Franco’s Suppression of the Catalan Language in 1939.
Watch the history of the suppression of the Catalan language for three hundred years and how the Spanish Language was imposed on a population that mostly spoke only Catalan. Successive […]
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How Francisco Franco Utilised Spanish Football To Consolidate His Power
Published at Pundit Arena, by Callum Connolly There were not many men in Adolf Hitler’s time that the Austrian would yield to without consequences, but Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was […]
Incident. Kiko Casilla stopped from speaking Catalan by Real Madrid
Our comments: Roger Evans wrote, “In Real Madrid press conferences, Cristiano Ronaldo speaks Portuguese, Zidane speaks French, Bale speaks English, and Modric speaks Croatian. But yesterday Catalunya Radio asked Casilla, […]
Muriel Casals, one of the most representative figures of Catalonia’s pro-independence movement, dies at 70
Article by Catalan News Agency. Barcelona (CNA).- Muriel Casals, one of the most central figures of the pro-independence movement in Catalonia, died this Sunday in Barcelona. Born in Avignon in […]
Chronicle of a Premeditated Offensive: Consequences for the People of Catalonia
The report “Chronicle of a Premeditated Offensive” analyses the recentralization of the Spanish State vis-à-vis Catalonia’s autonomy and attempts to detail the unequal treatment and discrimination endured by the Catalan […]
