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Long Read: Catalonia, Alone? Lessons From the Contradictions of the Independence Movement
Between a Draconian Spanish state, an ambivalent left and an institutional impasse, it’s not clear where the Catalan independence movement goes next. Bue Rübner Hansen argues the challenges facing independentists reflect a far wider cycle of struggle.