In English Voices From Spain

The silencing distortion

Photo by Olya Kuzovkina on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. “‘La distorsión silenciadora”. Mikel Arteta. El País. 25th April 2018 Many speak of Catalonia’s ‘silent majority’, but few discuss just how it was silenced: basically, nationalists activated a fear of disagreeing. According to [Catalonian fact tank] GESOP, 91.7% of voters of the [far-left Catalonian nationalist coalition] […]

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Auf Deutsch Voices From Spain

Politischer hass auf kinder

Foto: Nicholas Gercken | Unsplash Ursprünglich auf Spanisch veröffentlicht: “Odio político a chavales”. Editorial. El País. 25 Apr. 2018 Seit 1995 wird die Förderung des Hasses, Gewalt oder Demütigung gegen eine Person aufgrund ihrer Identität, Ideologie oder familiärer Beziehungen durch das Spanische Strafgesetzbuch (Artikel 510) bestraft. Wenn diese Straftat gegen Jugendliche im Alter zwischen 12 und […]

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Little unimportant lessons

Photo: Mpho Mojapelo | Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ´Pequeñas lecciones no importantes´. Andrea Mármol. The Objective. 23 April 2018 As it happened also with so many others, my parents didn’t manage to pass on to me their passion for football. They tried their best, and I’m sure that for a couple of seasons I was the girl […]

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En Français Voices From Spain

Haine politique envers les jeunes

Photo by Nicholas Gercken on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “Odio político a chavales”. Editorial. El País. 25 avril 2018 Plainte contre neuf professeurs catalans qui ont humilié les enfants de gardes civils Les étudiants du collège IES Le Palau de Sant Andreu de la Barca de Barcelone manifestent pour exiger le respect envers les […]

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“Spain is stealing from us”

Excerpts from «El golpe posmoderno. 15 lecciones para el futuro de la democracia», a book by Daniel Gascón, 20018, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. Collected by Juan Claudio de Ramón. Excerpts from Chapter 9:  «El discreto encanto del supremacismo« “Spain is stealing from us”. —Alfons López Tena, Solidaritat per la Independència. “The Spanish state harasses […]

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En Español Voices From Spain

Respuesta a la carta al director de “The National” del profesor de la Universidad de Liverpool David Whyte y otros

Foto: Ian Froome | Unsplash Publicado originalmente en inglés: «There have been many dark days for Spanish democracy». David Whyte y otros. The National y aquí  Estimados colegas: También nosotros somos profesores, en campos que van del Derecho a la Historia, las Ciencias o la Comunicación. Hemos leído su carta al Director de “The National” del 20 de […]

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In English Voices From Spain

My friend the teacher Oya

Originally published in Spanish. «Mi amigo el profesor Oya». Francesc de Carreras. El País. 27th April 2018 Francisco Oya is a veteran history teacher in secondary education. He also has belonged for many years to the association Profesores por el Bilingüismo (Teachers for the Bilingualism), which was already defending a bilingual Catalan-Spanish model for the […]

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In English Voices From Spain

Instructions to become a dissident

Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. “‘Instrucciones para ser disidente”. Ricardo Dudda. Letras Libres 25th April 2018 On the day of Saint George, former Podem regional representative Albano Dante Fachín, who is very close to secessionist postulates (he buys the whole discourse but insists he is not a secessionist), wrote a letter that read: “Saint […]

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