by Rhett | Nov 2, 2017 | News
CATALONIA’S quest for independence from Spain could spark a domino effect plunging the European Union into crisis as a map reveals the other regions across the continent desperate for autonomy. Catalonia threw Spain into a constitutional crisis yesterday after...
by Rhett | Oct 6, 2017 | News
Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, Catalonia’s drive for “independence” has unleashed a chain reaction of viral social media support that’s frighteningly resurrected civil war-era rhetoric, but the most dangerous consequences of this domino effect are yet...
by Rhett | Oct 4, 2017 | News
As reported previously, in a sternly worded address to the nation, Spain’s King Felipe VI condemned organizers of Catalonia’s independence referendum for having put themselves “outside the law” and said the situation in Spain was...
by Rhett | Oct 4, 2017 | News
* Pro-independence parties push for Monday vote on independence * Crisis hurts euro, Spanish bonds and shares * Spain economy minister, Caixabank seek to reassure depositors * Spain’s king says Catalan leaders have divided society (Adds Catalan politicians,...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | Ideas, News
by Robert Wenzel With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest...