Wired
Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism. Everyone should pay attention
A pro-independence group is leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests. The catch? No one knows who runs it
Wired
Counterfire
Flawed Transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement
Catalonia awaits the verdict in the trial at the Spanish Supreme Court of 12 political and civic leaders charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘sedition’ for their part in the 1 October …
Indian Express
How Gandhian idea of non-violence is shaping political struggle in Spain
As the Gandhian moment of Catalonia is showing the world, democracy is not only about institutions, law-making and carrying on governmental administration by means of popular suffrage and elected officers.
The National
EU’s ‘own Trump’ Josep Borrell avoids discussing Catalonia
He has insulted the US and Russia, been fined for insider trading and been described as the EU’s “own Donald Trump”, all of which has been ignored as he bids …
Deutsche Welle
Catalonia: 12,000 people protest arrest of alleged terrorists
Catalan separatists claim national authorities are trying to manufacture “a violent narrative” in the movement. Tensions are high ahead of a ruling against 12 leaders of a failed secession bid.
Brave New Europe
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – State Repression and Police Intimidation in Catalonia
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte are editors of Building a New Catalonia, a new book exploring the anti-capitalist, feminist and socialist dimensions of the Catalan independence movement.
Catalan News
Brussels backs exiled rapper’s arguments against extradition
Valtònyc “optimistic” after EU Commission tells high court in Luxembourg that singer’s offenses predate legislation underlying arrest warrant
The Washington Post
Massive rally for Catalonia’s secession in Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards who support the secession of Catalonia gathered in Barcelona on the region’s main holiday Wednesday, just weeks before a highly anticipated verdict …
El Nacional
Catalan independence at the UN: how the legal battle at Geneva is being waged
With the Supreme Court verdict in the Catalan independence trial pending, and expected to be emphatic, and with the more than obvious discrediting of Spanish justice recently, especially with regard to its handling …
Al-Jazeera
Open Arms rescue ship faces $1m fine from Spain
The humanitarian charity operating the Open Arms ship, saving the lives of refugees and migrants at risk in the Mediterranean Sea, may face a $1m fine from Spanish authorities.