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Catalan Raimon Castellvi wears a flag with an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as he protests outside the European Commission in Brussels after Sunday’s independence referendum in Catalonia, Belgium, Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo: Twitter) 21st Century Wire says… With the debate raging on the Iraqi Kurdish referendum and the more recent Catalonian bid for “freedom” from […]
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CATALONIA: Is the Media Throwing Gasoline on the Separatist Fire?
October 6th, 2017 
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Posted in Jewish New World Order, Jewish News, World News, World Politics 
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No Comments »CrossTalking – Catalonia Rising
October 6th, 2017 Awake Goy CrossTalking – Catalonia Rising By CrossTalkyoutube.com The people of Catalonia went to the polls seeking independence. The Spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters. Still again the question arises: What is the EUs commitment to democracy? And who is allowed self-determination? CrossTalking with Matt Qvortrup, Matthew Goodwin, and John Laughland.FACEBOOK: Like CrossTalk on Facebook […]
Catalonia Violence a Graphic Reminder that Statism is Violence
October 5th, 2017 Awake Goy Isaac Davis, Staff WriterWaking Times “Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” ~H. L. Mencken Although the word democracy carries great weight with civilized people, the truly virtuous in our world are forced to acknowledge the truth about even democratic statism: the fundamental characteristic of government is uncivilized force and […]
Pepe Escobar: The future of the EU at stake in Catalonia
October 3rd, 2017 Awake Goy A new paradigm has been coined right inside the lofty European Union: ‘In the name of democracy, refrain from voting, or else’. Fascist Franco may have been dead for more than four decades, but Spain is still encumbered with his dictatorial corpse. A new paradigm has been coined right inside the lofty European Union, […]
Spanish police storm polling station in Catalonia independence vote
October 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy Spanish police storm polling station in Catalonia independence vote Reuters October 1, 2017 BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spanish riot police smashed their way into a polling station in Catalonia on Sunday as they sought to shut down a banned independence referendum and there were reports of officers firing rubber bullets in the regional capital Barcelona. Catalan […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: catalonia, independence, police, polling, spanish, station, storm No Comments »‘Violence can never be an instrument in politics:’ EU belatedly reacts to Catalonia crackdown
October 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy READ MORE: Ballot box seizures, crying cops & beaten firefighters: Catalonia vote in 10 groundbreaking videos “We call on all relevant players to now move very swiftly from confrontation to dialogue,” the European Commission said in a statement on Monday. “Violence can never be an instrument in politics,” it said, adding that it is incumbent on […]
Posted in World News Tags: belatedly, catalonia, instrument, never, politics, reacts, Violence No Comments »[WATCH] 844 People Injured as Spanish Cops Fire Rubber Bullets at Catalonia Referendum
October 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy Three people have been arrested – including a young girl, for disobedience and assault, the ministry said. The Catalan health service have confirmed that two people are in serious condition in hospital. And 319 polling stations have been closed by cops across Catalonia. The referendum today has been branded “illegal” by Madrid but Catalan authorities […]
Posted in World News Tags: bullets, catalonia, injured, people, rubber, spanish, watch No Comments »EU-style freedom: 90% voted yes 850 were injured in crackdown on Catalonia independence referendum
October 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : 90 percent of those who voted – and could vote while police cracked down on polling stations – voted yes for Catalonia’s […]
Posted in World News Tags: catalonia, crackdown, Freedom, independence, injured, style, voted No Comments »Catalonia Refuses Spanish Demands To Halt Referendum
October 1st, 2017 Awake Goy The regional government of Catalonia has reiterated today that they will absolutely not comply with the Spanish national government’s orders to abandon the Sunday referendum, saying that there is no legal basis for threatening to arrest those involved in the vote. Spain has been desperately trying to undermine the vote in recent weeks, sending thousands of national […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: catalonia, demands, Referendum, refuses, spanish No Comments »Catalonia: Police firing rubber bullets in clash with voters (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
