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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:25 PM Oct 2017

Scots launch Catalan Defence Committee to defend democracy [View all]

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scots-launch-catalan-defence-committee-to-defend-democracy-1-4590452

An online campaign is calling for Scots to show their support for Catalonia and ‘defend democracy’ in the aftermath of the contentious referendum in the north-east province of Spain.

The newly-launched Catalan Defence Committee Scotland follows the establishment of sister groups across Europe and has already won support from several prominent politicians and campaigners, including lawyer Aamer Anwar and Scottish Greens co-campaigner Maggie Chapman.

It promises to lobby MSPs and the Scottish Government “to do all it can” to support the civil rights of Catalans, as well as organising regular public demonstrations.

The Spanish Government was widely criticised for its response to a plebiscite organised by the devolved Catalan parliament on October 1, which the authorities in Madrid had previously declared illegal.

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Scots launch Catalan Defence Committee to defend democracy [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2017 OP

It is good to see all such groups supporting Catalan and Spanish civil society Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #1

It's the Spanish government that is anti-democratic Ken Burch Oct 2017 #2

Well, then, I have to recommend you re-check (and improve the quality of) your sources. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #3

(on edit)I read that editorial Ken Burch Oct 2017 #4

"Risking their lives" is a massive exaggeration, but par for the propaganda course... Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #5

It can't be democratic to suppress Catalan sovereigntism by state violence. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #6

Please read more widely, reflect more deeply. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #7

In Spain, the "Rule of Law" is an essentialky Carlist/Fascist concept. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #10

You know these things how, may I ask? Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #11

Oh, I see. What a silly question to pose to a post-truther Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #15

I don't think quoting an opinion piece by a non-Catalan author, Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #8

Madrid-based El Pais is no more a "state mouthpiece" than London-based Guardian is. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #9

It was not always part of Spain. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #12

It was then a part of Spain. That was a civil war (about Monarchy), with much outside interference. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #13

Really? The Guardian's even worse than I thought then (which is pretty bad). Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #14

Ah, a little nuance Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #16

Not sure I get your drift, nor appreciate your tone. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #17

Fine. If it's all about the selfish interests of (some people of) Scotland, Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #18

But these issues aren't separable. We are linked and mutually interdependent in a finite world. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #19

UK 'won't recognise' Catalan independence T_i_B Oct 2017 #20

A Tory government backed Franco in the Thirties. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #21