Opinió
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Un govern plural per a fer el referèndum
Vicent Partal
25.11.2012
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Un diumenge per a tots
Vicent Partal
23.11.2012
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Atenció diumenge al Mètode d’Hondt
Vicent Partal
22.11.2012
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El delta de Xàtiva
Vicent Partal
21.11.2012
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I de la dimissió de Fernàndez Díaz, no n'hem de parlar?
Vicent Partal
20.11.2012
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Jo això ho veig molt bé...
Vicent Partal
19.11.2012
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Ja n'hi ha prou d'aquesta comparació amb els nazis...
Vicent Partal
16.11.2012
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Un malestar sòlid i un imperatiu moral
Vicent Partal
15.11.2012
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La distància entre la por i la rialla
Vicent Partal
13.11.2012
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La subordinació dels partits als bancs és el mal de fons
Vicent Partal
12.11.2012
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El 9 de novembre, cauen els murs
Vicent Partal
09.11.2012
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La llengua, més enllà de la república
Vicent Partal
08.11.2012
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Tres assassinats a l'Espai Mallorca
Vicent Partal
06.11.2012
Vicent Partal
08.01.2014
A Monarchy in Ruins
Incapacitated. That is the verdict that any reasonable person would come to after seeing the pathetic speech that [Spanish King] Juan Carlos gave in honor of the military holiday celebrated on January 6. We all age physically and there comes a time when it's time to step back from the front lines. For Juan Carlos, that moment came months ago and his sad attempt at holding on to the throne has led to a very public predicament of incalcuable consequences. Incalculable for the king himself, but also for the monarchy as an institution. Juan Carlos is simply not up to acting as head of the Spanish state and refusing to realize something so obvious makes no sense at all.
But if that weren't enough, the very next day his daughter was called again to trial, for corruption and tax fraud. And unleashes an international scandal that ties one thing with another and ends up directly questioning the monarchy. It's true that so far, they are just charges, and not a conviction. And that many things can happen along the way. She already got out of one set of charges and I imagine she'll try to get out of these—with the servile and rather unorthodox help of [Catalan lawyer] Roca i Junyent. The judge, however, is a lot more serious than he was a few months ago. And he seems to have no lack of very carefully documented decriptions backing up each one of the criminal accusations leveled at Juan Carlos' daughter.
The image of the Spanish monarchy couldn't be more tarnished. They say that Juan Carlos tried to make an impressive appearance at the military holiday precisely in order to cover up or lessen the repercussion of his daughter's looming charges. But the cure has been worse than the ailment. He didn't save his daughter from scandal, and instead, made a mess of things for himself. And on top of it, we are offered surreal explanations, like the faulty light on the podium, that diehard monarchists want to use as an excuse.
It's been a long time coming, but after these forty-eight hours, only fanatics can keep believing that the Spanish monarchy still makes sense and is useful in political terms. Either they will have an amazing stroke of luck, or else the republics, ours and that of others, will arrive very soon.
Mail Obert
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La ignorància del rei
Oriol Izquierdo
27.07.2015
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Parla amb la teva àvia (i II)
Andreu Barnils
26.07.2015
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Sean Scully a Santa Cecília de Montserrat
Mercè Ibarz
25.07.2015
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L'exemple de la ILP per l'habitatge: desobeir i avançar junts
Bel Zaballa
24.07.2015
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No és ignorància: és cinisme i mala fe
Pere Cardús
23.07.2015
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L'escepticisme jacobí lleument esquerdat
Joan-Lluís Lluís
22.07.2015
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Peix al cove ‘reloaded’
Marta Rojals
21.07.2015
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A Grècia, dos assassinats
Andreu Barnils
19.07.2015
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La llista independentista: un artefacte imbatible?
Pere Cardús
16.07.2015
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La meva llista civil per la independència
Bel Zaballa
15.07.2015
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#cimeraindepe, minut i resultat
Marta Rojals
14.07.2015
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Ara és l’Hora: la candidatura del sí-sí
Oriol Izquierdo
13.07.2015
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Amb sense president
Andreu Barnils
12.07.2015
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Fills de l’exili, de les migracions, de l’educació
Mercè Ibarz
11.07.2015
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Si #TV3noemrepresenta, qui ho farà?
Marta Rojals
07.07.2015
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Lluís Llach, el Camp Nou i una fam de trenta anys
Joan-Lluís Lluís
06.07.2015
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Joan Herrera, al divan (II)
Andreu Barnils
05.07.2015
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Salvador Iborra, no és cosa nostra
Roger Cassany
04.07.2015
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La llista electoral que pot passar la prova de l'ànec
Pere Cardús
02.07.2015
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Orwell 2.0, o digues-me què cliques i et diré qui ets
Bel Zaballa
01.07.2015
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'Indepe' amb mar de fons
Marta Rojals
30.06.2015
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La resposta
Oriol Izquierdo
29.06.2015
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Joan Herrera, al divan
Andreu Barnils
28.06.2015
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40 anys de tot allò, 30 d’això
Mercè Ibarz
27.06.2015
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El mètode per a sumar els 'sí se puede' a la independència
Pere Cardús
25.06.2015