A New Stage Opens in the Spanish State's War on Catalan Self-Rule
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1503 .... October 30, 2017
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A New Stage Opens in the Spanish State's War on Catalan Self-Rule
Spanish PM Rajoy reacts to declaration of independence by launching assault on Catalonia's government, parliament and other institutions.
The Spanish government's war on Catalan autonomy and democracy is now in full offensive mode, following the Catalan parliament's October 27 decision to proclaim their nation's independence of the Spanish state.
In the following article, Dick Nichols, Barcelona correspondent of Green Left Weekly, reports on the sequence of events in recent days and since October 1, when a majority of Catalans -- resisting massive repression by Spanish police -- voted or tried to vote for independence.
I follow these reports with a brief summary of key provisions of the Catalan Declaration of Independence,... which is at this point available in an authorized version only in the Catalan language. It will be noted that there are two parts to the resolution of the Catalan parliament, the first explaining why Catalonia has opted to form a sovereign republic and its immediate implementation, and the second outlining plans for a "constituent process" through which a Constituent Assembly will discuss and adopt a constitution for the new republic that will then be submitted for approval in a popular democratic vote.
