Catalan independence and the ghost of Franco
5 min readOct 15, 2019
You can no more imprison and idea than you can nail raindrops to the wall.
If only someone had told the judges on the Spanish Supreme Court that, because in taking the unconscionable decision to sentence nine Catalan pro-independence politicians and leaders to a combined 100 years in prison for their role in organising the 2017 independence referendum in defiance of Madrid, they are now…