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Catalan independence movement

Sound of Thunder

A heavy metal band from Virginia went viral in Catalonia

Music

Lead singer Nina Osegueda inspires A Sound of Thunder to record a version of the region’s anthem.

The World

Chronicle of a crackdown on Catalonia’s independence vote

Conflict
Riot police grab at a woman near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish riot police fight to suppress Catalonia’s defiant independence vote

Conflict
​Former Catalan President Artur Mas and former regional councilors Irene Rigau and Joana Ortega leave court after attending the first day of their trial for staging a 2014 informal referendum on independence in breach of a legal order, in Barcelona, Spain

Catalonia is still pushing for an independence vote that Spain calls illegal

Global Politics
Catalans who want to separate from Spain join hands as part of a human chain across Catalonia on Sept. 11, 2013.

Why one American wants Catalonia to be Europe’s new nation

Culture
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