Spain
Podemos’ Alternative for Catalonia
An interview with Txema Guijarro
The crisis in Catalonia is an opportunity to build a new, democratic and plurinational Spain.
After last weekend’s contested referendum...
Can Podemos and Its Allies Save Spanish Democracy?
They’re offering a responsible alternative to the two sets of flag-wavers on the question of independence for Catalonia.
By Andy Robinson
Madrid—Halfway between Barcelona and Madrid by...
Israel and Catalonia
Netanyahu has no comment on Catalonia referendum
By Herb Keinon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who in recent weeks came out in favor of Iraqi Kurdish independence,...
Madrid against Catalonia
Madrid’s Violent Tactics See Catalan Independence Voters Switch Sides
The “dreadful” and “unjustified” violence meted out by heavily-armed troops on unarmed and peacefully assembled voters...
La Catalogne ensanglantée, par Jacques Sapir
Les incidents qui ont émaillé le “referendum” sur l’indépendance de la Catalogne sont de très mauvais augure. On ne peut pas, sans une émotion...
Les risques de la prolifération étatique, par Pascal Boniface
Pascal Boniface (@PascalBoniface), directeur de l’IRIS (www.iris-france.org), revient sur les référendums autour de l’autonomie du kurdistan irakien et de l’indépendance de la Catalogne.
Catalonia Dreaming?
by Guillem Vidal
28 September 2017
Just days away from the referendum promoted by secessionist forces, Spanish police arrested over a dozen senior officials from...
Catalan students strike in support of referendum
More than 16,000 students flood Barcelona to back October 1 independence vote
Catalan students went on strike on Thursday, taking to the streets in support...
The arguments of Madrid against independence
Myths and falsehoods of the catalan independence movement
EL PAÍS analyzes 10 claims commonly made by separatists to support their cause
By Xavier Vidal-Folch and José...
Crackdown in Catalonia
An interview with Manolo Monereo
Podemos MP Manolo Monereo discusses the road from Spain’s political crisis to the standoff over Catalan independence.
Since early September...