Catalan movement struggles for united strategy against the Spanish state
by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • “General strike!”, “General strike!”, “General strike!”: in protests across the whole of Catalonia after the March 23 jailing ...
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Battle lines in the December 21 Catalan election
by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • The December 21 election in Catalonia, called by Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, will be a plebiscite on his government’s October 27 ...
The coup against Catalonia: what resistance strategy?
by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • Everyone had been expecting a war of position: the Spanish state would behead the Catalan government, sack its senior executives, purge the ...
Catalonia’s referendum: a triumph for democracy built on people’s power
by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • Is it possible to have a successful referendum when your country is effectively occupied by 10,000 police and paramilitaries with orders to ...
Left score big gains in Spain
Spanish local elections: ‘Sí, se puede!’ Yes, you can! by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona Well before the polling stations closed we knew that something special was happening ...
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