national question (Spain)
Catalan national struggle enters critical stage
On the day after the Constitutional Court decision, the squares of Catalonia’s towns were ful
Catalonia and the Spanish state on collision course
1.8 million people (25% of the population of Catalonia), took pa
Spanish king abdicates: circuit breaker or fuse igniter?
More analysis of politi
Spanish state: ‘We must continue to widen the cracks that have begun to open up’
By Josep Maria Antentas, translated by Federico Fuentes for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal.
First published in Spanish at Dominio Publico. More analysis of politics in the Spanish state.
May 26, 2014 -- Six years have passed since the “official” start of the crisis, when Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008. Four years since [then president Jose Luis Rodriguez] Zapatero announced the first big package of cuts in May 2010. Three years since 15M (the May 15 Movement) exploded onto the streets. Two years since the large demonstration for independence in Catalonia on September 11, 2012.
Basque Country: EH Bildu on the 2014 European election