Dick Nichols

Catalan movement struggles for united strategy against the Spanish state

March 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • “General strike!”, “General strike!”, “General strike!”: in protests across the whole of Catalonia after the March 23 jailing of five MPs and the March ...

Battle lines in the December 21 Catalan election

November 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 sacking of the ...

The coup against Catalonia: what resistance strategy?

November 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 Catalan police, public ...

Catalonia’s referendum: a triumph for democracy built on people’s power

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 stop it? The holding of ...

Left score big gains in Spain

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 in the May 24 Spanish ...