The Catalan dilemma

So far, it has been almost entirely non-violent, but the traditional pro-independence civil society groups, the Catalan National Assembly and Omnium Cultural, are now being outflanked by Tsunami Democratic, a more combative and secretive group.

The demonstrations, some of them violent, are still going on in Catalonia a week after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to between nine and thirteen years in prison for sedition. This was the last thing Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez, left, needed three weeks before a national election in which his Socialist Party was already losing ground to right-wing nationalist parties, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 28, 2019

LONDON, U.K.—The demonstrations, some of them violent, are still going on in Catalonia a week after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition. This was the last thing Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez needed three weeks befor...

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