Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity (Report)

Nationalist activists protest with Spanish and Catalan flags during a mass rally against Catalonia’s declaration of independence in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.

 (AP)

BARCELONA, Spain –  In a massive show of allegiance to Spain, hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of the country rallied in Barcelona on Sunday just two days after a separatist majority in Catalonia’s parliament prompted a political crisis by voting for the region to secede.

Organizers say the march’s goal is to defend Spain’s unity and reject “an unprecedented attack in the history of democracy.” Leaders of rival pro-union parties from the ruling conservatives, the pro-business liberals and the socialists have joined together under the slogan “We are all Catalonia. Common sense for coexistence!”

Rally organizers Societat Civil Catalana, the leading pro-union grassroots group, said…