Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘Una ocasión perdida’ Javier Cercas. El País. 3rd June 2018 The most worrisome aspect of Joaquim Torra’s election as President of the Catalan regional government isn’t for the main representative of all Catalans to be a racist and a xenophobe, or even for him to have been voted in […]
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Defeat
Photo by Matteo Catanese on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘Derrota’ Fernando Savater. El País. 2nd June 2018 Every anti-separatist (not ‘unionist’, as it’s not about uniting what’s separate but about keeping what’s united from separating) is in debt with Quim Torra: he is the ideal adversary, because he expresses his ideology so obscenely that even those who partake […]
Torra et la valeur des mots
Photo: Nicole Mason | Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: ‘Torra y el valor de las palabras’ José Andrés Rojo. El País. 22 mai 2018 Derrière le discours de Torra on peut imaginer une république suprématiste où la xénophobie est le moteur qui fait bouger ses rouages. Tout va très vite. On avait à peine assimilé l’impressionnant étalage d’idées […]
Fare fonte all’abominevole
Foto: Simon Migaj | Unsplash Originale: «Hacer frente a lo aborrecible». Soledad Gallego-Díaz. El País. 20 maggio 2018 Prima o poi, i discorsi suprematisti dell’Europa e dell’America finiranno per unirsi Mettere in pericolo le regole di una democrazia, renderle più sfumate ogni giorno, è un gioco rischioso che sembra essere praticato con entusiasmo in troppi posti nell’Unione Europea. […]
Faire face à l’odieux
Photo: Simon Migaj | Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: «Hacer frente a lo aborrecible». Soledad Gallego-Díaz. El País. 20 mai 2018 Tôt ou tard, les discours suprématistes d’Europe et d’Amérique finiront par se rejoindre Mettre en danger les règles d’une démocratie, rendre ces règles de plus en plus floues à dessein, est un jeu dangereux auquel certains […]
La menzogna dei 131 presidenti della Generalitat
Foto: Jon Tyson | Unsplash Originale: ‘La mentira de los 131 presidentes de la Generalitat’ Patricia R. Blanco. El País. 20 maggio 2018 Quim Torra è il decimo presidente catalano, una carica creata nel 1931 e non nel 1359, come sostiene la versione nazionalista Quasi tutta la stampa spagnola ha accettato che Quim Torra sia il 131° presidente della […]
Standing up to the abhorrent
Photo by Simon Migaj on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: «Hacer frente a lo aborrecible». Soledad Gallego-Díaz. El País. 20th May 2018 Putting the rules of democracy in peril, constantly blurring them, is a risky game being played eagerly in all too many places in the European Union. The political propaganda that attempts to control collective attitudes by […]
L’Espagne et la mort
Photo: Hannes Wolf | Unsplash Article publié à l’origine en espagnol: ‘España y la muerte’ Víctor Lapuente. El País. 15 mai 2018 Les écrits de Torra au fil des années le connectent avec le pire de l’Histoire : le suprématisme ethnique. Quim Torra a clairement indiqué quelle serait la pensée qui allait inspirer son futur gouvernement. Une rhétorique […]
O razzisti o europei
Photo by Evelyn Bertrand on Unsplash Originale: “O racistas o europeos”. Carlos Yárnoz. El País. 18 Maggio 2018 La Catalogna guidata dallo xenofobo Quim Torra non sarebbe mai accettata in Europa L’elezione di un presidente razzista situa la Generalitat agli antipodi dei valori dell’Unione Europea, il club che, secondo le promesse dei truffatori secessionisti, avrebbe accolto a braccia aperte […]
The lie about Catalonia’s 131 presidents.
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘La mentira de los 131 presidentes de la Generalitat’ Patricia R. Blanco. El País. 20th May 2018 Quim Torra is the tenth Catalan president, an office created in 1931, not in 1359 as nationalist story tells. Almost all of Spanish media have assumed that Quim Torra is the 131st […]