Forty-one Spanish Civil Guard raids on Catalan government-related buildings and private homes on September 20 led to the arrest of 13 high-level Catalan government officials and harvested a lot of “suspect material” for the prosecutors charged with stopping Catalonia’s October 1 independence referendum. However, the raid have provoked a mass revolt in response. The haul … [Read more...] about Catalonia: Mass resistance greets Spanish state coups (Dick Nichols 23/9/2017 Green Left Weekly )
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Nippon Kaigi: Lifting the lid on a secretive and influential political organisations in Japan
Nippon Kaigi, or 'Japan Conference', has an impressive list of members and aims to reshape Japanese politics and policies, and Lateline gains rare access to this secretive and ultra-conservative organisation. Video is here Transcript TONY JONES, PRESENTER: It's been described as one of the most influential political organisations in Japan. Nippon Kaigi, or Japan Conference, … [Read more...] about Nippon Kaigi: Lifting the lid on a secretive and influential political organisations in Japan