spain The insanity of Catalonian human towers Gareth Branwyn

real estate The government in Barcelona is seizing empty apartments from landlords who won't rent them out Thom Dunn

mobile The Catalan independence movement is being coordinated by an app designed for revolutions Cory Doctorow

politics Spanish central government fires Catalonian government officials, police chiefs Cory Doctorow

politics Catalonian parliament declares independence from Spain Cory Doctorow

politics Spanish government announces plan to seize power in Catalonia, remove elected government Cory Doctorow

privacy Spanish tech activists publish a "how-to guide for preserving fundamental rights on the Internet" Cory Doctorow

police brutality Troops fire rubber bullets to prevent Catalan independence vote, injure at least 465 Cory Doctorow

eu After Madrid seized Catalonia's ballot boxes, they unveiled their secret backup stash of ballot boxes Cory Doctorow

eu Spain's right-wing government orders brutal police crackdown on Catalan independence referendum Cory Doctorow

eu "Do you want Catalonia to be an independent country in the form of a republic?" Cory Doctorow

Banksy Police bust factory forging Banksy artworks David Pescovitz

aging Happy birthday to the world's oldest person! David Pescovitz

sports A "castell" is a tower of humans climbing up upon one another Popkin

music 1974 anti-fascist version of "Space Oddity" sung in Spanish by Hermanos Calatrava Elías Villoro

History Book series inspired by Howard Zinn's "People's History" Elías Villoro

UNESCO World Heritage Site Basílica de la Sagrada Família to release final construction timeline in 2024 Andrew Yi

climate change Giant hailstones are breaking new records Thom Dunn

catholic church Spanish bishop resigned over his love for a writer of satan-themed erotic fiction David Pescovitz