By Yaël Ossowski In Scotland’s 2014 referendum, what I really learned is that a successful independence movement must be cultural and all-encompassing. A minority language helps. For many years, that’s what Québec had. But entrenched…
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We are all Catalonians now: Why the Spanish crisis matters for all nations
In scenes straight from a 1984-esque dystopian thriller, armed policemen from the Spanish Guardia Civil descended into the streets of the Catalonian region over the weekend to halt a planned referendum for independence. Clubs were…
Ce que le Québec peut apprendre de la Catalogne
Laisser la souveraineté territoriale à la politique est une grave erreur Le 11 septembre dernier, la fête nationale de la Catalogne, environ 1,6 millions de Catalans se sont donné la main pour former une chaîne…
What the Québec Independence Movement Can Learn from Catalonia
Leaving National Secession to Politics Alone Is a Mistake On September 11, the National Day of Catalonia, an estimated 1.6 million Catalans joined hands across the vast territory they’d like to call their own. Catalans…
The Stateless Man: As Europe Centralizes Power, Catalonia Yearns to Break Free
By Yaël Ossowski | The Stateless Man “Catalunya no és Espanya.” More than just a slogan, it’s become a rallying cry for the nearly 7.5 million Catalans who wish to demonstrate to the world that their culture,…