The initative ‘Sovereigntist strategies’ counted amongst its attendees representatives from the main pro-independence parties in Catalonia, left wing pro-independence ERC and radical left CUP, as well as former liberal Convergència, now renamed as the Catalan Democratic Party, ‘Demòcrates de Catalunya’, the party which split from former CDC partners Christian Democrats ‘Unió’, and ‘Barcelona en Comú’, the alternative left and green coalition lead by Barcelona’s Mayor Ada Colau. North American writer Liz Castro, ANC’s International Committee Chair will also be amongst the panellists.