Catalan Way

File:Catalan National Day.png (Catalan pro-independence flag) in the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration]]

In 1989, the Baltic Way was organized by the peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, spanning across the three Baltic states which at the time were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union. This human chain linked the capitals of the three countries demanding the end to the Soviet occupation. During the final stages of the Cold War, the three Baltic countries were able to restore full independence in August 1991. According to the Baltic Way's manifesto, "A common European home can only [be] set up if all European nations are granted a free right to self-determination".{{cite web|title=Pro-independence supporters prepare a 400 km-long human chain on Catalonia's National Day|url=http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/pro-independence-supporters-prepare-a-400-km-long-human-chain-on-catalonia-s-national-day|work=Catalan News Agency|date=23 August 2013}}

The 2010 Catalan autonomy protest was a demonstration held in central Barcelona on 10 July 2010 against the limits set to the autonomy of Catalonia within Spain, and particularly against a then recent decision of the Spanish Constitutional Court to annul or reinterpret several articles of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, approved in referendum by 73.9% of the voters.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10588494.stm |title=Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain |agency=BBC News |date=10 July 2010 |access-date=17 September 2012}} The number of people taking part in the demonstration was estimated at between 1.1 million (according to the local police) and 1.5 million (according to the organisers){{Cite news | title = La manifestació ha desbordat totes les previsions | url = http://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/noticias/politica/20100710/1100000-persones-assisteixen-marxa-protesta-per-sentencia/379832.shtml | newspaper = El Periódico de Catalunya | date = 10 July 2010 | access-date = 25 August 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304064528/http://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/noticias/politica/20100710/1100000-persones-assisteixen-marxa-protesta-per-sentencia/379832.shtml | archive-date = 4 March 2012 | url-status = dead}}. {{in lang|ca}}{{Cite news | title = Un millón de personas inundan Barcelona en una histórica manifestación de rechazo a la sentencia contra el Estatut | url = http://www.lavanguardia.es/politica/noticias/20100710/53961206706/un-millon-de-personas-inundan-barcelona-en-una-historica-manifestacion--de-rechazo-a-la-sentencia-co.html | newspaper = La Vanguardia | date = 10 July 2010 | access-date = 25 August 2013 | archive-date = 13 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100713170506/http://www.lavanguardia.es/politica/noticias/20100710/53961206706/un-millon-de-personas-inundan-barcelona-en-una-historica-manifestacion--de-rechazo-a-la-sentencia-co.html | url-status = dead }} Madrid-based newspaper El País estimated the number of demonstrators at 425,000.[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Calculo/asistentes/elpepiesp/20100711elpepinac_21/Tes Cálculo de asistentes] {{in lang|es}}

Catalonia saw several local referendums for independence take place in hundreds of villages between 13 September 2009 and April 2011, with an overwhelming number of "yes" votes being cast.

The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration, organized by the Catalan National Assembly, argued that Catalonia should become an independent state within the European Union, under the slogan "Catalonia, new state in Europe". The number of participants was estimated at about 1.5 million according to Barcelona's Municipal Police and Catalonia's Department of the Interior,{{cite news|title=400 Kilometer Menschenkette für die Unabhängigkeit|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article119895691/400-Kilometer-Menschenkette-fuer-die-Unabhaengigkeit.html|newspaper=Die Welt|date=11 September 2013|language=de}} about 2 million according to the organizers, and about 600,000 according to the delegation of the Spanish government in Catalonia.{{cite news |title=El independentismo catalán logra una histórica exhibición de fuerza |first=Àngels |last=Piñol |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/09/11/catalunya/1347375808_419590.html |agency=El País |location=Barcelona |date=11 September 2012 |language=es |access-date=12 September 2012}}{{cite news |title=Diada.- El Govern central xifra l'assistència en 600.000 persones |url=http://www.europapress.cat/politica/noticia-diada-govern-central-xifra-lassistencia-600000-persones-20120911210226.html |agency=Europa Press |location=Barcelona |date=11 September 2012 |language=ca |access-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102142454/http://www.europapress.cat/politica/noticia-diada-govern-central-xifra-lassistencia-600000-persones-20120911210226.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=La delegació del govern espanyol a Catalunya xifra en 600.000 els assistents a la manifestació de la Diada |url=http://www.acn.cat/acn/683844/Noticia/text/Noticia.html |agency=Agència Catalana de Notícies |location=Madrid |date=11 September 2012 |language=ca |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913123630/http://www.acn.cat/acn/683844/Noticia/text/Noticia.html |archive-date=13 September 2014}} {{Clear}}

