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Up to 1.4million Catalans fill the streets of Barcelona in massive show of strength for region’s Independence Movement – just two weeks before make-or-break elections

By David Icke Posted on September 14, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, Elections, independence, spain

‘An estimated 1.4million Catalans filled the streets in a massive show of force for the region’s separatist campaign. Demonstrators thronged the streets of Barcelona, the region’s capital, waving red and yellow Catalan flags and yelling ‘Independence!’ The show of strength was held on Catalonia’s annual National Day on Friday, at a time of high political […]

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Hundreds of thousands rally for independence in Barcelona

By David Icke Posted on September 12, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, independence, spain

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Spain proposes constitutional reforms for Catalonia

By David Icke Posted on September 10, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with autonomy, spain

‘A senior Spanish official says Madrid is open to holding talks with separatists on constitutional reforms and greater fiscal powers for the autonomous Catalonia region. Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo made the comment while speaking to journalists, politicians and businessmen in Barcelona, the Catalan capital, on Thursday. “The government has since the very beginning […]

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Spanish Defense Minister Warns Army May Intervene Unless ‘Catalonia Obeys The Rules’

By David Icke Posted on September 10, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with referendum, spain

‘With Spain’s Catalan region on the verge of electing pro-independence parties and seeking autonomy from central rule, the government (clearly worried) has ramped up the rhetoric on what consequences lie ahead. In a rather stunning outburst for a supposed democracy, CNA reports, the Spanish Defence Minister, Pedro Morenés, assured that the army won’t act in […]

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Cameron Warns Catalonia: Leaving Spain Will Result in EU Exit

By David Icke Posted on September 7, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Elections, eu, spain

‘British Prime Minister David Cameron has offered solidarity and support to his Conservative Spanish counterparts in Madrid, warning Catalan separatists that they would be expelled from the EU and would face the task of reapplying for membership if they attempt to succeed from Spain. The issue of Catalan independence is once again a hot topic […]

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Spanish woman fined €800 for photo of police car in disabled bay

By David Icke Posted on August 17, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Censorship, police, Police State, spain

A woman in south-eastern Spain has been ordered to pay €800 for posting a photo of a police car parked in an inappropriate place. She was fined in accordance with a recently introduced law protecting police officers. An unnamed woman from the town of Petrer, Alicante has been forced to pay an €800 fine for […]

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First victim of Spain’s ‘gag law’ fined for criticising ‘lazy’ police

By David Icke Posted on August 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with spain

‘The first known individual to fall foul of Spain’s controversial new “gag law” has spoken out against what he sees as the repression of free speech after he received a fine for describing his local police force as “slackers” on Facebook. Eduardo Díaz, a 27-year-old salesman from Tenerife, told the newspaper El Mundo that the […]

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After Greece Spain Comes Next – Ex-Greek Finance Minister

By David Icke Posted on August 9, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with debt, Economic Collapse, eu, greece, imf, spain

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s outspoken former finance minister, said the financial bailout from the country’s international creditors was really meant to drown Greece in debt to divert attention from other EU problems. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis gives a speech during an Financial conference in Athens, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 The reforms imposed on Athens […]

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Catalonia Calls Election in New Bid for Secession From Spain

By ickonic Posted on August 6, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Elections, independence, spain

‘A year ago, secessionist movements were all the rage in Europe — until they were not. After a nerve-rattling campaign, Scots narrowly voted in September to remain part of Britain. Two months later, Catalonia’s drive for an independence referendum fizzled into a nonbinding vote after being thwarted by Spanish courts. But if Prime Minister Mariano […]

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Greek ex-finance minister warns Spain of Greece’s fate

By ickonic Posted on August 3, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bailouts, greece, spain

‘Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has warned Spain of “becoming Greece” if the country adopts similar austerity measures as Athens did in return for international bailout packages. The former Greek minister made the remarks during an interview with the Spanish daily El Pais, published on Sunday. “The danger of becoming Greece is always there […]

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Spanish firefighters go on strike as flames sweep Catalonian forests

By ickonic Posted on July 27, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with spain

‘Spanish forest firefighters went on strike Monday as wildfires ravaged the countryside in Catalonia. While hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes, firefighters refused to battle the blaze in protest of poor wages and working conditions. The fire had engulfed large parts of Catalonia’s forests in the north-east of Spain by Sunday afternoon. […]

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Cracking Up and Cracking Down: Spain Is Bursting at the Seams

By ickonic Posted on July 27, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Big Brother, Freedom of Speech, Police State, spain

‘As the turmoil in Greece slowly yields (for now at least) it’s important to remember that the small Eurozone nation is hardly the only one in the EU that is in trouble, both fiscally and socially. In truth, it seems that Europe as a whole can hardly contain itself, and you can strike sparks just […]

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The Mother of All Storms Builds Over Catalonia’s Independence

By ickonic Posted on July 25, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, independence, spain

‘For the last six months, tensions between Madrid and Barcelona seemed to have subsided, as most of the attention of Spanish government, the media, and the public was diverted by the seemingly unstoppable rise of Pablo Iglesias’ anti-austerity party Podemos — a rise that has suddenly stopped. Now it seems that what first appeared as […]

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Spanish Government Goes Full Police State; Enacts Law Forbidding Dissent and ‘Unauthorized’ Photography Of Law Enforcement

By ickonic Posted on July 9, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Freedom of Speech, Police State, protests, spain

‘Well, Spain’s officially a police state now. On July 1st, its much-protested “gag” law went into effect, instantly making criminals of those protesting the new law. Among the many new repressive stipulations is a €30,000-€600,000 fine for “unauthorized protests,” which can be combined for maximum effect with a €600-€300,000 fine for “disrupting public events.” This […]

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Spanish government to tax consumers who store their own renewable energy

By ickonic Posted on June 14, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, spain

‘The Spanish government is planning to tax homes that produce their own energy through solar power and store some of it using batteries. A draft decree prepared by the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry establishes […]