Catalonia
Catalonia’s dilettante rebellion
Scott Gilmore: By Saturday afternoon, before the new Catalonian nation was even a day old, it was obvious it did not exist
Spain and Catalonia, stumbling into crisis
Scott Gilmore in Barcelona: Spain has shown a near criminal lack of political dexterity in handling its Alberta-like separatists
If Spain wants to lose Catalonia, it will keep up its brutality
Opinion: Crackdowns, like Spain’s assault on Catalan referendum voters, often produce exactly the change governments don’t want
How not to deal with separatists
Stephen Maher on how Madrid’s violent refusal to allow a Quebec style-referendum is pushing Catalans into the arms of the secessionists
The high cost of crushing the Catalan independence vote
The spectacle of police smashing ballot boxes and firing on protesters has done deep damage to Spain’s credibility