Oct 5, 20173 min readHow do you build a successful independence movement?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, …
Oct 3, 20175 min readWe are all Catalonians now: Why the Spanish crisis matters for all nationsIn 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 …
Sep 24, 20135 min readWhat the Québec Independence Movement Can Learn from CataloniaLeaving 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 …
Sep 24, 20136 min readCe que le Québec peut apprendre de la CatalogneLaisser 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 …
Apr 15, 20135 min readThe Stateless Man: As Europe Centralizes Power, Catalonia Yearns to Break FreeBy 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 …