In English Voices From Spain

We forget about the force

Originally published in Spanish. Jorge Galindo. El País. We have got used to political rivalry being a purely dialectic conflict. This is actually fantastic news. It means that one of the basic premises for a stable democracy was fulfilled, at least until now: that the use of force is out of the debate because it […]

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En Français Voices From Spain

Nous oublions la force

Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “Nos olvidamos de la fuerza”. Jorge Galindo. El País   L’équilibre existe seulement quand l’État reste neutre et n’est pas mis en question.   Nous nous sommes habitués à ce que la lutte politique soit un conflit purement dialectique. C’est une excellente nouvelle en vérité. Cela signifie que l’un des […]

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In Italiano Voices From Spain

La verità delle bugie

Originale: “La verdad de las mentiras”. Ferran Toutain. Blog.  Catalan: “La veritat de les mentides”. Ferran Toutain. El País. In Voltaire contre-attaque, il saggio pubblicato dal pensatore francese André Glucksmann nel 2014, un anno prima di morire, la nostra epoca viene definita come “l’anarchia dei saperi e delle opinioni”. Il problema non è solo che […]

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In English Voices From Spain

The Truth of Lies

Originally published in Spanish: “La verdad de las mentiras”. Ferran Toutain. Blog.  Catalan: “La veritat de les mentides”. Ferran Toutain. El País. In Voltaire contre-attaque, the essay by the French thinker André Glucksmann published in 2014, one year before his death, our era is described as “the anarchy of knowledges and opinions”. The problem is […]

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En Français Voices From Spain

État d’exception

Publié à l’origine en espagnol: «Estado de excepción» Andreu Jaume. El País Barcelone est ces jours-ci une ville déprimée, politiquement vidée et témoin de poussées de haine. La voix du Parlement de Catalogne a été remplacée par une masse de harcèlement, conduite et  aiguillonnée par l’Assemblée Nationale Catalane (ANC) et Òmnium Cultural Les 6 et […]

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In Italiano Voices From Spain

Concediti un regalo

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 […]

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In English Voices From Spain

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 […]

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