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Catalonia: The Revolt of the Rich?
Kagarlitsky, Boris
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/10/11/catalonia-the-revolt-of-the-rich/Date Written: 2017-10-11 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX21423 The Catalonian rebellion, similar to Scottish separatism, is an uprising of the rich against the poor, the protests of a liberal society against the remnants of a redistributive social state. Abstract: -- Excerpt: Catalonia is often compared to Kosovo, Donbass, or even Crimea (where, as we know, the authorities separated from Ukraine, before they engineered the accession to Russia). A more correct comparison would be to Scotland, where nationalists also came to power and organized a referendum, which ended in a victory of the supporters of the unity with Great Britain. Finally, many recall Antonov-Ovseenko's analogy. During his time in 1930s in Spain engulfed in civil war he called Catalonia "Spanish Ukraine". Subject Headings |