Originale: “Algunas lecciones de la crisis catalana”. Daniel Gascón. Letras Libres Cosa si può imparare dalla più grande sfida che ha affrontato la democrazia spagnola. La crisi catalana è la più grande sfida che ha affrontato la democrazia spagnola. Sta creando gravi danni alla Catalogna, alla Spagna e alla convivenza dei cittadini. Sarebbe però scorretto […]
Categoría: Voices From Spain
Seditionaries and the future we all know
Originally published in Spanish. Roger Senserrich. Politikon. This piece will probably change nothing. The preventive imprisonment of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart is one of those events (one more) for which I could tell the most beautiful story ever heard and still not get anyone to change his previous opinion. No matter how much I […]
Perderci la festa
Originale: “Perdiéndonos la fiesta”. Santiago Roncagliolo. El País Un paio di mesi fa ho viaggiato da Barcellona a Madrid per la presentazione del poeta peruviano Carlos Germán Belli. L’ho fatto per ammirazione ma anche per solidarietà, perché pensavo che un poeta straniero e difficile non sarebbe stato un grande successo di folla. Ogni partecipante era […]
Missing the Party
Originally published in Spanish. Santiago Roncagliolo. El País A couple of months ago, I went from Barcelona to Madrid to attend the presentation of Carlos Germán Belli, the Peruvian poet. I did it because of my admiration of him, but also in solidarity, because I thought that a foreign, demanding poet would not be an […]
The Rhetoric Path to Independence
Originally published in Spanish. Ricardo Dudda. Letras Libres As always happens with the process, nothing is a big deal, until the adversary reacts. Mr Puigdemont’s speech in the Catalan Parliament the October 10th, where he declared Catalonia’s independence only to put it on hold, and the subsequent clandestine signing of secession in a Parliament’s room […]
This is about Winning
Originally published in Spanish. Pablo Simón. Politikon. 1.- At this point, the sequence we could anticipate since before the October 1st is working as a clock. Last Tuesday, a chameleon UDI took place, since every one saw in it what wanted to see. Some saw a call to dialogue, others, a unilateral declaration. To me, […]
Don’t say ‘robbery’ when you mean ‘Welfare State’
Originally published in Spanish. Manuel Alejandro Hidalgo Pérez and Jorge Díaz Lanchas. Agenda Pública. The disdain towards other collectives seems to be a common strategy while pursuing some other political goal, even if those other collectives are fellow citizens. Apparently, Spain has not been spared from this attitude. The secessionist movement, legitimate or not –we […]
In Francoland
Ursprünglich auf Spanisch veröffentlicht. Antonio Muñoz Molina. El País. In Europa und Amerika steht man dermaßen auf das Pittoreske unserer Rückständigkeit, dass man sich beleidigt fühlt, wenn wir erklären, wie sehr wir uns verändert haben. Es geschah mir am letzten Abend des Septembers in Heidelberg, aber es ist mir ziemlich oft in anderen Städten Europas […]
Catalonia, offence and despair
Published originally in Spanish. José Andrés Rojo. El País Taking the demands of independence outside to the streets has loaded the debate with emotion rather than clear arguments When you don’t know what’s happening it’s hard to communicate, everything gets complicated, anxiety rises, suspicions grow. It happened a few days ago in the Catalan Parliament. […]
In Francoland
Originale: “En Francoland”. Antonio Muñoz Molina. El País In Europa o in America piace così tanto la nostra pittoresca arretratezza che si offendono se spieghiamo loro quanto siamo cambiati. Di Antonio Muñoz Molina Mi è successo l’ultima notte di Settembre a Heidelberg, ma mi era successo già abbastanza spesso in altre città europee e americane […]