Assemblea de Parlamentaris and the Lliga
In 1917, there was a revolutionary general strike and the creation of the Assemblea de Parlamentaris (Assembly of Parliamentarians) led by the Lliga, a movement which looked to the modernization of the Spanish state and reform of the corrupt parliament (Dowling 21). Spain, like many other European countries, was going through a crisis and problems with maintaining power over Catalonia. Catalonia was progressing in their conquest for independence by organizing movements and having the willpower to go against Spain. However, Barcelona did not approve of the Lliga, and Catalonia became further divided by conservatism and liberal beliefs. While the division was expected, Catalonia cannot set clear goals or have successful movements and rebellions to become a nation. Spain can take advantage of this and further spread propaganda or anything of the like to maintain the upper hand and power over Catalonia.
Text source:
“1 Catalanism and the Spanish State, 1898–1939.” Catalonia since the
Spanish Civil War Reconstructing the Nation, by Andrew Dowling,
Sussex Academic Press, 2014, p. 20.
Image source:
Marti, Pep. “L'Assemblea De Parlamentaris Del 1917: Un Intent Fracassat
De Reformar Espanya.” NacióDigital, NacióDigital, 8 July 2017,