The Only Way To Resolve the Catalan Conflict Is To Let the People Decide

Catalonia heads to the polls today in its first election since Spanish courts jailed pro-independence leaders for sedition and banned the Catalan president from public office. Dolors Sabater, lead candidate for the anti-capitalist CUP, told Jacobin why the Catalan national question won’t go away — and why a referendum is the only way to resolve it.