Assembly of Catalonia

[2] As a consequence of the actions undertaken to achieve the freedom of those detained in La Caputxinada, the Taula Rodona was founded, an organization that brought together the entire anti-Francoist opposition and of which the PSUC was also a part, for the first time since the end of the Civil War.

In its founding manifesto, the Coordination demanded amnesty and political and union freedoms, as well as the reestablishment of the Statute of Autonomy of 1932 and the convocation of a constituent Cortes, as a prior step to the recognition of the right of self-determination that was to be extended to all the peoples of the Spanish state.

The Assembly reversed the situation: until then the clandestine groups had to evade repression, with it the problem was with the Government, which had to combat an illegal and provocative platform on the streets, which attracted a growing number of citizens".

[5] After the death of Franco in November 1975, the Assembly of Catalonia increased its campaign in favor of "Freedom, Amnesty and Statute of Autonomy", which resulted in the two demonstrations held in Barcelona on 1 and 8 February 1976, that were harshly repressed by the police.

Taking advantage of the greater margin of freedom granted by the new government of Adolfo Suárez formed in July, the Marxa de la Libertat was organized throughout the summer of that year promoted by the Lluís Maria Xirinacs — who would be elected senator in the first democratic elections June 1977— who toured not only Catalonia but also Valencia and the Balearic Islands with the motto "Poble català, posa't a caminar" ("Catalan people, start walking") and which was sometimes repressed by the police.

[7] Ten days after the elections were held, the Assemblea de Parliamentaris was formed, which brought together all the Catalan deputies and senators and demanded the restoration of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932.

Interior of the Sant Agustí church of El Raval neighborhood in Barcelona , where the Assembly of Catalonia was constituted on 7 November 1971
Palau de la Música Catalana where the events of the Palau de la Música of 1960 took place, and where the Statute of Catalonia of 1919 had been signed 41 years before.
Lluís Llach , one of the main representatives of the Nova Cançó , in a performance in Olympia music hall in Paris, 2006. His 1968 song L'Estaca became an hymn of the anti-Francoist opposition
Fountain of the Assembly of Catalonia in the square of the same name in the La Sagrera neighborhood of Barcelona. Work of the architect Olga Tarrassó. The square received this name in 1982 because it was located near the parish of Cristo Rey where in 1971 the first attempt to establish the Assembly of Catalonia was made