Police have entered the center of Barcelona within the hour and are not using force at a government building
The Catalonia president who was ordered removed early this morning called for non-violent resistance.
Catalonia's parliament voted yesterday to declare independence triggering the crackdown from the Spanish government.
Prayers for the people of Catalonia, and all people who yearn to be free.
Governments usually don't give up land and tax revenue without a lot of blood.
Guys? It doesn’t make news copy unless there’s some blood and mayhem. Two groups of white people playing musical governments is boring. Remember the showdown at the OK Coral? The Civil War (American and Spanish both)? Russia stomping on the Ukraine? Of course you do, because they didn’t do this non-violent stuff. If you want your revolution to be memorable, you have to get unfriendly.
All the more reason to get out. Plus, they don’t want to be in the EU.
This is a HUGE story and our whole country is too ignorant to care. Better to have side shows about gropers, scary Russians and the NFL. The media is pathetic and we deserve it.
At least Nextrush is paying attention.
Say it’s Saturday night in Spain. They go out dancing. You think they do the flamenco?