The Catalan Way was presented for the first time on 19 June 2013, at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya. The presentation included Henn Karits and Ülo Laanoja, two members of the organization which staged the Baltic Way.

On 4 July, the National Catalan Assembly (ANC) opened the registering period through its website. More than 22,000 people were registered during the first 24 hours and over 78,000 the first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4133120/20130711/78000-inscrits-via-catalana-setmana.html|title=Més de 78.000 inscrits a la Via Catalana en una setmana|publisher=VilaWeb|access-date=11 July 2013|language=ca}} Registrations grew steadily since then and, three weeks before the event, more than 350,000 people had already signed in.{{cite web|url=http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4133472/20130712/cent-mil-inscrits-via-catalana.html|title=Ja hi ha més de cent mil inscrits a la Via Catalana|publisher=VilaWeb|access-date=12 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cadenaser.com/catalunya/articulo/250000-inscritos-cadena-humana-independentista-diada/csrcsrpor/20130730csrcsrcat_5/Tes|publisher=Cadena SER. EFE|access-date=11 July 2013|language=es|title=250.000 inscritos para la cadena humana independentista de la Diada|archive-date=30 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730201341/http://www.cadenaser.com/catalunya/articulo/250000-inscritos-cadena-humana-independentista-diada/csrcsrpor/20130730csrcsrcat_5/Tes|url-status=dead}} The southern areas of Catalonia were considered the hardest ones to fill due to being less populated and farther from Barcelona.{{cite web|title=L'ANC avisa que tothom que participi en la Via Catalana serà comptat com a independentista|date=19 August 2013 |publisher=El Periódico de Catalunya|access-date=19 August 2013|url=http://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/noticias/politica/anc-avisa-todo-participe-via-catalana-sera-contado-independentista-2587000|language=ca}} On 2 September, nine days before the Diada, no section of the Catalan Way was left with low occupancy.{{cite web|url=http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4141524/20130902/queda-cap-tram-via-catalana-baixa-ocupacio.html|title=Ja no queda cap tram de la Via Catalana amb baixa ocupació|publisher=VilaWeb|access-date=2 September 2013|language=ca}}

During the summer, some practice runs of the Catalan Way took place in several cities around Catalonia.{{cite web|title=Més de 22.000 inscrits en 24 hores per a la cadena humana de l'11-S|date=5 July 2013 |publisher=Ara|access-date=5 July 2013|url=http://www.ara.cat/politica/Mes-inscrits-cadena-humana-l11-S_0_950305252.html|language=ca}}

Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC), Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Candidatura d'Unitat Popular (CUP)

expressed their support and participation in the Catalan Way, while Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC), Partit Popular (PP) and Ciutadans opposed.{{cite news|title=The majority of Catalan parties propose an independence vote in 2014 the day after the human chain|url=http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/the-majority-of-catalan-parties-propose-an-independence-vote-in-2014-the-day-after-the-human-chain|date=12 September 2013|agency=Catalan News Agency}} Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) asked their activists to join the human chain organized by Procés Constituent to surround La Caixa the same day.{{cite news|last=Fornell|first=Ramon|title=Anti-capitalist independence for Catalonia|url=http://www.demotix.com/news/2648071/anti-capitalist-independence-catalonia#media-2648217|newspaper=Demotix.com|date=11 September 2013|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702051329/http://www.demotix.com/news/2648071/anti-capitalist-independence-catalonia#media-2648217|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=dead}}

Artur Mas, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and Núria de Gispert, President of the Parliament of Catalonia, decided not to participate for "institutional reasons", although they encouraged the people to participate in the Catalan Way and announced that they would meet with the organizers of the human chain on the same 11 September.

