Photo by AJ Colores on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: «La utilidad de la confrontación», Joaquim Coll, Crónica Global October 31, 2018 One year ago we suffered a big socio-political tension that the majority of us don’t want to live again. Those of us that identify ourselves with constitutionalism always knew that confrontation, at the end of the […]
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Torti inventati e la ferita lucente
Photo by Cassi Josh on Unsplash Originale: “Agravio inventado y herida luminosa”. Ignacio Vidal-Folch. Crónica global. 26.06.2018 Nel corso degli anni, i chierici e i poeti del nazionalismo hanno paragonato la società catalana a ogni sorta di cose strane: una colonia oppressa; Rosa Parks e la sua sfida al razzismo statunitense; Nelson Mandela contro l’apartheid; Ulisse, in viaggio verso […]
Imaginary grievances and glowing wounds
Photo by Cassi Josh on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: «Agravio inventado y herida luminosa». Ignacio Vidal-Folch. Crónica global. 26th July 2018 Throughout the years, nationalist clerics and poets have compared Catalan society to all sorts of things: to an oppressed colony; to Rosa Parks challenging American racism; to Nelson Mandela combating apartheid; to Ulysses, sailing towards Ithaca; […]
European Arrest Warrant
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Euroorden”. Rafael Arenas García. Crónica Global 19th June 2018 I’m under the impression that there’s some confusion about how the European Arrest Warrant(EAW) and not only among talking heads or pundits but among politicians in office. Some days ago the Spanish Minister of Justice was asked about the EAWs issued […]
Ovejero: «È necessario demolire la finzione indipendentista, moralmente e politicamente»
Photo by SHTTEFAN on Unsplash Originale: Ovejero: «Hay que desmontar la ficción independentista, moral y políticamente». Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 25 maggio 2018 Il professore dell’Universidad de Barcelona ritiene che il concetto «un sol popolo” sia una superstizione e che i membri del clero abbiano avuto una grande responsabilità nell’arrivare all’attuale situazione in Catalogna Félix Ovejero (Barcellona, 1957) discute con […]
The nine articles by Quim Torra that are being read all over Europe
Photo by specphotops on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. “Los nueve artículos de Torra que se leen en toda Europa”. Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 17th May 2018 Professors at several Catalan universities, jurists, journalists, legal professionals in anti-secessionist groups, many of them anonymous and participating spontaneously, have selected up to nine articles by Quim Torra, […]
Qui est Quim Torra, le prochain président du Gouvernement de la Catalogne?
Photo by Yosh Ginsu on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: ‘¿Quién es Quim Torra, el próximo presidente de la Generalitat?’.Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 10th Mai 2018 L’homme choisi par Puigdemont a été président d’Òmnium Cultural [association très active du mouvement sécessionniste] et se vante de s’investir pour l’indépendance avec toutes les conséquences que cela […]
Quim Torra, a fundamentalist agitator
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Quim Torra, agitador integrista” . Joaquim Coll. Crónica Global. 10th May 2018 After the political change in the Barcelona municipal government in 2011, with the arrival of Xavier Trias (from Convergència) to the mayorship, the Born project morphed from a cultural center into a temple […]
Who is Quim Torra, the next Catalan regional president?
Photo by Yosh Ginsu on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘¿Quién es Quim Torra, el próximo presidente de la Generalitat?’ Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 10th May 2018 The man chosen by Puigdemont presided Omnium Cultural and brags about betting on secession no matter the consequences. Quim Torra (Blanes, 1962) is the man chosen by Carles Puigdemont […]
The deal with nationalism is over
Photo by Matt Artz on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “El pacto con el nacionalismo se ha acabado”. Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 5th may 2018 It is over. It may linger on for a while, a transition period in which everything is still possible, where the past is yearned for, where some sort of forget is […]