Catalan government has scheduled a referendum on independence for the autonomous region for the 1st October. Spanish government, or more importantly the Spanish Constitutional court on 6th September, initmated that Catalonians could go fuck themselves!
Thousands of Catalonians take to the streets to peacefully protest the 'Fuck You'. Spanish government, through its sizable police force, double down and escalate tensions, with the authorities searching print houses and seizing referendum material, block websites, stop political meetings, Politicians get arrested, and leaders of the mass protests have been charged with sedition, a crime which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment. So again, fuck you Catalonia!
The People of Catalonia don't just want to be an autonomous region of Spain ruled by its Government. They want to be completely independent from the Spanish government. They are trying to do this peacefully. On 21 September, more than 4,000 police officers were deployed to the autonomous region, with an order from the Spanish Government to “act in case the illegal referendum takes place”.
ETA killed more than 800 people and wounded thousands in more than 40 years of violence during the Basque fight for independence. Is this what the Spanish government wants for Catalan? Because those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. - JFK
While we all know that violence NEVER solves societal issues there are always those that foolishly believe it does. I'm hoping like mad that all that transpires is peaceful.