I haven't posted much about politics since I first joined, but when I woke up this morning and checked my twitter feed, I was greeted with a photo of an elderly woman from Catalonia covered in blood:

As the Catalan people attempted to vote on Sunday, Spanish National Police units stormed polling booths, dragging would be voters away by their hair, beating them with fists, boots and batons, and firing on crowds that refused to move with rubber bullets.

Whether or not you think the Catalan people have the right to declare independence is besides the point. All people have the right to freedom of political expression and this is a blatant attack on that right, and an attack on democracy as a whole.

Franco's been dead for more than 40 years, but it seems fascism is still alive and kicking in Spain ... can you really blame the people of Catalonia if they decide to kick back?