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From Global Post:
Spearheading this drive for a gratis in addition to feminist Catalan country is the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (Popular Unity Candidacy), or CUP — an extreme left, separatist political party reviled past times Castilian unionists in addition to oftentimes viewed wearily past times to a greater extent than moderate Catalans. The CUP has seen a meteoric rising to ability over the lastly decade, from grass-roots activism to securing 10 Catalan Parliament seats inwards 2015. It vows to construct a “socialist, feminist in addition to ecologically sustainable Catalan republic.” The appear upwards of the political party is firebrand Anna Gabriel, who lastly yr publicly denounced the sexist linguistic communication oftentimes leveled at woman individual CUP politicians inwards a now-famous video.Do nosotros libertarians actually desire to back upwards this?
“My elevate is Anna Gabriel in addition to I’m a slut, a traitor; I’m bitter in addition to I withdraw to larn laid, because
I desire a free, socialist in addition to feminist Catalonia,” she tin live seen wryly declaring into a microphone, donning her trademark jeans, political T-shirt in addition to hoop earrings....
Though polls released prior to the plebiscite suggested exclusively xl per centum of Catalans supported independence, the CUP, despite its perceived extremism, has managed to shore upwards unprecedented back upwards over the years, largely due to Spain’s refusal to negotiate damage for greater Catalan autonomy. Working amongst other secessionist parties, the CUP's habit of discussing Castilian “colonialism” in addition to abuse using the linguistic communication of gender violence in addition to patriarchal hegemony has too gone mainstream. Sunday’s events are probable to topographic point upwards to a greater extent than people adopt the rhetoric....
In August, the CUP unveiled its lastly separatist elbow grease posters featuring an ostensibly working-class Catalan adult woman sweeping away overwhelmingly manly individual representatives of Castilian ability — church, crown in addition to capitalist pursuit — with a broom, accompanied past times the text, “Let’s sweep them away.”...
The CUP’s feminism is intrinsically tied to its socialism. “We alive inwards a patriarchal, capitalist organisation inwards which the accumulation of working capital missive of the alphabet is at the view of everything,” said [the CUP’s Clara] Sanchez.. “The finish of feminism is to topographic point upwards life in addition to people’s well-being the middle of all policy.”
-RW Sumber http://www.targetliberty.com/