Opinió
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Gemma Pasqual: 'Fuster ens va ensenyar a ser catalans'
Gemma Pasqual
21.06.2012
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Joan Fuster i Barcelona
Martí Estruch Axmacher
21.06.2012
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La batalla guanyada a Amstel
Francesc Felipe
21.06.2012
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Josep Guia: 'Fuster és plenament vigent i el temps li dóna la raó'
Josep Guia
21.06.2012
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Enric Morera: 'Les idees de Fuster són vàlides per a endreçar un camí de plenitud nacional'
Enric Morera
21.06.2012
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Joan Francesc Mira: 'L'assagista més important en llengua catalana d'aquests darrers cinquanta anys'
Joan Francesc Mira
21.06.2012
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Carles Solà: 'A estudiar!'
Carles Solà
20.06.2012
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Natxo Sorolla: 'La conservació del català a la Franja serà difícil, si no es legisla com cal'
Natxo Sorolla
18.06.2012
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Dolors Camats: 'Cal un canvi total i radical'
Dolors Camats
15.06.2012
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Uriel Bertran: 'Hem de sortir d'aquest Titanic que s'enfonsa i poder construir el nostre vaixell de futur'
Uriel Bertran
15.06.2012
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Biel Barceló: 'Sense sobirania fiscal anam a un empobriment brutal dels nostres territoris'
Biel Barceló
14.06.2012
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Ramon Tremosa: 'El descrèdit d'Espanya és total, amb un govern incompetent, fatxenda i populista'
Ramon Tremosa
14.06.2012
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Anna Simó: 'Mas ha d'anar a Europa a explicar el cas català'
Anna Simó
14.06.2012
Pere Cardús
23.05.2014
What do they want, violence?
Power, if it can impose its will through deceit, does so. If deceit is not possible, it tries to find arguments that look convincing to tamp down dissidence. If the arguments don't work, it tries intimidation and fear tactics. But fear tactics, when the revolt is in full swing, are also ineffective. Finally, when everything else fails, there is just one path open: criminalization and repression.
But how do you create an atmosphere that justifies criminalization and repression? How can you manage to legitimize the use of violence against the dissidents? First, you have to get the dissidents to express themselves with violence. That they resort to illegal and aggressive action. There is nothing more interesting to the power structure than dissidence expressed violently.
And that's is what Spanish power wants to use against the revolt of the Catalan people. Because, let no one be deceived, we are at this point. All of their previous strategies have failed and the only thing they have left is criminalization and repression. That's why they need us to be a little bit violent. With just a little, they'd have enough for their purposes. When [PSC President Pere] Navarro presents the case of the woman from Terrassa, don't you think it was more an expression of a wish, rather than reality? All of those interpretations that he made in the few days after the agression... One day he was able to describe the woman's psychology and ideology, and a few days later he couldn't even recognize her among a dozen photographs. Very strange things happen to Mr. Navarro. Don't you think it's just a few too many coincidences?
But it doesn't end there. Last week, they sawed off one of the trunks of the Three Branches Pine. And it's obvious that vandalizing the Pine won't stop the independence process. I mean, that wasn't the objective, the objective was to provoke a violent reaction from the pro-independence Catalans who were saddened by the agression toward this potent symbol. And yesterday, some ruffians banged on Minister Montoro's car in Vilanova i la Geltrú. The whole thing just smells funny, don't you think?
What is the objective of all this? To achieve the metamorphosis. That the independence movement goes from holding hands from end of the country to the other in an expression of brotherly love, unity, and joy to a distribution of blows and aggressive behavior. Keep in mind that the Catalan Way made them very angry: that incredible, so powerful, so strong image hit them in the deepest part of their gut. They can't stand that we are a happy, positive people. They want us bitter, humiliated, and sad.
So what should we do? Well, keep on as before. Not fall victim to provocations. Marginalize and sideline those individuals who demonstrate aggressive or violent behavior among those who identify as pro-independence. Smile. Don't stop smiling. Even when they attack with all their might. Respond with a smile. And go vote on Sunday. En masse. Together. The more, the better. And celebrate that we can vote. And smile. And encourage each other, convinced that we're going to do it big. With a smile, revolution.
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"
Milan Kundera "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting"
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