Spain moves to suspend Catalan autonomy
Contributed by Joe Montero After a Cabinet meeting on Saturday, the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced his intention to ask the country’s Senate next…
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GetUp will defy Australian Electoral Commission probe
Contributed by Jim Hayes The online activist group GetUp has been approached by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), in an extraordinary move that appear to…
Catalan independence leaders arrested as Madrid chest beats again
Contributed by Joe Montero After Catalonia’s president Carles Puigdemont failed to refute the bid for independence by yesterday’s deadline, the Spanish court ordered two community…
Catalonia calls for talks to work towards independence
Contributed by Joe Montero Yesterday our time, Catalonia’s regional president Carles Puigdemont declared the intention to work for a negotiated road to independence, claiming a…
COAG agrees on new attack on democratic rights
Contributed by Joe Montero The recent Council of Australian Governments (COAG) summit will go down in history for achieving one thing, and that is to…
Video: American college students react to 1940’s race film
College students view race hate speech and make a connection between with this and what is unfolding today. Video from FBE
Catalan referendum scores massive vote for independence
Contributed by Joe Montero The fallout of the independence referendum in Catalonia is that many more people voted than expected, given the circumstances of an…
Catalans step up to defend their referendum
Contributed by Joe Montero As voting day came in for the Catalan referendum on independence, thousands of people occupied polling stations that the Spanish government…
Catalan referendum heading for a showdown
Contributed by Joe Montero As Catalonia closes in on the independence referendum on 1 October, Spain’s Central government steps up its efforts to stop the…
Banned West Papua independence petition handed to UN
Contributed by Ugly Exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda has presented a smuggled out petition to the United Nations’ decolonisation committee, bearing the signatures…
