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Catalonia Crisis Far From Over Despite Market Surge
Catalonia Crisis Far From Over Despite Market Surge Hopes that Catalonia’s woes could be contained are fading. On Tuesday night, for the briefest of moments, Catalonia’s government severed its ties with Spain. The region’s president, Carles Puigdemont, declared independence from Spain at around 7.40 p.m., Spanish time. Then, roughly ten seconds later, he put it […]
Madrid Threatens Imprisonment & Death to Catalonia Leaders?
Madrid Threatens Imprisonment & Death to Catalonia Leaders? The Spanish Government is clearly fascist and cannot escape that stigma. The day before the appearance of Carles Puigdemont in front of the regional parliament of Catalonia, the Madrid government has come out and warned of serious bodily threats that one would expect only from a dictator […]
Rajoy Boxed In With Losing Options: Catalonia Suspends Independence Declaration, Posts Guards at Parliament, Seeks Mediation
Rajoy Boxed In With Losing Options: Catalonia Suspends Independence Declaration, Posts Guards at Parliament, Seeks Mediation The Catalan parliament met Tuesday afternoon. Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont asked parliament to suspend the effects of Catalonia voting “yes” for independence to hold talks with Spain. However, Puigdemont still maintains the legality of the October 1 referendum in Catalonia, stating […]
Spanish Police Set To Arrest Catalan Leader “Immediately” If He Declares Independence
Spanish Police Set To Arrest Catalan Leader “Immediately” If He Declares Independence Spain’s D-Day is here: the country’s biggest political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981 is about to get a resolution – one way or another – and as Bloomberg reports, Spanish police are ready to arrest Catalan President Carles Puigdemont “immediately” […]
Spanish Government Issues Veiled Death Threat To Catalan Leader
Spanish Government Issues Veiled Death Threat To Catalan Leader In a quite shocking escalation of the rhetoric in Spain, a spokesman for the ruling People’s Party just issued a (barely) veiled death threat to the President of Catalonia. “Let’s hope that nothing is declared tomorrow because perhaps the person who makes the decalartion will end […]
Spain is only the Blueprint for How All Governments Will Act
Spain is only the Blueprint for How All Governments Will Act What is going on in Spain is the blueprint what what other governments will do. The Spanish people themselves outside of Catalonia are deeply divided. Many see this as offensive and others see the government as offensive. We are looking at the breakup of […]
You’re On Your Own, by Robert Gore
You’re On Your Own, by Robert Gore ichef.bbci.co.uk If the world seems incomprehensible now, just wait. Within a twenty-four-hour span the Catalonian people voted 90 percent in favor of secession from Spain, despite the Spanish government’s effort to violently squelch the referendum, and a man in a Las Vegas hotel room opened fire on a concert, […]
Spain’s Crisis is Europe’s Opportunity
Jorge Guerrero/Getty Images Spain’s Crisis is Europe’s Opportunity The Catalonia crisis is a strong hint from history that Europe needs to develop a new type of sovereignty, one that strengthens cities and regions, dissolves national particularism, and upholds democratic norms. Imagining a pan-European democracy is the prerequisite for imagining a Europe worth saving. ATHENS – […]
Madrid Waged Cyber-War & Catalonia Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Spain
Madrid Waged Cyber-War & Catalonia Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Spain Catalonia voted overwhelmingly to secede from Spain. Of course, the hard line invasion of riot police who beat and threatened the people discouraged many from showing up with the turnout being only 43%. The fascist government in Spain has demonstrated to the entire world that there […]
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain Monica Clua Losada, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley I have long worried about the rise of authoritarianism in the European Union. The Spanish government’s violent crackdown during the Catalonia referendum on Oct. 1 is the latest crisis to challenge EU institutions. Several member states are facing serious questions […]
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets Bank shares plunge. Money is already on the move. Spain’s biggest political crisis of a generation, which has led to the complete breakdown of communication and understanding between its government in Madrid and the separatist region of Catalonia, is finally beginning to take its toll on the […]
Will Brazil Be the Next Hotspot for Independence Movements?
Will Brazil Be the Next Hotspot for Independence Movements? If you’ve read my work over the past several weeks, you’ve probably noticed an increased fascination with secession/independence movements around the world. I think we’re at the very early stages of this developing trend, which will see nation-states across the world fracture for a variety of […]
Catalan Independence: Why The Collective Hates It When People Walk Away
Catalan Independence: Why The Collective Hates It When People Walk Away I have written many times in the past about the singular conflict at the core of most human crises and disasters, a conflict that sabotages human endeavor and retards critical thought. This conflict not only stems from social interaction, it also exists within the […]
