Barcelona’s Raval will host an anti-NATO summit this weekend, with delegates and co-organisers from several political groups meeting at Casa de la Solidaritat on 27 and 28 June.
The event is set for 15 Carrer de Vistalegre, with sessions from 11:00 to 20:00 on Friday and 12:00 to 16:00 on Saturday. If you are moving through the Raval, allow extra time and check local updates before you travel.
According to the event details published by the organisers, the programme includes papers, talks and a concert, with Grup Yorum listed on the bill. For more Barcelona community coverage, see our Community page.
The organisers named in the article include Halk Cephesi, also known as the Popular Front, and the Anti Imperialist Front. Co-organisers listed include the Partit Comunista del Poble de Catalunya, the Turkish music group Grup Yorum, and Samidoun.
The summit programme also names delegations from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Communist Party of Belarus, Borotba, the Marxist Communist Party of Kenya, Bulgaria’s 23 September Movement and the New Communist Party of Great Britain. The article says some of the groups linked to the summit are controversial and that Samidoun is considered a terrorist organisation by the EU.
For primary-source checks, readers can use the EU terrorist list and the US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions database. If you live or work in the Raval, expect activity around Casa de la Solidaritat and plan your route accordingly.
