labor Catalonian General Strike called for tomorrow, separation imminent Cory Doctorow

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

eu Catalan independence movement declares a general strike in Barcelona Cory Doctorow

Business It's laughably simple to buy thousands of cheap, plausible Facebook identities Cory Doctorow

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

politics Catalonian parliament declares independence from Spain Cory Doctorow

politics Map of separatist support in Europe Rob Beschizza

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

futility closet How a Spanish chicken farmer became the greatest double agent of World War II Futility Closet

twitter Prison sentence for Spanish woman who tweeted jokes about the assassination of Franco's fascist successor Cory Doctorow

piketty Tomorrow's Catalan elections are a referendum on independence Cory Doctorow