and what are they fighting for. The Corsica Libera Youth Movement...

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Spanish king booed in visit by Catalan massive protest

Large numbers of Barcelona's pots and pans gave a metallic banging on Sunday night as well as Monday afternoon, in a protest aimed at Spanish so calles king Philip V, Franco's heir, on the city's Diagonal Avenue, which was blocked in both directions for two hours. A pot-bashing demonstration called by a total of five different pro-independence...

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Huge Independence Rally in Glasgow

Thousands of independence supporters heard Nicola Sturgeon call for "Scotland's future to be put into Scotland's hands" on November 2nd. The first minister told a major rally in Glasgow the time would come to break away from the "chaos of Westminster" in a second independence poll next year. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said a new...

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60,000 euros were allocated for conferences on the protection of minority languages in Friuli

On October 30th the draft law was approved by 26 yes and 13 no. Five Star Movement abstained. The aim was to adapt the existing legislation to changes in the institutional structure of the Region and local authorities, but also to harmonize the regional laws concerning minority languages ​​protected in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The draft law "Provisions for the protection and promotion of the Slovenian, Friulian and German linguistic...

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