Watch Truthdig’s Live Coverage From Catalonia
Truthdig correspondent Donald Kaufman films a rally in Barcelona on Monday as Spain grapples with the results of Sunday's independence referendum.
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Truthdig correspondent Donald Kaufman documented a rally in Barcelona on Monday as Spain grappled with the results of Sunday’s independence referendum, as well as the government’s violent response to the vote and related protests. Below are clips that first appeared on Facebook Live as Kaufman reported from the field, including narrations of the events unfolding.
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In Barcelona and beyond, people are rising up against a tourism industry that strains infrastructures, commodifies culture and destroys ecosystems.
Nine pro-independence leaders are behind bars for their roles in Catalonia's failed 2017 bid to secede from Spain.
The Mediterranean nation is already getting 40 percent of its electricity from renewables, and its government hopes to double that by 2030.
As automation increases and pointless jobs become obsolete, our work lives may finally become more enjoyable; Pew has a new way of looking at religion in the U.S.; meanwhile, an analysis reveals that the majority of civilians killed by police are young men of color.
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