The pro-independence movement in Catalonia has created a singular coalition that includes the beneficiaries of globalization, the elites of a global city, and those left behind by globalization. Español
Spain, one of the European countries at the sharp end of imposed austerity measures, has also been in the vanguard of imposing restrictions on protest against them. Archive: originally published May 2014. Español
Although some still conceive of the referendum as launched by a pro-independence vanguard, the elite story falls short of explaining the resilient participation of a large part of Catalan civil society.
Únete a nosotros en levantar una voz colectiva desde la izquierda contra el abuso de la democracia, tanto por el gobierno catalán, como por el gobierno español. English
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion ... if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love." (Nelson Mandela) English
We, the undersigned, a group of philosophers working at Catalan universities, declare: Español
Join us in raising a collective voice from the left, against the abuse of democracy both by the Catalan government and the Spanish government. Español
The State reacts as a cornered Leviathan, filled with intolerable violence in the face of the threat of its disintegration. But those who aspire to disintegrate it want a State for themselves. Español.
The Catalan question is not a national question, nor a question of a nation state, but a question of democracy.
The time has now come for Europe to make its voice heard, after Madrid’s brutal repression and its failure to listen to that many of its own people.
The current UN Charter is unsuitable, outdated and preoccupied with the era of decolonisation, which posed very different challenges to those we are facing today.
