Opinió
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L'Espanya subsidiada i la casta depredadora
Eugeni Casanova
06.09.2013
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El deure de decidir
Josep Rull
05.09.2013
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Via a la independència. La Sénia no és frontera
Alfons López Tena
05.09.2013
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'Els qui vivim fora també hem d'empènyer'
Joel Mestres
03.09.2013
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El consell valencià, la Via Catalana i la prohibició del pacifisme
Ferran Suay
02.09.2013
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Estudiar el català a la Universitat de Perpinyà
Alà Baylac Ferrer
30.08.2013
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I a nosaltres, què ens convé?
Marta Serra
29.08.2013
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A França li convé un estat català
Eugeni Casanova
27.08.2013
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'Catalano? Non ci risulta'
Pau Vidal
22.08.2013
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No tot s'hi val
Manel Clavijo
21.08.2013
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Els nens 'desemparats'
Tina Vallès
20.08.2013
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Shawn Renee Lent: Esperàvem que no succeís
Shawn Renee Lent
17.08.2013
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Shawn Renee Lent: Esperàvem que no succeís
Shawn Renee Lent
17.08.2013
Toni Strubell
18.08.2014
Why Catalans are separatist
Don't get us wrong. Catalan separatists are not separatist out of selfishness nor greed.They are not separatist out of jealousy or hatred. They are not separatist because of Spain's billion dollar debt, if that's what your thinking! They are not saying: "Jack pull up the ladder" to "other" Spaniards nor shirking their responsibilities. They are not separatist out of fashion nor fad. They are not traitors, though they would be if they turned their back on their own national cause. No. It's all a little bit more complicated than that.
Catalans are (and have for years been) separatist out of sheer existencial need. They are separatist because Spain generally treats them like shit. increasingly so, an aspect that is incomprehensible to any "sensible" European that could be imagining that the best way to cut separatism in Catalans is to seduce them. Well there's none of that. No. Catalans are separatist because they have no alternative. They are separatist because they see an astounding 8%+ of their GDP creamed away in taxes that never return, though, in return, no form of gratitude nor acknowledgement is in any way forthcoming. Madrid simply denies there is any degree of fiscal abuse. And sweet Fanny Adams! That's it! Spanish media at all time portray Catalans as mean and lacking solidarity, But none of the conditions for peaceful productive cohabitation with Spain are given. They are separatist because they refuse to live along with the impunity, contrivance and identification Spaniards so often have with Francoism. That's not to say that there aren't (and haven't been) Catalan Francoists, nor indeed Catalan democrats who want to form part of Spain. They exist just as pro-Hitler Pétainists existed in France and Mosleyites in the UK. Certainly there are Catalans (a minority) who identify with Spain and couldn't care two hoots about their own country nor its language and economy. So?
Many Catalans are separatist because their language is in no way respected nor guaranteed by Spanish law, which only imposes Spanish (although the Spanish King stated that "Spanish has never been imposed on anyone". Sheer negationism if you ask me!) Catalans are separatist because Spain forbids them from voting their future. They are separatist because Spain has decreed that any Spanish parent living in Catalonia can simply opt for steering their offspring away from a Catalan education while palming off fees on the already fleeced Catalan treasury. We are separatist because Spain wields an enormous arsenal of arms to ensure that Catalonia cannot recover her identity nor her economy. They are separatist because Spain condemns Catalan ports and airports to dismal transportation access facilities, thus inexplicably cutting her nose to spite her face. For Spain is consciously preventing Catalonia from enhancing her competitiveness in a global economy. Any doubts about that? Look. Recently, faced by the dicotomy of selling a key energy sector company to Catalonia or to Germany, a Spanish minister is on record for having said "rather German than Catalan" (the company is now Italian). Can you blame Catalans for being separatists? They are made to pay through the nose for services that in Spain are free, starting with 70% of the toll motorway bill. Their key infrastructures are underfunded or simply non-existent. Furthermore, Catalan students proportionally get half the amount of university grants Spanish students do. In addition, there is a dreadful dose of hatred in Spanish media displayed daily to things Catalan with no attempt at correction by a Spanish government (which simply sits back to enjoy (and benefit from) the spectacle). What European would put up with that? Exactly! That's why many Catalans are separatist and aim to set up their own democratic State. Help them get some justice after 300 years of Bedlam and Inquisition?
Editorial
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La manera de guanyar importa
Vicent Partal
27.07.2015
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La fi de Pujol i la fi de la Catalunya autònoma
Vicent Partal
25.07.2015
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7 contra 155?
Vicent Partal
24.07.2015
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El 155 o l'evidència de la desesperació
Vicent Partal
23.07.2015
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Rajoy i els conceptes més elementals
Vicent Partal
22.07.2015
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Anem a totes
Vicent Partal
21.07.2015
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Ciutadans contra el(s) valencià(ns)
Vicent Partal
20.07.2015
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Contra la revolució
Vicent Partal
17.07.2015
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Les tres explicacions que no entendran mai
Vicent Partal
16.07.2015
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Setanta-cinc dies per a treballar tots com bojos
Vicent Partal
15.07.2015
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Bones vibracions…
Vicent Partal
14.07.2015
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Turbulències, també a Podem
Vicent Partal
13.07.2015
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Lleida és un gran exemple
Vicent Partal
10.07.2015
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I ara un parell de preguntes
Vicent Partal
09.07.2015
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Entre Irlanda i la CUP
Vicent Partal
08.07.2015
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(In)justícies
Vicent Partal
07.07.2015
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La democràcia té límits?
Vicent Partal
06.07.2015
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Persistència per a guanyar
Vicent Partal
05.07.2015
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Sumar
Vicent Partal
03.07.2015
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L’embolic d’Iceta amb el 9-N
Vicent Partal
02.07.2015
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Contra la 'llei mordassa'
Vicent Partal
01.07.2015
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Europa, en perill
Vicent Partal
30.06.2015
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A les vostres mans
Vicent Partal
29.06.2015
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La trampa
Vicent Partal
26.06.2015
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El retorn de la Generalitat
Vicent Partal
25.06.2015