http://www.ara.cat/societat/infraestructures-recoder-pastor-accessos-port-aeroport_0_657534382.html
A minister of the Catalan government, Lluís Recoder, was reported on March 5th as having announced he would call on his Spanish counterpart, Ana Pastor, with whom he was shortly to meet, to explain why two projects that the Spanish government gave the green light to, at the same Cabinet meeting in November 2002, have only come to fruition in one case.
According to Recoder, at that meeting over nine years ago the Spanish government decided to build high speed railway connections from the two main airports in Spain, Madrid-Barajas, and Barcelona-El Prat, to the respective cities and the high-speed railway network.
In the case of Madrid-Barajas airport, the connection was opened in Septmeber of last year.
In the case of Barcelona-El Prat airport, work has yet to begin.
3/15/2012
Economic discrimination against the Catalans
Etiquetes de comentaris:
airport,
AVE,
Barajas,
El Prat,
Generalitat,
infrasturctures,
investment,
Lluís Recoder,
Madrid,
railway,
Spanish government,
TGV
3/14/2012
ASSEMBLEA NACIONAL CATALANA. VÍDEO DE L'ESTAT PROPI
Video per a la Constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana 10.03.12
La consecució d'un Estat propi serà un fet el dia que tots els ciutadans que habiten aquesta terra, és a dir, gent de procedències, llengües i tendències polítiques no necessàriament coincidents, s'uneixin democràticament per agafar les regnes del seu destí.
Aposta per l'Estat català!!
(4m 43s)
A, de més a més...
La consecució d'un Estat propi serà un fet el dia que tots els ciutadans que habiten aquesta terra, és a dir, gent de procedències, llengües i tendències polítiques no necessàriament coincidents, s'uneixin democràticament per agafar les regnes del seu destí.
Aposta per l'Estat català!!
(4m 43s)
A, de més a més...
- Recull de premsa sobre l'acte de constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Palau de Sant Jordi, Barcelona, 10 de març de 2012): http://miquelstrubell.blogspot.com/2012/03/assemblea-constituent-de-lassemblea.html
- Articles i entrevistes recents sobre l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana: http://miquelstrubell.blogspot.com/2012/03/ens-cal-arribar-als-sectors-provinents.html
- 11 entrevistes de 29 minuts a Esplugues TV, amb persones promotores de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana: http://miquelstrubell.blogspot.com/2011/11/raons-de-pes-per-lestat-propi.html
- Web de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana: http://www.assemblea.cat
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Assemblea Nacional Catalana,
Palau de Sant Jordi,
Video
«Ens cal arribar als sectors provinents de la immigració espanyola dels anys 50 i 60»
Entrevista sobre l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana, constituïda el passat dia 10 de març al Palau Sant Jordi de Barcelona.
http://www.eltriangle.eu/cat/notices/2012/03/_ens_cal_arribar_als_sectors_provinents_de_la_immigracio_espanyola_dels_anys_50_i_60_28871.php
http://www.eltriangle.eu/cat/notices/2012/03/_ens_cal_arribar_als_sectors_provinents_de_la_immigracio_espanyola_dels_anys_50_i_60_28871.php
Altres articles a El Triangle sobre l'ANC:
- La societat passa a l’acció en la lluita per la independència
Reportatge d'Àlex Romaguera
- Cap a la independència
Article de Carme Forcadell
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Assemblea Nacional Catalana,
Barcelona,
Carme Forcadell,
El Triangle,
immigració,
Palau Sant Jordi
3/12/2012
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Council of Europe)
Is it too late to bring to the Committee of Experts' notice a number of recent issues more or less directly related to the (non)compliance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by the authorities in Spain, as regards the Catalan language?
