Speciality · Protests & Civil Unrest
From mass independence marches to housing evictions and anti-fascist demonstrations — we know Barcelona's protest landscape from the inside.
Brief us on your coverage →Route reconnaissance before the march, optimal camera positions along the route, back-of-crowd and front-of-march access, police cordon navigation and extraction routes if situations escalate.
We know which demonstration organisations are open to media and how to approach them. We facilitate access to the human stories inside a crowd — the organisers, the first-timers and the people with the most to lose.
We assess risk before each assignment and apply appropriate protocols: legal observer contacts, emergency extraction plans, media identification, Mossos press liaison and first aid reference points.
We maintain working relationships with Mossos d'Esquadra press officers and have experience managing press corps access during tense situations — from independence marches to eviction standoffs.
Direct contacts at CGT, CCOO, UGT, the Sindicat de Llogateres, independence movement organisations (ANC, Òmnium Cultural) and the housing movement. We get you the interview before the demonstration, not after.
September 11 — Catalonia's national day — is the largest annual demonstration in Europe. We provide full logistics for international media covering the Diada, including positioning, translation and institutional access.
ANC — Assemblea Nacional Catalana
The main civil society organisation driving pro-independence mobilisation. Organisers of the Diada and major independence marches.
Òmnium Cultural
Cultural and civic organisation whose president was imprisoned during the 2017 crisis. Central to both cultural and political mobilisation.
CGT & CCOO
Anarchist and communist trade unions — organisers of general strikes, labour demonstrations and anti-austerity protests.
Sindicat de Llogateres
Barcelona's tenants' union — the most active housing rights organisation, staging regular demonstrations against evictions and rent rises.
Albert Mercadé covered the October 1 referendum and its immediate aftermath live for TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio. We have direct experience of the most significant civil confrontation in Spain in forty years.
Catalonia mobilises more people per capita than any region in Europe. We have covered every major independence march since 2012 — including the human chain, the V and the most recent Diada demonstrations.
The week of street protests and airport blockades following the Supreme Court sentences in October 2019. We provided live coverage support for multiple international media organisations simultaneously.
Tell us the demonstration you want to cover, your format and when you arrive. We will brief you on the situation, the organisations involved and the logistics before you land.
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