Originale: “Regálate un capricho”. Manuel Jabois. El País La parte sorprendente del «procés» è la gente che crede che attraversare il fiume con lo scorpione sulla schiena non comporterà alcun prezzo da pagare. Sono settimane che ricevo sul mio whatsapp istruzioni per fondare la Repubblica della Catalogna. Faccio parte di una trama sentimentale che si muove attraverso […]
Categoría: Voices From Spain
Who destroyed the self-government of Catalonia (and who didn’t)
Originally published in Spanish: “Quién destruyó la autonomía de Cataluña (y quién no)”. Ricardo de Querol. Cinco Días. No. The Independence of Catalonia is not the response to the repression of the State, as they want us to believe, because the procés started, and speed up, much before the state responded in any way. No. […]
Treat yourself to a treat
For weeks I have been receiving instructions via whatsapp to create the Republic of Catalonia. I am part of a sentimental plot that moves through chains messages that keeps our troop together and alert, either to pay the bail of Artur Mas or to concentrate on the streets. This is due to the spamming of […]
They are under investigation for sedition
Published in Spanish. “Son investigados por delito de sedición” Almacén de Derecho President of the Catalan Regional Division of the Judicial Professional Association “When democracy and fundamental freedoms are in peril, a judge’s reserve may yield to the duty to speak out.” Judicial Ethics Report 2009-2010 European Network of Councils for the Judiciary Barcelona, October […]
Why the law?
Originally published in Spanish. “¿Por qué la ley?” Tsevan Rabtan. Las cuatro esquinas del mundo. When I was fourteen a friend of my father gave me a book as a gift. He did it because he always saw me reading, not because he disliked me. It was called -the book, not mi father’s friend- Goat […]
State of exception
On September 6 and 7, as I was watching in amazement the sessions of the Catalan Parliament in which the attempt to legitimize a new and improvised legality was staged, I recalled a reflection by Elias Canetti in his Notes, written in London in 1942, when Great Britain was resisting Hitler’s breakthrough throughout Europe: «Whenever […]
Stato di eccezione
Originale: “Estado de excepción”. Andreu Jaume. El País In questi giorni Barcellona è una città depressa, sfrattata dalla politica e con focolai di odio. La voce del Parlamento è stata sostituita da una “massa aizzata”, diretta e agitata dalla ANC e da Omnium Cultural. Il 6 e il 7 di settembre, mentre seguivo attonito le […]
Lessons from Quebec for Catalan secessionists
Originally published in Spanish. «Lecciones desde Quebec para secesionistas catalanes» Isaac Nahon-Serfaty. Letras Libres. Although the cultural and political context of separatism in Quebec is different from that of the Catalan independence movement, the history of the former could shed light on the future of the latter. Catalan separatist nationalism could afford to learn a […]
Catalonia
Originally published in Spanish. Jorge San Miguel. Medium. We arrived at Penedès at noon. We told the owner of the house that we are going to a wedding, just in case. Surely we exaggerate. It is a renovated farmhouse, with a white stone tower that rises on a ridge between vineyards. We eat at Avinyonet […]
Lezioni dal Quebec per i secessionisti catalani
Originale: “Lecciones desde Quebec para secesionistas catalanes ”. Isaac Nahon-Serfaty. Letras Libres Il nazionalismo separatista catalano potrebbe imparare alcune lezioni dal separatismo del Quebec. Anche se stiamo parlando di due realtà storiche, culturali e politiche diverse, le sconfitte subite dagli indipendentisti della provincia del Quebec in Canada potrebbero illuminare il futuro dei loro coetanei in […]