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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia: a new country in the making?A few years ago, independence supporters like me were a minority in parliament. Now I feel we are just a small step...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos: a cat among the pigeons in CataloniaPodemos supports the principle of Catalan self-determination, but hopes that Catalans would vote to stay in Spain,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Let's win back Barcelona!Guanyem Barcelona is a citizen platform that has embarked on a mission to solve the current Spanish political crises...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The law is the law: legalistic distortions between official Spain and CataloniaThe Catalanists’ democratic credentials are shoehorned into a one-size-fits-all horror story of minority nationalism...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?After the Catalan vote, Spain needs to buy timeSpain, and Catalonia within it, is now exhausted from an unprecedented and exceedingly destructive economic crisis...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia referendum: a reality checkOptimism among Catalans after Sunday's vote should not disguise the significant challenges ahead if anything is to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia has voted: now what?Rajoy's iron-fisted approach to the Catalan question has only made the independence movement stronger. Now he must...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia vote: first reactionsArtur Mas was suitably elated at the turnout, while Mariano Rajoy continues to denounce the "referendum" and its leaders.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Independence at the eleventh hour: the rise and rise of the Catalan independence movementOn 9 November, Catalans will vote in an "unofficial" referendum for independence. Just how did it come to this?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia vs Spain: a clash of two debatesPatrice de Beer's article on Catalan independence went viral. With just days to go until the vote, we look at some...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The state: the final frontierIf Catalan markets are subject to European regulation, if redistribution is increasingly coming under threat, and if...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Slow translation and the revival of the Catalan languageToday in Catalonia young people grow up bilingual. It also occurs in other parts of Europe. But here a small miracle...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt's not just Scotland. Catalonia and Kurdistan are both fighting for autonomy too.Movements across the world are fighting for politicial autonomy as a route to build a better society. If Scotland...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia vs Spain, a clash of two nationalismsBy targeting the Mas government, widely portrayed as extremist and irresponsible, and by refusing to negotiate on...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain and Catalonia: an Iberian dilemmaPM Mariano Rajoy has refused even to acknowledge the possibility of a Catalan referendum on independence. Does he...
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Published in: 50.50On the streets in Spain: not only the homelessThe monarchy, the political and economic systems, even the judiciary and the church appear to be failing the people...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia: the case for glocal rethink
We do not know which classes are at loggerheads. We have to engage in a profound rethinking of one of the greatest...
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Published in: HomeElections in Catalonia: it takes two to tangoOn Sunday November 25, the Catalan elections illustrated the fact that, in politics, nothing is ever sure. But also,...
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Published in: HomeDeconstructing false myths: Spain vs CataloniaThis Sunday's election confirmed the success of nationalist parties in Catalonia - paving the way for a probable...
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Published in: HomeIf voting could change anything: the 2012 Catalan ElectionsA vote next week will probably enable the controversial referendum on independence in Catalonia. Madrid continues to...
