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HUNDREDS of thousands packed the streets of Barcelona yesterday in opposition to the regional government’s bid to secede from Spain.
Barcelona police said 350,000 people took part; march organisers Societat Civil Catalana said that 930,000 people turned out.
Slogans included “Catalonia is Spain” and “Let’s recover our common sense.” Demonstrators called for Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to be jailed.
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago today November 20. JIM JUMP looks back at his blood-soaked rule and toxic legacy on Spain today
We must remember Morocco’s land grab of the Sahrawi people’s territory continues with French and British support, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG, looking into the origins of the annexation