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File:Via_Catalana_tram_650_-_cartell.JPG (Alt Empordà)]]

The human chain followed the old Via Augusta, crossing the following 86 towns and municipalities (sorted from North to South): Le Perthus, la Jonquera, Pont de Molins, Figueres, Santa Llogaia d'Àlguema, Bàscara, Orriols, Sarrià de Ter, Sant Julià de Ramis, Girona, Fornells de la Selva, Riudellots de la Selva, Tordera, Pineda de Mar, Calella, Sant Pol de Mar, Canet de Mar, Arenys de Mar, Caldes d'Estrac, Sant Vicenç de Montalt, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Mataró, Vilassar de Mar, Premià de Mar, El Masnou, Montgat, Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Sant Just Desvern, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Molins de Rei, Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Cervelló, Vallirana, Ordal, Cantallops, Sant Cugat Sesgarrigues, Olèrdola, Vilafranca del Penedès, Santa Margarida i els Monjos, la Ràpita, l'Arboç, Castellet i la Gornal, Bellvei, el Vendrell, Roda de Berà, Creixell, Clarà, Torredembarra, Altafulla, Tarragona, Reus, Riudoms, Montbrió del Camp, Mont-roig del Camp, l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, l'Ametlla de Mar, El Perelló, l'Ampolla, Camarles, l'Aldea, Amposta, Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Alcanar.{{cite web|title=El recorregut de la cadena humana de l'Onze de Setembre ja és públic|url=http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4126953/20130619/recorregut-cadena-humana-lonze-setembre-public.html|publisher=vilaweb|access-date=1 July 2013|language=ca}}

In Barcelona, the path ran along several main streets, such as avinguda Diagonal, plaça de Sant Jaume and Eixample.{{cite news|title=La Via Catalana passarà pels punts més emblemàtics de Barcelona|url=http://www.btv.cat/btvnoticies/2013/06/19/via-catalana-a-barcelona-11-de-setembre-2013/|date=19 June 2013|agency=Barcelona TV}}

Two extensions of the Catalan Way, one up to Le Boulou, France, and the other one down to Vinaròs, Valencian Community, were made. The Northern Catalonia ANC territorial assembly was responsible to extend the Catalan Way from Pertús to el Voló, and several civic and political Valencian organizations, coordinated by Acció Cultural del País Valencià, prepared an extension from Vinaròs.{{cite news|title=Catalan Way Wins in Valencian Court|url=http://www.helpcatalonia.cat/2013/09/catalan-way-wins-in-valencian-court.html|newspaper=Help Catalonia|date=11 September 2013|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200047/http://www.helpcatalonia.cat/2013/09/catalan-way-wins-in-valencian-court.html|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

The Foreign Assemblies of the ANC, in collaboration with the Catalan Communities Abroad and Catalans al Món, organized more than 116 Catalan Ways carried out mainly between 1 August and 11 September 2013 in major cities around the world "to support the democratic independence process of Catalonia". More than 8,000 Catalans and supporters of Catalonia's independence participated in the International Catalan Way.{{cite news|title=Catalans Around the World Claim Independence from Spain|url=http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/09/11/catalans-around-the-world-claim-independence-from-spain/|date=11 September 2013|agency=Global Voices}}

