'We have to raise our voices' – Catalans rally to the pro-unity cause

The so-called silent majority in Catalonia who oppose independence from Spain make their feelings known in Barcelona

Barcelona was a city accustomed to protests even before the independence referendum earlier this month that has provoked Spain’s biggest political crisis in 40 years.

Every 11 September for the past five years, hundreds of thousands of people have thronged its streets on Catalonia’s national day – La Diada de Catalunya – to call loudly but peacefully for independence from Spain.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2wGHD8p