Catalonia

Minerva @ Midnight: after previous guy's indictment, a trumpist jail-break in the offing?

Previous guy colluded with Russia, led a Capitol insurrection, and is not rotting in a prison cell. But if it happens, could there be enough secessionist nut-logs ready and willing to bust him out. “I think this blending of the far-right militia movement with overt secessionism is something I think we’re...

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April 14, 2021

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Catalonia/Spain: On track for the crisis to escalate by Monday

The situation in Spain isn’t exactly getting better. And now it looks like the first real deadlines may have been set in the escalation of the Catalan push for independence. Previously in this series: Part I — Part II When last we left this story, Catalonia had voted for independence by a...

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October 5, 2017

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Kurdistan, Part II: The Middle East threatens to fall apart. More.

Yesterday, I posted a diary with a long (but still staggeringly incomplete) history of Kurdistan. Which brings us to more recent events… When 2017 began, Iraqi Kurdistan was maybe the most-autonomous region in the world which was nevertheless not truly independent. Kurdistan had its own military, its own police force. It...

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October 4, 2017

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The Kurdistan situation, part I: History

While I’ve spent the last couple days writing about events in Spain, it’s important to remember the other major separatist/independence news story: Kurdistan. So, while Catalonia engages in am organized “work stoppage” (to avoid restrictions on official “general strikes”), let’s take a look at Kurdistan. As before, let’s start off...

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October 3, 2017

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Spain: One Day Later (with a FAQ + Update)

Obviously, our collective attention has been focused on tragic events that are, for Americans, much closer to home. But the situation in Spain continues to bear watching. And it isn’t over yet. Sunday, Catalonia held a vote to determine whether or not the region should break way from Spain and...

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October 2, 2017

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I Vote. Therefore I Must Be Beaten, Tear-Gassed and Shot At. Spanish Edition.

If nothing else, Spain now has a publicity nightmare on its hands. But its violent attempts to suppress an vote — illegal as they claim or not — seem like they can only serve to make the resolve of Catalans (Catalonians?) for independence all that much firmer. If the majority of Catalans were...

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October 1, 2017

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Spain draws closer to the edge

Things are… not going well in Spain right now. How to breed an infertile, mentally disabled king, who soils himself regularly, and sparks a regional war with his death. First, a little history. Some three hundred years ago, what is now that little pointy bit that constitutes the northeast corner of...

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September 29, 2017

Minerva @ Midnight: after previous guy's indictment, a trumpist jail-break in the offing?

Catalonia/Spain: On track for the crisis to escalate by Monday

Kurdistan, Part II: The Middle East threatens to fall apart. More.

The Kurdistan situation, part I: History

Spain: One Day Later (with a FAQ + Update)

I Vote. Therefore I Must Be Beaten, Tear-Gassed and Shot At. Spanish Edition.

Spain draws closer to the edge

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