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 […]

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Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days | Macau Business

International, MNA | Ecuador’s transport unions yesterday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and resulted in almost 370 arrests. Source: Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days | Macau Business

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