Why Catalonia wants independence

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Sarah Morris joins The Debate live from Barcelona

Put football rivalry jokes aside: the escalation between Barcelona and Madrid is serious.
A sea of independence supporters turning out Monday in Barcelona to support a second attempt at an independence referendum. We'll gauge support within Catalonia for a break-off from Spain. And like the one in 2014, the courts in Madrid have already forbidden the October 1st vote. This time, they've gone further, with court summons and the threat of arrest warrants for mayors who take part in the vote.

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Will they join the EU? If they do then its completely pointless. If not, Go Catalonia.

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Populist nationalism defend Catalonia’s right to self-determination on the basis that Catalans have “a long collective history and a distinctive culture” and clings to cultural nationalism as a way to justify the secessionist stance of the Catalan government. In doing so, he forgets that, during this long collective history, Catalonia has never once been an independent political nation or a state in modern terms.

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