"Catalan referendum: Anti-police strike hits public services"
Crowds are
thronging central Barcelona and blocking roads across Catalonia in a protest
strike over police violence during the independence referendum. There is little
public transport, after Catalan trade unions called the strike to show public
anger at Spanish police tactics during Sunday's disputed vote.
The strike
was called in protest at "the grave violation of rights and freedoms"
seen during Sunday's ballot. Almost 900 people were hurt as Spanish police
tried to prevent voting, in a referendum declared illegal by the Madrid
government. What unites them today is a seething fury and resentment at the
heavy-handedness of the Spanish government, represented by Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy, with what Catalans perceive as his Madrid-centric arrogance,
brutishness and disregard for the rights of individuals.This is far less about
separatism than populism. Anti-establishment, nationalist sentiment a la
Catalana.
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