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Catalonia
February 11, 2019
Guy Hedgecoe
Spanish Democracy Goes on Trial
Will the activists who organized the vote for Catalonian independence in 2017 be convicted of rebellion and sedition?
October 16, 2017
Robert Schaeffer
How to Break Up a Country Without Creating Havoc
Catalonia wants independence from Spain, but modern history is littered with cautionary tales about the dangers of partition.
November 10, 2014
Zach Campbell
Spain Is Sending This Basque Activist to Jail for Writing an Op-Ed
September 24, 2014
Elaine Teng
Spain Is Learning All the Wrong Lessons from Scotland's Referendum
July 13, 2010
James Kirchick
A Reaction From the Streets of Catalonia
July 13, 1998
Fouad Ajami
The Traveler's Luck
December 1, 1936
John Cornford
On the Catalonian Front

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