• Americas: Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal (Canada), Atlanta, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Independence, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. (United States), Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla and Tulum (Mexico), Managua (Nicaragua), Panama City (Panama), San José (Costa Rica), Asunción (Paraguay), Bogotá and Medellín (Colombia), Buenos Aires, Castelar, Córdoba, Paranà and Rosario (Argentina), Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil), Lima (Peru), Montevideo (Uruguay), Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile).
• Europe: Andorra la Vella (Andorra), Athens (Greece), Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim (Norway), Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Mannheim and Munich (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Budapest (Hungary), Copenhagen (Denmark), Cork and Dublin (Ireland), The Hague (Netherlands), Dubrovnik and Zadar (Croatia), Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich (Switzerland), Gothenburg and Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Lisbon (Portugal), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Edinburgh, London and Manchester (United Kingdom), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Paris, Paris-Eurodisney, Lyon and Toulouse (France), Prague (Czech Republic), Reykjavík (Iceland), Alghero, Rome and Venice (Italy), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Szczecin (Poland) and Vienna (Austria).
• Africa: Johannesburg (South Africa), Mbour (Senegal) and Serekunda (Gambia).
• Asia: Doha (Qatar), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Jerusalem (Israel), Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenyang (China), Everest and Pokhara (Nepal), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan).
• Oceania: Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand), Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney (Australia)

File:20130830 ViaCatalanaLisboa 05.JPG|Previous Catalan Way in Lisbon, on 30 August

File:Via Catalana à Paris.jpg|Previous Catalan Way in Paris, on 2 September

File:Catalan Way in Stockholm 3.jpg|Previous Catalan Way in Stockholm, on 31 August

File:Holding Hands for Catalan Independence NYC 2.jpg|Pro-independence protest in Times Square, New York City, on 31 August

Initially, 12-O Moviment Cívic called for a demonstration in the Sagrada Família square to circle around this monument, show their support for the "unity of Spain" and "break the pro-independence chain".{{cite news|title=Movimiento Cívico 12-O replicará a la Vía Catalana con un acto en la Sagrada Familia|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20130819/54379551745/movimiento-civico-12-o-via-catalana-sagrada-familia.html|newspaper=La Vanguardia|date=19 August 2013|language=es}} However, the Ministry of the Interior of the Government of Catalonia ruled that this demonstration could not be at the same time and in the same location for security reasons.{{cite news|title=Interior autoriza el acto del Movimiento 12-O de la Diada pero prohíbe que coincida con la cadena|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20130905/54381061029/movimiento-12-o-debera-cambiar-hora-lugar-acto-diada.html|newspaper=La Vanguardia|date=5 September 2013|language=es}} This, together with the limited support of the anti-independence political parties, led the organizers to call off the event and invited unionist Catholics to go to the Temple to pray and postponed an answer to the Catalan Way on 12 October, the Fiesta Nacional de España.{{cite news|title=El 12-O desconvoca la concentració a la Sagrada Família, però crida a anar-hi "a resar"|url=http://www.324.cat/noticia/2169873/politica/El-12-O-desconvoca-la-concentracio-a-la-Sagrada-Familia-pero-crida-a-anar-hi-a-resar|date=10 September 2013|agency=324.cat|language=ca}}

Fifteen far-right people holding pre-constitutional, Falange, National Alliance flags assaulted the official ceremony of the Catalan National Day in the Catalan Government Centre in Madrid.{{cite news|title=Un grupo ultraderechista boicotea el acto de la Generalitat en Madrid por la Diada|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/09/11/actualidad/1378923656_383702.html|newspaper=El País|date=11 September 2013}} They attacked those present, including the MP Josep Sánchez i Llibre, caused damage to furniture and threw pepper spray, shouting "No nos engañan, Cataluña es España" ("They don't deceive us, Catalonia is Spain").{{cite news|title=Un grup d'extrema dreta irromp a la seu de la Generalitat a Madrid per boicotejar l'acte de la Diada|url=http://www.ara.cat/viacatalana/dextrema-Generalitat-Madrid-boicotejar-Diada_0_991101136.html|newspaper=Ara|date=12 September 2013|language=ca}} Medical services treated a person with mental breakdown, another for bruising, and a third for eye irritation. Among the wounded there were elderly people and a five-year-old girl.{{cite news|title=Doce detenidos tras el ataque ultraderechista contra la sede de la Generalitat en Madrid|url=http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Once-detenidos-ultraderechista-Generalitat-Madrid_0_174633298.html|newspaper=Europa Press/Eldiario.es|date=12 September 2013}}

