Publie à l’origine en espagnol. Manuel Arias Maldonado. El Mundo. Dans ses méditations sur la révolution anticapitaliste, le philosophe slovène Slavoj Zízêk met l’accent sur le lendemain de l’événement : cet événement auquel Jarvis Cocker consacrait une chanson, qui se terminait en disant au revoir au cholestérol. En réalité, il n’y a rien comme le […]
Categoría: Voices From Spain
Catalonian Nationalist Populism
Originally published in Spanish. Aurora Nacarino-Brabo. Letras Libres. The most burgeoning political event of the last years is populism. This is how the rise of anti-establishment parties has been described —from Syriza in Greece to Trump in United States to plebiscitary accidents like Brexit and the prominence of candidates like Grillo in Italy, Le Pen […]
You don’t understand it
Published originally in Spanish. Rafael Latorre. El Mundo. “You don’t understand it”, they object to the jurist, to the economist, to the reporter. “You don’t understand it!”, yells both the teenager and the veteran; the British Hispanist, the xarnego MP, the Dutch Erasmus, the Galician undergraduate and the Gironan who buries his roots so deep […]
Statement on the lack of foundation on International Law of the independence referendum that has been convened in Catalonia
In light of the errors in invoking International Law to provide a legal foundation for the self-determination referendum (of Catalonia), the undersigning members of the Spanish Association of Professors in International Law and International Relations (AEDPDIRI, in Spanish) consider their civic obligation to issue the following statement: 1. According to the United Nations doctrine as […]
On problems and solutions in Catalonia
Originally published in Spanish. «De problemas y soluciones en Cataluña», by Miguel Aguilar. Letras Libres. In spite of the barbaric Islamic attacks of the August 18th in Barcelona and Cambrils, the Catalonian government does not seem to be considering to alter the immediate plans of its only political priority —the independence— as if nothing had […]
Due repubbliche al prezzo di una
Originale: Dos repúblicas por el precio de una. José Ignacio Torreblanca. El País. La sinistra radicale aderisce alla sfida indipendentista per vedere se riesce a cacciare Rajoy dalle piazze e provocare così una crisi dello Stato. In questo paese passiamo le giornate a parlare di un’estrema destra che non esiste, né politicamente, né socialmente, né a […]
Truths that sum
Published originally in Spanish. Máriam G. Bascuñán. El País. Democracy does not champion one single truth, but the possibility that many different viewpoints coexist. Nowadays it is infrequent, except for priests, to find people that believe to be in possession of the Truth. This is the case of Mr. Junqueras, who in a tweet thanking […]
Trois mythes sur le mouvement indépendantiste de Catalogne
Publie à l’origine en espagnol. Francisco de Borja Lasheras. ECFR. L’Espagne fait face à la crise constitutionnelle la plus grave de son existence depuis le Coup d’Etat manqué de 1981 et poussée par un populisme du style « Brexit » Il est facile de tomber dans le piège et d’imaginer un certain romantisme aux crises étrangères ayant […]
Catalogne Confédérée
Publie à l’origine en espagnol. Rafael García Maldonado. El Mundo. Je me plais aux choses les plus stupides du monde. Il y a certains – trop – qui s’enflamment et qui pleurent quand ils parlent d’une région devenue indépendante du monde moderne ; moi j’aime bien quand on me traite de « sudiste » à l’occasion d’une interview […]
El futuro de Cataluña
Publicado originalmente en inglés en la versión web de The Times. Señor: Resulta iluminador comparar su reportaje (23 de septiembre) sobre la “campaña de odio” que llevan a cabo en Cataluña los defensores más extremistas del plan del gobierno catalán para un referéndum sobre la independencia (“Amenazas de muerte a medida que crece la tensión […]