In English Voices From Spain

“The coup showed that the state will defend itself, and that many Catalans actually like it”

Photo by Antón Castro Orginally published in Spanish: “El golpe que mostró que el Estado se defiende y que además le gusta a muchos catalanes”. Ramón González Férriz. El Confidencial 6th May 2018 The Catalan secessionist procés [TN: Catalan for ‘process’] has been the greatest challenge so far to modern Spanish democracy. But aside from a […]

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In English Voices From Spain

A Catalan Cultural Autobiography: The End of a Hegemony that seemed Indestructible

Originally published in Spanish: “Autobiografía cultural catalana: El fin de una hegemonía que parecía indestructible”. Ramón González Férriz. El Confidencial. In my formative years in Catalonia —the 80’s and 90’s— a cultural hegemony apparently indestructible reigned. It was the result of an unstable yet functional coalition between nationalism and progressivism. Nationalism was committed to ensure […]

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In English Voices From Spain

The Eternal Process

Originally published in Spanish. Ignacio Varela. El Confidencial. “WE, the democratic representatives of the people of Catalonia, in the free exercise of the right of self-determination. CONSTITUTE the Catalan Republic, as an independent and sovereign State. ENTER into force the Foundational and Legal Transition Law of the Republic. INITIATE the constituent process. AFFIRM the desire to open negotiations with Spain. […]

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In English Voices From Spain

Foucault in Teheran: Revolution Makes Strange Bedfellows

Originally published in Spanish. Ramón González Férriz. El Confidencial. The consideration of any imaginable alternative as a better scenario than the real, present one is a constant feature of human psychology. Interestingly, so is the opposite —preferring the mediocre certainty of the present to the uncertainty of breaking its balance—. In political terms, the former […]

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In Italiano Voices From Spain

Non esageri, Maestà

Originale: “No exagere, majestad”. Manuel Cruz. El Confidencial Un atteggiamento diffuso tra l’opinione pubblica catalana è quello di definire eccessiva ogni iniziativa di Madrid che metta in discussione le decisioni del Govern a qualsiasi livello. “Non esageri, signoria” è la frase, già divenuta famosa, con la quale gli agenti dei Mossos d’Esquadra (NdT: polizia regionale […]

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