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Catalan elections closely watched in Scotland

Lorena Serantes , Socialist Resistance — 2021-02-15T09:07:58Z

Catalonia goes to the polls on Sunday 14 February (14-F) in elections for the devolved parliament and government (“Generalitat”), The elections will be closely watched in Scotland, particularly by the independence movement looking to learn from the struggle. Glasgow Radical Independence Campaign and Dundee Radical Independence Campaign will shortly hold a joint public discussion meeting on the elections.
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- IV553 - February 2021 / Scotland, Catalonia

Don't open the schools for now...

Antonio Rico y Garcia — 2020-06-04T15:27:22Z

In recent days, a discourse favourable to the opening of schools has been building from the left. The slogan, formulated imperatively, is ambiguous. So much so that at the same time that although it is an immediate demand, what is proposed to achieve it is very long-lasting. From Roger PalÃ to Ada Colau, through Jordi MuÃ±oz, a series of ideas have been launched in this direction. Let's go through them bit by bit and see the possibilities and weaknesses of the proposal. It should be said in advance that despite the responsive tone of this text, the intention is to put on the table all those elements that have not been considered in terms of reopening schools. Basically, maintaining and enriching the dialogue started.

- IV545 - June 2020 / Catalonia, Covid-19 Pandemic

The World Up in Arms Against Austerity and Authoritarianism

Dan La Botz — 2019-10-30T12:37:10Z

Much of the world at this moment is a laboratory searching for the cure for capitalism, and the social scientists running the experiments are in the streets.

- IV537 - October 2019 / France, Iraq, Haiti, Chile, Algeria, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Sudan, Catalonia

Defend the democratic rights of the Catalan people against an unjust sentence and against repression

Fourth International Bureau — 2019-10-23T05:46:07Z

The publication of the Supreme Court ruling last Monday 14 October, after the trial of several independence leaders, has triggered a wave of protests in Catalonia and, to a lesser extent, in other regions of the Spanish state and even in some European cities.

- IV537 - October 2019 / Spanish state, Fourth International, Catalonia

Catalonia political prisoners trials

Anticapitalistas — 2019-10-14T17:37:28Z

Today we have learned of the penalties imposed against Catalan pro-independence political prisoners. After two years in prison, Jordi Cuixart, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa, Oriol Junqueras, Jordi SÃ nchez, Joaquim Forn, Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull have been sentenced to various terms of between 9 and 13 years for sedition and misuse of public funds.

- News from around the world / Spanish state, Catalonia

“The founding hypotheses of the Comunes and independence are no longer operational”

Josep María Antentas — 2019-10-14T07:56:51Z

Josep Maria Antentas teaches sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Xavier Puig spoke with him following the publication of his latest book, “Spectros de Octubre” (Sylone).

- IV537 - October 2019 / Spanish state, National question, Catalonia

Ada Colau remains mayor of Barcelona

Josep Bel — 2019-06-25T05:37:28Z

Ada Colau of Barcelona en ComÃº (BComÃº) remains mayor of Barcelona thanks to the promise of a pact with the PSC (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya) whose content is not yet known but which will involve a distribution of power in the town hall, and three votes of the Barcelona pel Canvi-Ciutadans group, led by Manuel Valls. This article analyses how this situation came about, how other possible solutions have been ruled out and what the possible consequences are.

- IV533 - June 2019 / Spanish state, Catalonia

Catalonia/Spanish State: “A trial against democracy”

Martí Caussa — 2019-03-09T11:01:45Z

On Friday, February 1, 2019, the nine leaders of Catalonia's 2017 independence bid were transferred to Madrid, to face charges of rebellion, or rebellion and embezzlement, that can lead to prison sentences of 156 years. On the same day, mobilizations began in Catalonia. In the morning they were transferred to Madrid, support for the prisoners was shown on the roads and in the afternoon there were rallies and demonstrations in many cities.

- IV530 - March 2019 / Spanish state, Catalonia

Catalonia's independence movement :A strategic assessment

2018-09-05T16:25:16Z

After more than two million people in Catalonia voted to declare independence from the Spanish state in October 2017, the state struck back. The Spanish central government, under the conservative President Mariano Rajoy, dissolved the Catalán government and charged its leaders with crimes of rebellion against the state. Rajoy called new elections in Catalonia for December 2017. In the results of those elections, the pro-independence parties took the small majority of a sharply polarized electorate. The independence movement, the Catalán government, and the Spanish state are currently locked in an impasse.

- Features / Spanish state, Catalonia

Permanent confusion or strategic re-orientation?

Josep María Antentas — 2018-05-24T07:04:57Z

Last October we saw the collapse of the various projects for change put forward in Catalan society and politics since 2011 and 2012. Specifically this means the perspectives set out by the 15 May movement (Indignados) and its subsequent political currents, Catalunya en Comu and Podem or the pro-independence forces. A major reason for the success of both currents resided in their capacity to offer a project of rapid and easy change.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Spanish state, Catalonia