Sovereign Catalonia has awoken from long, imposed nightmare. The intermittent moments when freedom could be tasted have been few and far between, and the citizens of Catalonia are taking steps towards achieving their most coveted, longest awaited demands: the recovery of the rights and freedoms taken away 300 years ago, the right to decide their continuity the Kingdom of Spain, and its recognition as an independent state.
After 300 years the relationship between Catalonia and Spain is none other than the result of a forced annexation, suffered over the years under the cowardly impositions of the centralist State. The Catalan language and culture are still victims in full democracy of the systematic attacks by the Spanish government, and the Catalan people are insulted and threatened by the Spanish authorities and many of the so-called fellow-citizens in the rest of Spain.
If you ask me how long I have felt Catalan, I can only reply forever. If you ask me how long I have demanded full sovereignty for Catalonia, I will reply always. If you ask me how long I have felt scorned and insulted for being Catalan, that'll be constantly.
It's not that I have grown up, it's not that I have matured, it's not that I want a divorce, no! I just wish for the freedom of this little country that I love so to be recognized.
Long live Catalonia, a new independent state!
Núria Juanmiquel Rovira
September 2013, Badalona
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