- 15/1 Aragon's minister for Culture announces government plans to eliminate references to "Catalan" in the new Languages Law, and to reduce language rights in the region: http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/aragon/la-dga-comunica-consejo-que-modificara-ley-de-lenguas_727979.html
- 16/1 Patient denied medical attention by doctor who wanted to force him to speak Spanish in Crevillent 8Valencia): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/506138-parlar-valencia-a-crevillent.html
- 28/1 Young Catalan lawyer hit in the face and neck several times by a Spanish policeman at Barcelona airport, for speaking in Catalan: http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/500584-un-guardia-civil-agredeix-un-advocat-perque-parlava-catala.html
- 2/3 A retired Majorcan, Jaume Bonet, starts a hunger strike in protest against the Islands' Government's plans to drop Catalan language proficiency as a job requirement for prospective civil servants. http://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/en-vaga-de-fam-per-la-llengua.html
- 5/3 Spanish Supreme Court regards a document written in Catalan to be defective, and refuses to study an appeal: http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/516650-el-suprem-diu-no-al-catala.html
- 6/3 Organisations in Majorca (Balearic Islands) announce demonstrations against the Islands' Government's plans to drop Catalan language proficiency as a job requirement for prospective civil servants. http://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/l-ocb-convoca-la-primera-gran-manifestacio-pel-catala.html
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Catalan,
Committee of Experts,
Council of Europe,
ECRML,
English,
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages,
Spain
3/11/2012
Cobertura mediàtica de l'Assemblea constituent de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Palau Sant Jordi, 10 de març de 2012)
* Cobertura mediàtica d'un gran dia *
(foto: Nació Digital)
1. VIDEOS
2. MITJANS DE COMUNICACIÓ
3. FOTOGRAFIES
1. VÍDEOS
2. MITJANS DE COMUNICACIÓ
3. FOTOGRAFIES
1. VÍDEOS
- http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3993584/20120310/lanc-constitueix-avancar-cap-independencia.html
(4h 28m)
- http://www.lamalla.cat/politica/article?id=1018479 (1m 31s)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSzzTt (4h 26m)
- Discurs de cloenda de l'Assemblea, llegit per Sergi López (9m 36s):
2. NOTÍCIES
Diari de Girona, DEIA, VILAWEB, ARA, El PUNT AVUI, 3 Cat 24, LA VANGUARDIA, EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA, NACIÓ DIGITAL, LLIBERTAT.CAT, REUS DIGITAL, EMPORDÀ.INFO, REGIÓ 7, CUGAT.CAT, LA MALLA, e-NOTICIES, INFOINDEPE, ARA O MAI, ABC, Catalunya Nord També:
LA VERDAD (Murcia) / http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20120306/espana/asamblea-catalana-fija-como-20120306.html
•La Asamblea Catalana se fija como objetivo la independencia en 2014
EUROPA PRESS / http://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-constituyen-asamblea-nacional-catalana-plataforma-independencia-20120310134814.html
• Constituyen la Asamblea Nacional Catalana, una plataforma por la independencia
• Nace la Asamblea Nacional Catalana, que aspira a un referéndum en 2014
Diari de Girona / http://www.diaridegirona.cat/catalunya/2012/03/10/neix-forma-oficial-lassemblea-nacional-catalana/551408.html
•Neix de forma oficial l´Assemblea Nacional Catalana
VILAWEB / http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3993584/20120310/lanc-constitueix-avancar-cap-independencia.html
• L'ANC es constitueix per avançar cap a la independència. Prop de 7.000 assistents omplen el Palau Sant Jordi en l'acte constituent de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana...
• Neix oficialment l'Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya per traçar el camí cap a la independència. Més de 5.000 persones omplen l'acte constituent de l'ANC, que ha rebutjat presentar-se a cap convocatòria electoral...
• Objectiu: Un estat propi. L'Assemblea Nacional Catalana veu la llum en un acte al Palau Sant Jordi de Barcelona amb l'objectiu de convocar un referèndum sobre la independència l'any 2014. L'Assemblea està formada per persones a títol individual i és hereva de les consultes per la independència...
