For their part, industrialists sought Catalan autonomy as a way to be freed from interference (and taxation) by Madrid.

Azaña was unsuccessfully made out to be a revolutionary criminal by his right-wing opponents, and Catalan autonomy was revoked.

Repression by the SIM as well as decrees which eroded Catalan autonomy by nationalizing the Catalan war industry, ports and courts caused widespread discontent in Catalonia amongst all social classes.

Despite the centralist tendencies of most non-Catalan Republicans and Socialists, the Republican-Socialist alliance could not escape its commitment to Catalan autonomy.

When, during the summer, disputes arose over the scope of Catalan autonomy and Basque local government, Catalanists and Basque Nationalists concluded that the right was also bent upon reasserting central power.

They have been led to believe that their presence is of the first importance for the independence of their country, a necessary condition for Catalan autonomy.

He was one of the organisers of the commission that approved the Bases de Manresa, a list of demands for Catalan autonomy.

Massive, but peaceful, demonstrations on 1977-09-11 assembled over a million people in the streets of Barcelona to call for the restoration of Catalan autonomy.

Josep Tarradellas, who helped keep the idea of Catalan autonomy alive during 38 years of self-imposed exile from Spain after the civil war, died of a chronic lung ailment on Friday in Barcelona, Spain.

Fled to France Mr. Tarradellas fled to France, vowing not to return until Catalan autonomy was restored.