A group of Catalan pro-independence protesters is blocking the AP-7 highway between the northeastern Spanish region and France, according to the Catalan Transport Service (SCT). The protesters have set up a large platform on the side of the highway leading to Spain, in La Jonquera, a municipality in the Catalan city of Girona. They have […]
Thousands of Police Deployed in Catalonia Ahead of General Election…
Thousands of law enforcement officers will be deployed across Catalonia on Sunday to guarantee security at a repeat general election that polls suggest could prove as inconclusive as the previous one, held on April 28 of this year. The authorities want to prevent any potential street disturbances such as the ones that followed the Supreme […]
Weep for Catalonia, Weep for Liberalism in Europe by Craig Murray…
The vicious jail sentences handed down today by the fascists (I used the word with care and correctly) of the Spanish Supreme Court to the Catalan political prisoners represent a stark symbol of the nadir of liberalism within the EU. That an attempt to organise a democratic vote for the Catalan people in pursuit of […]
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Banned From School Over Sexism Concerns…
A school in Catalonia, Spain, has withdrawn from its library 200 classic children’s books such as Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood because of their depiction of sexist stereotypes. After analyzing the contents of its library for children up to the age of 6, the management of Taber School in Barcelona found that around […]
How Shoddy Reporting and Anti-Russian Propaganda Coerced Ecuador to Silence Julian Assange…
JULIAN ASSANGE HAS been barred from communicating with the outside world for more than three weeks. On March 27, the government of Ecuador blocked Assange’s internet access and barred him from receiving visitors other than his lawyers. Assange has been in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, when Ecuador granted him asylum due to […]
Spain Issue Arrest Warrant for Sacked Catalan President as Eight of His Ministers Are Jailed…
A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his lawyer told Belgian state broadcaster VRT on Thursday, after eight of his separatist ex-ministers were ordered jailed pending trial over the region’s ill-fated independence push. “I have just heard from my client that the warrant has been…
Spanish PM Announces it Will Depose the Catalan Government, Dissolve Parliament, Impose New Elections…
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the region declared independence. Mr Rajoy has fired the Catalonia government, dissolved parliament and call new elections for the area that will take place on 21 December. The vote in the regional parliament followed a tense week of last-ditch negotiations between Madrid and […]