• Neix l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana amb l'objectiu de promoure un referèndum per la independència el 2014…
• El camí cap a la independència iniciat per l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana triomfa a Twitter...
LA VANGUARDIA / http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20120310/54266566268/constituyen-asamblea-nacional-catalana-independencia.html
• Constituyen la Asamblea Nacional Catalana, una plataforma por la independencia. Al acto de constitución de los estatutos celebrado en el Palau Sant Jordi han asistido unas 7.000 personas...
EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA / http://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/noticias/politica/constitueixen-assemblea-nacional-catalana-plataforma-independencia-catalunya-1524021
• Constituïda l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana, una plataforma per la independència de Catalunya. L'objectiu és pressionar per reclamar la celebració d'un referèndum abans de març del 2014.
• L'esperit d'Arenys pren cos...
LLIBERTAT.CAT / http://www.llibertat.cat/2012/03/unes-7.000-persones-presencien-la-constitucio-de-l-assemblea-nacional-catalana-16997
• Unes 7.000 persones presencien la constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana. L'ANC dóna el tret de sortida per iniciar el camí cap a l’estat propi
REUS DIGITAL / http://www.reusdigital.cat/index.php?command=show_news&news_id=24075#.this
• Neix l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana per obrir pas cap a la independencia. L'ANC descarta per majoria presentar-se en una convocatòria electoral i ha rebut el suport públic de diverses personalitats. L'Assemblea Nacional Catalana s'ha constituït formalment aquest dissabte al migdia per fer "camí per tenir un estat propi" ha assegurat un dels conductors de l'acte Sergi López, que ha estat l'encarregat de "proclamar" l'ANC….
EMPORDÀ.INFO / http://www.emporda.info/catalunya/2012/03/10/neix-forma-oficial-lassemblea-nacional-catalana/160689.html
• Neix de forma oficial l´Assemblea Nacional Catalana. L'ANC descarta per majoria presentar-se mai en una convocatòria electoral i ha rebut el suport públic de diverses personalitats…
• Neix de forma oficial l´Assemblea Nacional Catalana. L'AC descarta per majoria presentar-se mai en una convocatòria electoral i ha rebut el suport públic de diverses personalitats…
CUGAT.CAT / http://www.cugat.cat/noticies/Politica/73677.htm
• Presència santcugatenca en un nou pas de l'independentisme...
• Full de ruta dels independentistes cap al 2014. 5.000 persones participen al Sant Jordi en l'acte de constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana, que aspira a un referèndum el 2014...
• Sobiranistes a CDC. Digients de Convergència assisteixen a la constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana...
• Dirigents de CiU també assisteixen a la constitució de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana ...
/ http://www.xarxaindepe.org/2012/03/els-partits-politics-es-posicionen.html
• Els partits polítics es posicionen envers l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana...
ARA O MAI / http://t.co/3HNx9uB4
• "El que diu la premsa de fora de Catalunya de la Constitució de l'ANC" (El País, El Mundo, Gara)
• CiU bendice a los promotores del referendo de independencia. 7.000 personas asistieron a la creación de la Asamblea Nacional Catalana.
Catalunya Nord També / http://cntambe.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/s-ha-constituit-l-anc-ara-la-volem-fer-creixer/
• S’ha constituït l'ANC. Ara la volem fer créixer!
