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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To Defend the Referendum, Catalans are Building a Republic From Street Assemblies Up
“Everyone has a reason that moves us to fight for democracy, independence and freedom," says Elisenda, a mother in Barcelona who joined one of her local Committees to Defend the Referendum (CDR) as Catalonia presses for independence.
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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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Letter from Girona: The Day Spain Lost Catalonia
On Tuesday, Catalonia staged a general strike against last weekend's violence. The government is expected to issue a statement of unilateral independence if a Yes vote is confirmed.
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Spanish Attacks on Democracy Strengthen Case for Catalan Independence
Many of those organizing the referendum have been arrested and more detentions are expected before Sunday's crucial vote.
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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."
