CATALONIA
Spain annuls Catalan self-government, prepares military rule from Madrid
By Alex Lantier: Three weeks after the savage police crackdown on the
October 1 Catalan independence referendum, Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy announced the invocation of Article 155 to strip
Catalonia’s regional government of its powers. In its place, Madrid is
to install an unelected government in Barcelona backed by the Spanish
army, Guardia Civil paramilitary police and other police units.