October 1st, 2017 Awake Goy READ MORE: Catalonia holds independence referendum amid violent attempts to thwart vote (Live updates) Spain’s Guardia Civil was deployed Sunday morning as the government sought to prevent the referendum, which it considers illegal. Police have smashed their way into a number of voting stations, removing ballot boxes in the process. In some instances police forcibly removed […]
Madrid struggles to close Catalonia polling stations on eve of referendum
September 30th, 2017 Awake Goy Catalans have staged numerous protests and occupied polling stations to secure their right to vote. Over six thousand ballot boxes will be used, and there are more than 2,300 polling stations across the region. Google blocks Catalan independence info app following Spanish court ruling The referendum was not authorized by federal authorities and the country’s […]
Posted in World News Tags: catalonia, close, madrid, polling, Referendum, stations, struggles No Comments »Echoes of Franco in Spain’s ‘political repression’ of Catalonia – 70 academics incl Chomsky
September 30th, 2017 Awake Goy In an open letter, tweeted by referendum supporter Julian Assange, Chomsky et al decried the Spanish government’s handling of the issue. The academics, from the fields of political science, law, economics, human rights, sociology, and history, compared the current government’s actions to that of fascist dictator Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain for almost forty years […]
Posted in World News Tags: academics, catalonia, echoes, franco, political, repression, Spain No Comments »Catalonia Bonds Collapse As Police Warn Of Chaos If Referendum Canceled
September 29th, 2017 Awake Goy While the Catalan people prepare to decide whether to break with Spain, the bond market appears to have already made its mind up as Catalonia bonds decouple from Spanish sovereign yields. Catalonia Bonds expiring next year have seen yields spike over 2% – the highest in over a year – and more than 230bps […]
Posted in World News Tags: bonds, canceled, catalonia, chaos, collapse, police, Referendum No Comments »Catalonia’s Battle ‘Is A Big Problem For Europe’
September 27th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: From thenational.scot A LEADING Catalan official has said Catalonia is in a de facto state of emergency and that its battle with Spain’s central government to hold a referendum on independence is a “big problem for Europe”. In an exclusive interview, Sergi Marcen, head of the Catalan Delegation to the UK, told The National […]
Hundreds Of Simultaneous Rallies In Catalonia “For Democracy”
September 26th, 2017 Awake Goy Hundreds of town squares in Catalonia have been filled by crowds of people wanting to defend “democracy” this Sunday morning. The main pro-independence organizations in the country arranged demonstrations in hundreds of towns in order to stand up for the referendum. In some of them, protesters hung pro-referendum posters in a challenge to Spain, which […]
Catalonia Closes Ranks As Outrage Over Crackdown Grows
September 24th, 2017 Awake Goy Spain’s increasingly public crackdown on the planned October 1 secession referendum in Catalonia appears to be bringing the population of the northeastern region together. Reports say that the social indignation toward police action is spreading far from just the pro-secession crowd. Spain’s Constitutional Court forbade the referendum, and national police have been out in growing force […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: catalonia, closes, crackdown, grows, outrage, ranks No Comments »Spain Tense As Catalonia Plans Independence Referendum
September 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy BARCELONA, Spain — A battle over the future of Spain is intensifying as conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the central government in Madrid are on a collision course with a left-wing separatist movement in Catalonia, the country’s richest region, over a planned referendum on independence, which Spanish high courts have declared illegal and many fear […]
Clashes with police in Catalonia as authorities make arrests in referendum crackdown (VIDEOS)
September 20th, 2017 Awake Goy READ MORE: ‘State of siege’: Catalan officials, incl. junior economy minister, arrested over referendum docs More than 300 people were in the streets of Sabadell, 20km north of Barcelona, by noon, according to La Vanguardia. Demonstrators blocked authorities from entering a building in town and residents – including several elderly women – poured buckets of water […]
Posted in World News Tags: arrests, authorities, catalonia, clashes, crackdown, police, Referendum No Comments »Spain’s Constitutional Court suspends Catalonia’s independence referendum
September 8th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Spain’s Constitutional Court, on Thursday, suspended the call for a referendum on Catalonia’s independence from Spain after agreeing to review an appeal […]
Posted in World News Tags: catalonia, constitutional, court, independence, Referendum, Spain, suspends No Comments »
