Catalonia
Mass march for Catalan referendum
At least 200,000 people—half a million according to the organisers—marched in Barcelona last Saturday against the show trial of 12 Catalan nationalist leaders.
Spanish elections will highlight Catalan struggle and continuing austerity
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez of the Labour-type PSOE party has dissolved parliament and called elections for 28 April.
Mass resistance and police repression in Catalonia
Thousands protested as the Spanish state held a cabinet meeting in Barcelona
Mariano Rajoy gone after he's implicated in corruption crisis
The fall of right wing Spanish leader Mariano Rajoy is a blow against supporters of austerity across Europe.
Right wing government in Spanish state could be on brink of collapse
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy is in trouble after a court case revealed systematic corruption in his party.
Spain faces a fresh crisis over Catalonia
A new political crisis was looming this week for Spanish Tory prime minster Mariano Rajoy over Catalonia and a crucial budget vote.
Reports round-up: Anger grows over pay and cuts in Scotland
17 April 2018Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure to stump up more money for public sector workers as she addressed the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) on Monday.
Fury as Catalan leader arrested in Scotland
27 March 2018Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has exposed her government’s fake radicalism by cooperating with the clampdown on Catalan independence.
Elections in Catalonia: a bittersweet victory for independence
22 December 2017The headline result of the elections to the Catalan parliament is that pro-independence parties retained an overall parliamentary majority.
What’s at stake in Catalonia’s election?
18 December 2017Elections are set to take place for Catalonia’s parliament on 21 December.
Jailings in Catalonia spur fight on streets
07 November 2017Successfully resisting the Spanish state will mean looking beyond elections, writes Dave Sewell
Outrage after Spanish state jails and abuses Catalan government ministers
02 November 2017The Spanish authorities jailed the vice president and eight ministers of the deposed Catalan government, and then mistreated them
Only the mass movement can push Spanish state onto the back foot
31 October 2017A tumultuous week in the struggle over Catalonia saw a declaration of independence
Catalonia declares independence after people power defies state blackmail
27 October 2017People all over Catalonia are celebrating the long-awaited declaration of independence by the Catalan parliament.
Catalonian independence hangs in the balance as Puigdemont hesitates
26 October 2017The Spanish state is on the attack. Only radical measures can repulse the assault.
Protesters say “don't give into the Spanish state”
26 October 2017Catalan president Carles Puigdemont seems ready to bow to pressure from the Spanish state by dissolving parliament for new elections.
Movement back on the streets in Catalonia
17 October 2017The Spanish state could regain the upper hand if the mass movement is demobilised, writes Dave Sewell
LETTERS - Harvey Weinstein exposes society riddled with sexism
17 October 2017I’ve been sickened, but not surprised, by the recent exposure of film producer Harvey Weinstein’s horrific treatment of women in the film industry.
Updated: Solidarity call after Puigdemont betrays hopes of Catalan independence
10 October 2017Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has betrayed the hopes of the movement for independence from Spain by saying that “dialogue” must come first.
Catalan movement needs to stay on streets to beat right
10 October 2017The Spanish state is fighting tooth and nail to undermine any declaration of independence by the Catalan government. It will take the power of the working class to win
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