Catalonia

Catalonia

• Huge numbers join Catalonia's general strike for freedom

  

  Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona and around the territory today in defence of democracy and their right to independence, reports Chris Bambery

• Civil liberties in Spain? The clampdown against the Catalan independence movement

  

  The sentences handed out to the Catalan leaders shows the lengths the Spanish state will go to to maintain its control of Catalonia, argues Chris Bambery

• Flawed transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

  

  Chris Bambery explains that Spanish repression of the Catalan independence movement, and the impending trial of its leaders, is rooted in the concessions made to right-wing nationalism in aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship

• Spanish election: the left win but society polarises

  

  The Socialist Party has won the most seats in Spain's parliament but falls short of a majority amidst gainst made by the far right, writes Chris Bambery

• Catalonia kicks off - in images - street revolt meets police attacks

  

  Major revolt is underway after the Spanish state imprisoned a further 5 ex-ministers (total = 9) and issued European Arrest Warrants on 6 others in exile, inc. the ex-President

• Catalan Spring? Resistance fills the streets as ex-President arrested in Germany

  

  Marching on the motorways and confronting police violence, the mass movement has returned with a new defiance, reports Jack Hazeldine

• Not One Step Back: Catalonia rises in protest as 5 ex-ministers imprisoned

  

  Escalating repression by the Spanish state has sparked huge anger and an appetite for militant action, reports Mathew Barton from Tarragona

• What's happening in Catalonia is an assault on democracy

  

  As the wave of repression from the Spanish state continues, Catalonia needs our solidarity now more than ever, argues Chris Bambery

• Catalonia needs a grassroots mobilisation for the Republic

  

  In the new year, supporters of independence need to build a mass movement in Catalonia and solidarity across Europe

• Catalan independence forces win majority

  

  Pro-independence parties in Catalonia have won the majority of seats in yesterday's election. Jack Hazeldine explains what this means and what the movement should now be doing.

• “Building a Republic from the bottom up”: A view from the Catalan left - interview with Quim Arrufat

  

  Covering the independence struggle in Catalonia from the ground, Jack Hazeldine interviewed a leading figure of what looks to be the fifth party at Thursday’s elections, the anticapitalist CUP

• A country imprisoned: elections offer Catalans a chance to 'free themselves'

  

  Enacting a Republic to break from Spanish state repression is close on the horizon for the movement, and there is evidence that mobilisation can reach new heights, reports Jack Hazeldine from Barcelona

• Catalonia, Scotland and the National Question

  

  Chris Bambery looks at the questions of sovereignty and self-determination

• Why socialists should support Catalonia

  

  The national question has returned to mainland Europe and we have to choose a side, argues Dragan Plavšić   

• Catalonia: resistance lights the path to victory

  

  Saturday’s stunning demonstration was the largest since the referendum, and mass disobedience and community organising lay behind it

• Not fit to govern - Counterfire freesheet November/December 2017

  

  Tory crisis, Catalonia, Universal credit, foreign policy, and more. Counterfire freesheet, November/December 2017

• Crisis in Catalonia - live updates

  

  Live updates of the fast-moving situation in Catalonia

• Catalonia: a reading list

  

  As the Catalan crisis grows, Chris Bambery provides a comprehensive reading list to understand more about it's history

• We are the Republic: Catalans back on the streets for freedom

  

  As the Catalan government stand immobilised and imprisoned, the base of the movement has taken the lead with a “week of struggle” and general strike ahead, reports Jack Hazeldine

• A simple question: Catalonia wants independence from Spain

  

  We must understand the relationship of Catalonia to Spain if we want to comprehend its desire for independence

• The EU and Catalonia: A non-epic tale of hypocrisy, hand-wringing, and getting it wrong

  

  EU policy combines un-masterly inactivity with bias towards Madrid and contempt for international law

• Ten arguments around Catalan independence

  

  As the crisis in Catalonia escalates, Chris Bambery takes on some of the arguments being made against Catalan independence.

• Catalonia: a test case for Europe - and the left - weekly briefing

  

  Democracy and the national question are pivotal issues in today’s Europe, argues Lindsey German

• Catalan independence: made in the streets

  

  The victory for the Catalan people in declaring themselves an independent republic has come from working class organisation in the streets argues Jack Hazeldine

• Counterfire Resolution: Solidarity with the Republic of Catalonia

  

  On Friday 27th October the Catalonian parliament declared independence from the Spanish state, following the referendum on October 1st. Our response

• Catalonia: no independence without disobedience

  

  As the Madrid government threatens direct rule in Catalonia, Jack Hazeldine reports on the situation in Barcelona.

• Catalonia Waiting

  

  The mass movement can create an independent Catalonia and must be supported across Europe, argues Chris Bambery

• Now is the time to fight back - Counterfire Freesheet October 2017

  

  Tories in crisis, Catalonia, German elections and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 21, October 2017

• Storming the heavens: The Russian Revolution 100 years on - event

  

  On the 100^th anniversary of the October Revolution Counterfire is hosting an event to celebrate the defining political moment of the twentieth century

• The Spanish state has ensured Catalonia's exit

  

  Further repression will only radicalise the situation in Catalonia further, argues Chris Bambery

• Catalonia: why paper won against rock

  

  A report on the grassroot organising of the referendum for Catalan independence

• Catalonia: a new state is being born

  

  With a new Catalan state emerging, people across Europe can start talking about what sort of Europe we want

• Solidarity with the people of Catalonia

  

  In response to the violent repression of the Catalan independence referendum, Counterfire has put out this resolution

• What is wrong with Spain?

  

  The response of the Spanish state to the independence referendum in Catalonia is the most recent expression of a history of brutality

• Corbyn's a winner, but this is only the beginning of the fight - weekly briefing

  

  The left have cemented their position within Labour, but we must build strength as a wider movement if we are to take on vested interests and really change society

• Protestors in London show support for Catalan independence referendum

  

  After the crackdown by the Spanish government, demonstrators demand that Catalonia be allowed to decide its own future