Spain prepares military crackdown in Catalonia - World Socialist Web Site
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As Spanish military and police units continued to deploy to Catalonia yesterday after failing in a brutal attempt to halt the October 1 Catalan independence referendum, Madrid signaled yesterday that it is preparing a military crackdown in Catalonia. The Constitutional Court suspended the Catalan parliament, after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy rejected calls for mediation led by the Podemos party and the union bureaucracy.
On Sunday, the world was shocked and stunned as videos filled the Internet of 16,000 police assaulting polling places and peaceful voters, including women and the elderly, across Catalonia. Furious that its initial crackdown failed, Madrid is now preparing an even bloodier assault, using the military. As the Spanish press debates imposing a state of emergency, as in neighboring France, it is clear that this is bound up with well-advanced plans for military rule and the abrogation of basic democratic rights across Europe.
Amid Catalan crisis, Madrid prepares military rule across Spain - World Socialist Web Site
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The Spanish political establishment is now openly debating its options for how to crack down on the secessionist movement in Catalonia and install military rule across the entire country.
Two weeks ago, the debate was whether the Spanish minority Popular Party (PP) government under Mariano Rajoy should implement drastic measures that would suspend Catalan regional autonomy. Now, the question is when and how the military will be deployed and police presence escalated. These discussions must be taken as a serious warning to the Spanish and international working class.
