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Thoughts for times of rebellion
From lundi matin #214, 01/11/2019 … Aerial Bridge Hong Kong/Barcelona – Bulletin Nº 2 In the continuity of our article last week about the Catalan uprising, friends have transmitted these beautiful meditations from the streets of Barcelona. “We do not … Continue reading
A flag is nothing more than a flag: Santiago López Petit
Further reflections on the insurrection in catalonia … End Game Santiago López Petit (Lobo suelto 23/10/2019) The Spanish State will never grant independence to Catalonia. And if there is no negotiation, if there is no negotiated separation, history teaches us … Continue reading
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Tagged catalonia, insurrection, nationalism, revolution, Santiago López Petit
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Anarchists, rebellion and nationalism in catalonia: Tomás Ibáñez
The militant demonstrations around national independence in catalonia continue (The Guardian 27/10/2019) in the face of State repression; a growing militancy that “threatens to transform the demands and consciousness of the movement itself.”(CrimethInc. 23/10/2019) However justified we are in believing … Continue reading
Catalonia: Trapped between nationalisms
The problems of Catalonia are talked about too often. What problems of Catalonia? In Catalonia there is no problem; the only problem that could have arisen in Catalonia is posed by us; but the problem that is posed by us … Continue reading
Catalonia after the storm: Tomás Ibáñez
El Roto The debate among anarchists around the Catalan independence movement continues unabated. From a distance, as always, it is difficult to follow events, to grasp all that is at stake, to draw reasonably clear conclusions. It is however our … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, catalonia, nationalism, Octavio Alberola, Santiago López Petit, spain, Tomás Ibáñez
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Catalonia as a political laboratory: Santiago López Petit
The rebellion of Catalonia, falsely presented as a mere exercise in institutional and national self-determination, and its repression, demands reflection. What was lived and continues to be lived, resonates well beyond judicial decisions, constitutional debates or future regional elections (scheduled … Continue reading
Anarchists before the independence of catalonia
27th of October: the government of Catalonia declares its independence from spain; the spanish government in response dismisses the Catalan government, assumes direct control of the region and declares regional elections for the 21st of December. What happens from now … Continue reading
The question of the independence of catalonia: From Crimethinc
We return to the referendum on the independence of catalonia, to the struggle between the spanish state and the state of an aspiring new republic, to where anarchists may find their ground …
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Tagged anarchism, catalonia, democracy, Miquel Amorós, Tomás Ibáñez
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The catalan referendum: From Crimethinc
Reflections on the catalan referendum, from the Crimethinc. collective …
Tracing the lines of the barricade
“Which side are you on?”, asks a famous american labour song. Perhaps the answer to the question, taken as a question with revolutionary implications, has never been simple, contrary to the illusions of hindsight and/or ideology. This seems to be … Continue reading →