FOTOGRAFIES
- http://www.lluisbrunet.cat/llb_w/reportatges/rd_b_02.html
- http://www.naciodigital.cat/galeria/1173/constitucio/assemblea/nacional/catalana/personalitats
- http://www.naciodigital.cat/galeria/1174/pagina1/constitucio/assemblea/nacional/catalana
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/racocatala
- http://www.lavanguardia.com/fotos/20120310/54267016145/el-acto-de-constitucion-de-la-assemblea-nacional-catalana-celebrado-en-el-palau-sant-jordi-de-barcel.html
Etiquetes de comentaris:
3 Cat 24,
ANC,
Ara,
Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya,
El Periódico,
El Punt Avui,
La Vanguardia,
Palau Sant Jordi,
Regió 7,
Sergi López,
Vilaweb
3/09/2012
L'ofensiva judicial al model lingüísticoescolar de Catalunya
- Sentència del Tribunal Constitucional, número 337/1994 (BOE núm. 19, 23-01-1995)avalant la constitucionalitat de l'article 15 de la Llei 7/1983, de 18 de abril, de Normalización Lingüística a Catalunya. http://idpbarcelona.ub.edu/docs/normativa/ccaa/jurisp/stc_337_94.htm
- Sentència del Tribunal Constitucional (sobre la Llei Orgànica de l'Estatut d'Autonomia de Catalunya), de 28 de juny de 2010, http://www.3cat24.cat/multimedia/pdf/1/2/1278678231021.pdf
- Sentència de 9 de diciembre de 2010, de la Sala 4a del Contenciós-Administratiu del Tribunal Suprem, respecte del recurs de cassació número 793/2009: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3180704/sentencia-ts-793-2009-pdf-october-5-2011-9-58-am-275k?da=y
- Sentència de 13 de diciembre de 2010, de la Sala 4a del Contenciós-Administratiu del Tribunal Suprem, respecte del recurs de cassació número 796/2009: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3180705/sentencia-ts-796-2009-pdf-october-5-2011-9-58-am-277k?da=y
- Sentència de la Sala 4a del Contenciós-Administratiu del Tribunal Suprem, de 16 de desembre de 2010, sobre el recurs de cassació número 1839/2009 presentat per Consuelo Santos Neyra contra la sentència de la Sala Contenciós-Administratiu, Secció 5a del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, de 9 de febrer de 2009: http://www.elpais.com/elpaismedia/ultimahora/media/201012/22/espana/20101222elpepunac_3_Pes_PDF.pdf / http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3180706/sentencia-ts-1839-2009-pdf-october-5-2011-9-58-am-291k?da=y
- Interlocutòria de la Sala 5a del Contenciós-Administratiu del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, de 28 de juliol de 2011, referent al recurs ordinari número 485/2006-E, http://www.vilaweb.cat/media/continguts/000/032/529/529.pdf
- Interlocutòria de la Sala 5a del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, de 2 de setembre de 2011, http://media.e-noticies.com/ext/20110902/tsjc-ejecucion-catalan-ensenanza-3.pdf
- Recurs de reposició de la Generalitat de Catalunya, presentat per l'Advocat de la Generalitat, Àngel Egea Llanés, el 7 de setembre de 2011, contra la interlocutòria del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya 28 de juliol de 2011, http://www.ara.cat/societat/Text-presentat-Generalitat-interlocutoria-TSJC_ARAFIL20110914_0001.pdfpresentat-Generalitat-interlocutoria-TSJC_ARAFIL20110914_0001.pdf
- Sentència de la Sala 2a del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, número 602/2011, de 20 de setembre de 2011), http://tsj.vlex.es/vid/-346395370, es refereix a la Llei 12/2009, d'Educació, http://www.gencat.cat/educacio/lleieducacio/cat/articulat.htm diu, entre altres coses, que "El derecho a recibir la primera enseñanza en la lengua habitual ya se reconocía en el art. 14.2 de la Llei 7/1983 [de Normalització Lingüística de Catalunya] y en el 21.1 de la Ley 1/1998 [de Política Lingüística a Catalunya]..." "(El) art. 11.4 de la Llei 12/2009 dispone que: 'En el curs escolar en què els alumnes iniciïn el primer ensenyament, les mares, els pares o els tutors dels alumnes la llengua dels quals sigui el castellà poden instar, en el moment de la matrícula, i d'acord amb el procediment que estableixi el Departament, que llurs fills hi rebin atenció lingüística individualitzada en aquesta llengua'. Dicho precepto, precisamente, no se halla incluido en el recurso de constitucionalidad número 8741-2009 [presentat per 50 diputats del Partido Popular] admitido a trámite contra otros preceptos de este ley".