The Catalan National Assembly claimed that the day after the Catalan Way the Catalan government should set the date and the question of self-determination referendum in Catalonia, that "should be able to answer with a yes or no".{{cite news|title=La ANC quiere una fecha para la consulta el día después de la cadena humana|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/08/23/barcelona/1377253061.html|newspaper=El Mundo|date=23 August 2013|language=es}} The Minister of the Presidency and spokesman of the Government of Catalonia Francesc Homs said the day after the Catalan way that "before the end of the year there should be a date and a question".{{cite news|title=Homs: "Abans de final d'any hi ha d'haver una data i una pregunta"|url=http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/3-politica/17-politica/676877-homs-abans-de-final-dany-hi-ha-dhaver-una-data-i-una-pregunta.html|newspaper=El Punt Avui|date=12 September 2013|language=ca}}

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, said the day after that the executive had an obligation "to listen to all Spaniards", both "the people coming out" and the "silent majority" that "stay at home", who also "entitled" to ensure "for their freedoms and their views".{{cite news|title=Santamaría apela a escuchar también a las 'mayorías silenciosas' tras la Diada|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/09/12/espana/1378972792.html?a=a72d111f5058c94feeb073c145e3451b&t=1378974112&numero=|newspaper=El Mundo|date=12 September 2013|language=es}} For its part, the Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel García-Margallo, admitted that the Catalan Way was a "success of call, organization, logistics and communication", although he said that Spain would never accept a referendum agreed with Catalonia.{{cite news|title=Margallo admet que la Via Catalana va ser un èxit de convocatòria|url=http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/3-politica/17-politica/676996-margallo-admet-que-la-via-catalana-va-ser-un-exit-de-convocatoria.html|newspaper=El Punt Avui|date=12 September 2013|language=ca}}

European Commission spokesmen showed "great respect" for the Catalan Way and said they were "aware of its importance", although they recalled that the EU executive "can not interfere" in the internal affairs of member states.{{cite news|title=La CE mostra "gran respecte" per la Via Catalana i "és conscient de la seva importància"|url=http://www.acn.cat/acn/725120/Noticia/text/Noticia.html|date=11 September 2013|agency=ACN}}

Latvia's PM Valdis Dombrovskis said it would recognize Catalonia as independent state, if declared in a legitimate process. Mr. Dombrovskis said: "If there is a clear will of the people and need for a referendum, we need to take that into account and seek means to make it real" [...] "Provided there is legitimacy of the process, I would say, theoretically, why not?". Latvia, however, considers the question an internal matter of Spain and PM's press secretary latter said that PM had tried to remain neutral instead of showing support to the Catalan cause.{{cite news|title=Catalonians praise Latvian PM for his support|url=http://bnn-news.com/catalonians-praise-latvian-pm-support-102978|newspaper=Baltic News Network|date=13 September 2013}} Spanish government reacted asking to call the Latvian ambassador in Madrid to explain the prime minister's statements.{{cite news|title=Spain demands explanation from Latvia of Catalonia comment|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-latvia-catalonia-idUSBRE98C0WS20130913|date=13 September 2013|work=Reuters|access-date=30 June 2017|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924184655/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-spain-latvia-catalonia-idUSBRE98C0WS20130913|url-status=live}}

On 14 September Lithuania's PM Algirdas Butkevičius said about Catalonia: "Each country must find its own path and has the right to self-determination. [...] I welcome all peaceful ways of expressing solidarity and self-determination". He also said he was "very pleased" that the Lithuanian example "inspire" the Catalan independence clamor.{{cite news|title=El primer ministre lituà: "Cada país ha de trobar el seu propi camí i té dret a l'autodeterminació"|url=http://www.ara.cat/politica/ministre-litua-trobar-propi-lautodeterminacio_0_992900923.html|date=14 September 2013|agency=Catalan News Agency}}

