{"id":4079,"date":"2017-10-14T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T20:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2017-10-14T21:21:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T20:21:30","slug":"catalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/catalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pro-independence<\/a>
Pro-independence citizens hold up giant letters reading “We are ready, Independence” during the final meeting before the 9N (November 9) consultation, in Barcelona November 7, 2014. Among those on stage are Omnium Cultural President Muriel Casals (2nd R) and Catalan National Assembly (ANC) President Carme Forcadell (C). Catalans are expected to turn out in droves on Sunday to make their strongest show of force to date for breaking away from the rest of Spain in a symbolic independence referendum. But the chances of a formal vote on Catalan autonomy remain slim – partly because regional authorities are themselves divided over how far to go. REUTERS\/Gustau Nacarino (SPAIN – Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Catalonia votes for independence. Spain will not allow it… why can Kosovo and Kuwait have freedom but not Catalonia and Kurdistan?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not for them the strike of anger
\nThe march of death, bullet and bomb
\nBut march of peace, indent defiance,
\nVote of intent of the democratic throng
\nBut Spain, the imperialist still, wont have it
\nThough the Ctalans did not do things wrong…<\/p>\n

We did, we gook guns and bombs and rebelled
\nKilled and marched and filled with hate
\nUntil we won, and lost, then fought each other
\nMade a free and failed state
\nLeft behind a rump within the Kingdom
\nWho fight each other to stalemate.<\/p>\n

Catalonia! Will it in time be
\nWhat Guernica is to us today…
\nI hope not, hope they will be free…
\nWe can but watch, and hope, or pray…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catalonia votes for independence. Spain will not allow it… why can Kosovo and Kuwait have freedom but not Catalonia and Kurdistan? Not for them the strike of anger The march of death, bullet and bomb But march of peace, indent defiance, Vote of intent of the democratic throng But Spain, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3675,130],"tags":[3940,3939,3391,3941],"class_list":["post-4079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-barcelona","tag-catalan-referendum","tag-catalonia","tag-plebcite","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-13N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3401,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/guernica\/","url_meta":{"origin":4079,"position":0},"title":"Guernica","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"They fled in terror as from the sky... 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