Russian Maoist Party
10/12/2017
On self-determination of Catalonia
We reaffirm our commitment to the principle of national self-determination in connection with the referendums on independence that took place on September 25 in Iraqi Kurdistan and October 1 in Catalonia. The Catalans have separate (from the Castilian Spaniards) ethnic identity, their own language, their own experience with statehood1 and subsequent history of a national movement against the policy of assimilation and oppression pursued by Spain2. Catalonia has no less grounds for independence than, for example, Portugal or neighboring Andorra.3. The current Spanish regime is the restoration… Read More »