Sunday’s Catalonia Independence Referendum
NOVANEWS
By Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Featured image: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s regime is going all-out to block it.
He governs like a tinpot despot, waging class war, enforcing police state repression, arresting Catalan officials, threatening others with criminal prosecution for supporting the autonomous region’s self-determination right, affirmed under the UN Charter and other international law.
He’s no democrat. A modern-day Francisco Franco defines his policies. Spaniards nationwide should revolt against his right-wing extremism.
Spain’s Gag Law enacted on his watch lets police be judge, jury and collector of spurious fines, including for photographing an illegally-parked police car.
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