Originally published in Spanish. Aurelio Arteta. El País. It’s not true that national feeling is not debatable. If political sympathies were immune to criticism, they would all be equal in value. To nationalists, the end-all of politics is to preserve that which is theirs and draw borders between themselves and others. Among our most widespread […]
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Une societé malade
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Joaquim Coll. Crónica Global Je le dirai clairement : une bonne partie de la société catalane est politiquement malade. Et cela inclut beaucoup de personnes qui ont fait des études universitaires, qui sont bien rétribuées et qui ont réussi professionnellement. C’est la passion sécessionniste que décrivait avec beaucoup de justesse […]
The Eternal Process
Originally published in Spanish. Ignacio Varela. El Confidencial. “WE, the democratic representatives of the people of Catalonia, in the free exercise of the right of self-determination. CONSTITUTE the Catalan Republic, as an independent and sovereign State. ENTER into force the Foundational and Legal Transition Law of the Republic. INITIATE the constituent process. AFFIRM the desire to open negotiations with Spain. […]
The Scapegoats
Originally published in Spanish. Ignacio Vidal-Folch. Crónica Global. In this sinister movie which is the Catalan process (from which, judging by the first cataclysmic consequences, with the businesses leaving Catalonia for Madrid, Valencia, Aragon or wherever, with the elders panicking for losing their pensions, with the emptying of banks boxes, and even with the possibility […]
I capri espiatori
Originale: “Los chivos expiatorios”. Ignacio Vidal-Folch. Crónica Global In questo film infausto che è il prusés [il processo indipendentista catalano, NdT] (da cui, alla luce delle prime conseguenze catastrofiche, con la fuga delle aziende dalla Catalogna verso Madrid, Valencia, Aragona o altrove, con il terrore degli anziani di rimanere senza pensione, con il prosciugamento delle casse delle banche, addirittura […]
Europe as a solution?
Originally published in Spanish: «¿Europa como solución?». Sandra León. El País Catalan nationalist parties who have embraced independence do not seek in Europe a space for participation, but for acknowledgement “Spain is the problem. Europe is the solution”. This quote by Ortega y Gasset, which was pronounced at the beginning of the 20th century in […]
The Catalan ‘Volksgeist’
Originally published in Spanish. Enrique Krauze. El País «There are no more people than the physical ones. It is always the first person in the singular who speaks as the first person in the plural. It’s always an I who says us » Gabriel Zaid Isaiah Berlin, one of the greatest liberals of 20th […]
Catalogne
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Jorge San Miguel. Medium On est arrivé au Penedès à midi. On a dit à la propriétaire de la maison qu’on a loué, qu’on venait pour assister à un mariage. Au cas où. On exagère, très probablement. Il s’agit d’une ancienne maison rurale [masia] restaurée, qui a une tour en […]
The Credit
Originally published in Spanish. Arcadi Espada. El Cultural In the autumn of 1950, the psychologist Leonard W. Doob published an important article systematizing the 19 principles of Nazi propaganda. The whole analysis, classic and strict, is highly interesting. The 16th principle stands out: “Propaganda to the home front must create an optimum anxiety level”. This […]
Il rumore e la furia della Catalogna dei meceni
Originale: “El ruido y la furia de la Cataluña de los mecenas”. Manuel Jabois. El País La forza sociale del processo indipendentista è quella di Omnium e dell’ ANC, due associazioni di diversa provenienza che difendono la tabella di marcia del processo d’independenza. Joan Baptista Cendrós fu un personaggio talmente importante in Catalogna da […]