- Interlocutòria de la Sala 5a del Contenciós-Administratiu del Tribunal Suprem, del Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, de 8 de març de 2012, que "estima parcialmente el recurso de reposición interpuesto por el Abogado de la Generalitat de Catalunya", http://www.lamalla.cat/media/000000000002978/000000001488531.pdf
Etiquetes de comentaris:
castellà,
catalunya,
educació,
immersió,
llengua,
llengua vehicular,
model linguisticoescolar,
Sentències,
Tribunal constitucional,
Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya,
Tribunal Suprem
3/05/2012
More than their fair share
[N'hi ha una traducció al català, feta per mi, a la revista TRIBUNA, http://www.tribuna.cat/opinio/politica/mes-del-que-els-pertoca-05-03-2012.html, amb el títol "Més del que els pertoca". L'original el reprodueixo amb permís de l'autor, que ha demanat restar en l'anonimat]
Over the centuries since Catalonia lost its independence, Catalans have been on the receiving end more than most. Is that what 'belonging' to Spain amounts to?
For over 350 years the troops of the kingdom of Castile have bombarded, besieged and ravaged Catalonia's cities. French armies, in the name of their King and then for the Republic, have annexed large tracts of their land north of the Pyrenees, and have burnt down, among many other monuments, one of the greatest libraries in Europe. The armies of rival Spanish dynastic pretenders have wreaked havoc in our towns and villages. Germans, for their Fuhrer, and Italians, for their Duce, have tried out their military developments and weapons on civilian urban targets. An unholy alliance of Spanish monarchists, fascists and army officers, - with the help of Moorish troops and the support of Catholic Church leaders- have fought for control with defenders of a Republican model of Spain, while the Soviets waged their own war in the streets of Barcelona-, driving thousands of Catalans, including their political, social and scientific elites, into exile over the mountains to avoid still-unpunished bloodbaths and acrid vengeance.
For some, the miracle is that despite all this, the Catalans still exist as a vibrant people, with a living language, a creative culture and an unflagging will to look to the future.
What a rapidly growing number doesn't understand, however, is why Catalonia is not, like most other European nations, a free country in its own right.
All the more so when in the past year every single opinion poll has shown that those saying they would vote for independence in a referendum outnumber those that say they would vote against, in several recent cases by around twenty percentage points.
The Catalans' resilience is in part due to their traditional posture in the face of - always - far more powerful forces than their own. Theirs is a culture of passive, 'back-office' defiance rather than face-to-face assertiveness. Each time Catalan has been banned in schools, clandestine groups have gathered to share literacy classes, to read literature, to hold secrete poetry competitions. When Catalan (or Valencian, or Majorcan) singers' lyrics have been politically censored they have found subtle euphemisms to talk about dictatorships and the lack of freedom ('the aging mountain', 'the post'...), or have been forced to earn their living abroad. When publishers were forbidden to print works in Catalan other than those of classical authors (and in archaic spelling), they tricked the system in various ways; one printed the work of a (living!) Classics teacher.
All this, it may be said, belongs to the past. But Catalonia still belongs to Spain, whose elites have for centuries shared a national project in which Catalonia as a differentiated people with a language, a culture, a history, and institutions going back even more centuries has had no place.
It is the past that explains this present European anomaly.
And it is the present that explains why the largest demonstration in the recent history of the continent took place in Barcelona, on July 10 2010, after what many regard as the ultimate attempt, by the main Spanish parties and the Constitutional Court, to humiliate the Catalans and cut back their claims to (greater) autonomy. And why hundreds of grass-root organisations across the country have since held local referenda - with no official sponsorship or public funding whatsoever, but exquisitely organised - on Catalonia's independence. And why the last of them, held on April 10th last year in Barcelona, almost doubled the turnout of a previous popular consultation (on a different issue) organised by the City Council with the backing of a massive budget.
