fire men rallying in support of independence at barcelona support the firemen occupied catalona us history museum unfurling a pro. banner but the picture is quite complex here is one user who posted pictures from a catalonian anted independence meeting so there are also kaplan's of course who are opposed to the referendum and the mayor of barcelona. colao has posted this letter here to twitter asking seven twenty seven european mayors to support their call for the e.u. to mediate between the kaplan and spanish governments and of course it's also important to note that nearly seven hundred fifty catalan mayors are being charged with civil disobedience abuse of office and misuse of public funds for letting people vote here we have a report by reporters without borders and this report describes the catalan pro independence government's constant pressure on local and foreign media so we're seeing pressure on both sides and suppression on both sides they're talking about harassment of critical journalists attempts by crowds of demonstrators to intimidate t.v. reporters and the generally poisonous clim