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Millions vote with their feet for break with Spain
Luke James witnessed one of the biggest political demonstrations in Spanish history calling for Catalan independence
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
After staging their third million-plus national day demonstration in as many years in Barcelona last Thursday, the Catalan people are gaining a reputation as the masters of spectacular political gestures.
Waving Welsh flags with friends among a crowd equal to a quarter of the country’s population it was impossible to sense the full scale of the event.
Only afterwards was it clear that people who formed a huge “V for vote” in the colours of the Catalan flag had created history with one of Europe’s largest ever demonstrations.
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