Candidates for the pro-independence CUP party at a campaign rally.
Marta Perez/EPA
Why the international law of self-determination does not support Catalonia’s claim of an international right to independence from Spain.
A Zenzeleni cooperative member carefully aligns some equipment in the village of Mankosi, Eastern Cape.
Bill Tucker
South Africa has some of the highest mobile voice and data costs in the world. A project to deliver affordable services and keep money in communities with high unemployment rates could be the answer.
We need to educate ourselves daily if we aspire to live peacefully in a multicultural society.
Helsinki s City Wall, a collaborative social space.
With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
Collective prayer on October 20 in Mogadishu in tribute to the 276 dead and 300 wounded, victims of the October 14 terrorist attack. Terrorism has become a global weapon.
Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP
Contemporary terrorism is rooted in a form of political violence dating from the French Revolution. It is rooted in social facts and is now evolving on a global scale.
PAH activists occupy a bank office in Barcelona in July 2013.
Albert Gea/Reuters
We rarely see residents of a city successfully push back in defence of their needs against the power of finance capital, which seeks to make money from the city. But Barcelona shows it can be done.
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon is in a quandary.
Jane Barlow/PA
Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
Catalonia’s deposed president fled to Belgium after the charges against him were revealed.
Olivier Hoslet/EPA
After declaring independence, regional leaders stand accused of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement. But what does that mean?
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The situation in Catalonia is ripe for widespread civil disobedience against the Spanish government.
Rajoy leaves the Spanish Parliament in Madrid on Oct. 25, 2017.
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Why the Spanish Prime Minister keeps choosing a strategy of confrontation.
EPA/Marta Perez
An ousted leader, a divided electorate and the risk of further violence pile on the tension ahead of the December vote.
One side of the argument.
EPA/Marta Perez
Move by the senate in Madrid came just after the Catalan parliament voted for independence.
Protests in Barcelona on October 21 against the arrest of two Catalan nationalist leaders.
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Bid for Catalonian independence brings return of a divided Spain.
Franco visits Barcelona in 1942. Carlos Pérez de Rozas
Devoting all energies to fight over an imaginary border deflects attention from the real issues.
EPA/Enric Fontcuberta
The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way. But what would getting it right look like?
A young girl wearing the Spanish flag (right) walks with another young girl wearing an ‘estelada,’ or independence flag.
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti
An expert explains why the EU is ill-equipped to handle a problem like Catalonia.
EPA-EFE/Felipe Trueba
Despite the inevitable transition costs for both sides, there may also be some benefits to a split.
Now what?
EPA/Felipe Trueba
After threatening to declare independence, Carles Puigdemont has stepped back from the brink. But that has caused confusion.
Spanish National Police block people trying to reach a polling station in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1. Catalan leaders accused Spanish police of brutality and repression.
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
The European Union is quick to condemn countries like Venezuela and Turkey when they engage in anti-democratic tactics. So why is it so silent on Spain’s treatment of the Catalan?
EPA/Alberto Estevez
The potential for more violence is clear unless the two sides can be brought to the negotiating table as soon as possible.