ession supporters Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, the latter of whom is currently helping the Catalan government to protect their websites. Politicians from several countries, such as the UK, Norway and Denmark, have also shown their support, as did the former president of Slovenia (a country that used its right of self-determination in the past) and 48 EU parliamentarians.
This is not about whether the referendum is legal or not anymore, it’s about democracy. From here, as students and academics from the USA, I ask you to show your support to all the people in Catalonia who are peacefully fighting today for their rights. If we adopt a neutral position in front of these attacks on democracy, we become accomplices of the aggressor: The Spanish government. We cannot remain silent.