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SPAIN’S foreign minister denied Catalan accusations of a coup against the regional government yesterday — insisting the boot was on the other foot.
Catalan parliamentary speaker Carme Forcadell’s had described Madrid’s suspension of the autonomous community’s government as a “de facto coup d’etat with the goal of ousting a democratically elected government.”
Spanish conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s cabinet invoked Article 155 of the constitution on Saturday after Catalan President Carles Puigdemont refused to renounce a possible unilateral declaration of independence.
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Historical shame prevents the International Brigades and those Spaniards who supported the Republic from being properly recognised and honoured, writes NOELIA SANCHEZ
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago today November 20. JIM JUMP looks back at his blood-soaked rule and toxic legacy on Spain today
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena