During the Nuremberg trials, one of the most interesting debates was to what extent it was Germany as a nation or the Third Reich that was being put on trial, and to what extent, therefore, single individuals might be convicted
‘‘A society willing to be distracted by a dishonoured press is only heading towards slavery’’
The pursuit of the terrorists behind the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils became the largest police operation ever conducted by the Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra) in response to a critical situation and it would go on to leave a permanent, painful mark on Catalan society. This is the story of that one hundred hours.
‘It is one thing to keep quiet about a complicated issue and another to do so when it comes to undemocratic abuses’
The outpouring of solidarity with Carme Forcadell, president of the Catalan parliament, is driving new gestures of political support throughout Europe
‘Call it what you may, but you would never witness this sequence of events in any other democracy in the world’
«I warn you that the eight remaining months will be exciting in political terms, but tough. For all the State can do now is to lash out desperately»
«With his coup Rajoy has destroyed any remote chance to prevent Catalan independence»
