Catalonia: The EU’s Secret Shame – Craig Murray

My very real enthusiasm for the European Union had survived decades of sometimes bruising encounters with reality before being fatally holed by the strong political support given by European Council, Source: Catalonia: The EU’s Secret Shame – Craig Murray

Scottish Court Frees Catalan Separatist Leader Clara Ponsati on Bail – Lawyer – Sputnik International

LONDON (Sputnik) – A court in Edinburgh released ex-Catalan minister Clara Ponsati on bail hours after she handed herself in to police to have a European arrest warrant served on her, her lawyer said on Thursday. Source: Scottish Court Frees Catalan Separatist Leader Clara Ponsati on Bail – Lawyer – Sputnik International

The EU’s silence is deafening as Spain reacts to Catalan protests | The National

THE extent and implications of the political emergency in Catalonia far exceed those of the Brexit crisis here in the UK. To date, the Brexit affair… Source: The EU’s silence is deafening as Spain reacts to Catalan protests | The National

Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience | TechCrunch

Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance of the Spanish state — then failing to gain recognition for la república and being forced to watch political leaders jailed or exiled — Catalonia’s […]

‘Madrid sealed Spain’s fate’: Salmond on pro-independence Catalan ‘martyrs sentenced to 100 years in prison’ — RT World News

By sentencing nine Catalan politicians to a total 100 years in prison for “sedition” over nonviolent resistance, Madrid has made them martyrs and signed its death warrant, former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond told RT. Source: ‘Madrid sealed Spain’s fate’: Salmond on pro-independence Catalan ‘martyrs sentenced to 100 years in prison’ — RT World News