Spain
Spain: Catalan crisis spotlights Europe’s anti-democratic slide
October 4, 2017Rajoy’s repression has transformed a contested question of regional secession into a deeper clash between authoritarianism and democracy.
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Spain launches police crackdown to stop Catalan independence referendum
September 22, 2017Police seized 10 million ballot papers and arrested at least 12 people, mostly Catalan government officials, suspected of coordinating the referendum.
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Spain: Breaking up is hard to do
August 28, 2017The upcoming vote for Catalan independence has all of Europe watching events in Spain. The October poll is seen as a referendum on the EU's austerity policies.
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Paul Robeson’s role in Spain remembered
January 4, 2017The talk highlighted Robeson’s support for the Spanish Republic and the International Brigades - the volunteers who had come from around the world to fight for democracy and to resist fascism in Spain.
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Socialist meltdown in Spain; right-wing will take government
October 11, 2016Pedro Sánchez, leader of Spain’s PSOE, was overthrown in a palace coup. Right-wing leader Rajoy will now form a government as the left remains divided.
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