The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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“No Pasaran”: Catalan Political Prisoners, Rising Fascism And Spain's Show Trial
"If [Spanish] police violence could not stop thousands of people from voting in the referendum, does anyone believe that a sentence will cause Catalans to stop fighting for their rights?"
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Resurgence of Protests In Catalonia As Spain Continues to Hold Political Prisoners
You would think three months prison without trial for organizing peaceful protests is something that happens in an authoritarian state, but this reality now faces two Catalan men who were jailed in Spain for sedition last fall while calling for public
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A Constitutional Impasse: What's Next for Catalonia and Spain?
Within the Spanish constitution, the Catalonian referendum was not legal – but this doesn't mean it was illegitimate. Pro-independence parties won a majority in the last Catalan elections, supplying the mandate for an independence vote. So what happens now?
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Despite Threats from Spain, Catalans Might Actually Vote for—And Win—Independence
Nerves are mounting on all sides, as many suspect this could be the year the Catalans make good on their promise to secede.
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The Coming Independence: Why Catalonia Is Formally Breaking Up With Spain
“In Catalonia we feel mistreated and misunderstood by the Spanish state, and we be believe we deserve to be a nation – so why can someone from Madrid say we are not? We have voted democratically and they just ignore us."