After the pressure of Spanish diplomacy,[http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4144141/20130916/diplomacia-letona-lituana-rectifiquen-pressio-espanyola.html La diplomàcia letona i la lituana rectifiquen per la pressió espanyola], VilaWeb[http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/3-politica/17-politica/678049.html La reacció de la diplomàcia espanyola "sorprèn" el primer ministre lituà], ACN[http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/latvia-and-lithuania-say-the-press-offered-a-biased-version-of-their-prime-ministers-statements-on-catalonia Latvia and Lithuania say the press offered a "biased" version of their Prime Ministers’ statements on Catalonia], Catalan News Agency[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-latvia-catalonia-idUSBRE98C0WS20130913 Spain demands explanation from Latvia of Catalonia comment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924184655/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-spain-latvia-catalonia-idUSBRE98C0WS20130913 |date=24 September 2015 }}, Reuters Lithuania's Foreign Ministry posted a statement expressing "concern over the tendentious and erroneous interpretation" by the Spanish press over the Lithuanian position. The statement said, "The Soviet occupation of the Baltic nations cannot be compared with the situation in Spain. Spain is the democratic country, a member of the European Union, our close partner in the EU and NATO." It said all domestic matters in Spain "should be resolved according to democratic and legal measures that exist within the country, respecting the Constitution.".{{cite news|title=Almunia Says Catalonia Would Need to Leave EU if it Secedes From Spain comment|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323527004579079031402636014?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle|date=16 September 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal}}

The Catalan Way was followed in the succeeding years by the Catalan Way 2014, the Free Way to the Catalan Republic (2015) and Go ahead, Catalan Republic (2016).

File:Via Catalana a Sant Carles de la Ràpita (Tram 32).jpg|Catalan Way in Sant Carles de la Ràpita

File:ViaCatalana 11s2013 Amposta Tram49.jpg|Catalan Way in Amposta

File:Tram 235 de la via catalana per la independència (section 235 of the Catalan Way towards independence).JPG|Catalan Way in Tarragona

File:Camp Nou - Via Catalana - abans de l'hora P1200403.jpg|Catalan Way at the Camp Nou

File:Via Catalana al Parlament.jpg|Catalan Way at the Parliament of Catalonia

File:Via Catalana, tram 765.jpg|Catalan Way on Colom Avenue, Barcelona

File:Via Catalana - Tram 419.jpg|Catalan Way in Badalona

File:Via catalana - Tram 523 (Palafolls) - Hores prèvies - 1.jpg|Catalan Way in Palafolls

File:Via Catalana tram 650 - cadena 2.JPG|Catalan Way in Pontós

File:Via Catalana al Tram 686 (Pont de Molins) 3.JPG|Catalan Way in Pont de Molins

File:Via Catalana per la independencia Figueres 2013 (4).JPG|Catalan Way in Figueres

• Baltic Way
• Human Chain for Basque Self-determination, 2014
• Human Chain for Basque Self-determination, 2018
• Hong Kong Way
• Human chain (politics)

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• {{Cite book|title=What's up with Catalonia?|url=https://archive.org/details/WhatsupCATcc|location=Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA|publisher=Catalonia Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-61150-032-5|last=Castro|first=Liz, ed.|author-link=Elizabeth Castro|url-access=registration}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130626000559/http://via.assemblea.cat/ Catalan Way] official web site {{in lang|ca|en|fr|es}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130727121145/http://catalanassembly.org/international-catalan-way/ International Catalan Way] {{in lang|en}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRQxhkmiXcs Promotional video] {{in lang|ca}}, English subtitles
• [http://www.324.cat/video/4672753 Video with the best images of the Catalan Way]

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