Yet despite the title of this article, the press is full of the opposite message: that Catalonia feels it is getting less than its fair share. And this is also true, and is helping to fuel the flames. Catalonia's economy is being choked by the lack of central government investment. Official statistics show that in 2005 (the last time the figure has been calculated) fiscal spoliation amounted to almost 9% of Catalonia's GDP. Longterm milking of the Catalan economy is exacting a crippling toll, as Catalan firms pay the price in terms of lost competitiveness. What used to be Spain's power-house is scarcely allowed to have intercontinental flights (when, for that matter, did anyone last see an Iberia plane at a Catalan airport?). Work on essential European-gauge railway infrastructures needed to allow the port of Barcelona (and Tarragona... and Valencia and Alicante) to act as the natural nodes of Europe's trade with the Middle and Far Eastern markets is being held up by the Spanish government, which keeps hinting it would prefer to bore a pharaonic tunnel through the Central Pyrenees, even though the French seem unwilling to take on their (monumental) share of the project on the other side.
It can be argued that it is fitting that richer regions pay more and poorer regions receive more. True and reasonable. But not to such a degree (more than twice the upper limit allowed in Federal Germany, for instance), not if this means Catalonia is actually being overtaken by less wealthy regions. And not if two wealthy regions do not pay such contributions at all (and whose inter-regional fiscal deficit as a result is under 3%!).
It is in this context that thousands of Catalan citizens (by no means all Catalan-born and bred; all segments of society are suffering in the crisis because of Catalonia's current status as a region of Spain with very limited powers to overcome) are joining the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (http://www.assemblea.cat) which will hold its first General Assembly on March 10th. This grass-roots organisation already has over 200 local assemblies across the country and aims by democratic means to consolidate the social majority in favour of independence, and to put pressure on the political parties a majority of whose voters support this noble objective to include (in some cases, for the first time) their commitment to independence through a referendum or a plebiscite in their 2014 election manifesto.
Noone hides the gravity of the challenges ahead. On the international front, the precedents are there for all to see. Ruthless Spanish diplomatic pressure on national sports federations around the world, to prevent Catalan federations joining their international sports federations is a good example (a notorious case in point being the International Roller Sports Federation, of which Scotland is a member). It is hard to believe that fully twenty Catalan federations are indeed recognised! Nor are some other countries sympathetic: French courts have blocked the Catalan Rugby Federation, a founder-member of the International Amateur Rugby Federation in 1934, and its attempts to reverse its expulsion in 1941, when the Pétain and the Franco régimes were in power.
Yet the Catalans are learning the virtues of being ambitious. How else could they have achieved a unique internet top-level domain for .CAT, covering the whole Catalan(-speaking) community?
March 10 may prove to be a crucial stepping-stone in the Catalans' steadfast march along the Road Map towards what, after all, is no less (and no more) than what most European peoples have achieved, though often at the expense of tragically shedding blood. It is my heartfelt hope that Europe will endorse, and indeed encourage, the use of democratic means to allow the Catalans to forge their own place in the world and make their contribution to a more just, sustainable and prosperous planet.
Over the centuries since Catalonia lost its independence, Catalans have been on the receiving end more than most. Is that what 'belonging' to Spain amounts to?
For over 350 years the troops of the kingdom of Castile have bombarded, besieged and ravaged Catalonia's cities. French armies, in the name of their King and then for the Republic, have annexed large tracts of their land north of the Pyrenees, and have burnt down, among many other monuments, one of the greatest libraries in Europe. The armies of rival Spanish dynastic pretenders have wreaked havoc in our towns and villages. Germans, for their Fuhrer, and Italians, for their Duce, have tried out their military developments and weapons on civilian urban targets. An unholy alliance of Spanish monarchists, fascists and army officers, - with the help of Moorish troops and the support of Catholic Church leaders- have fought for control with defenders of a Republican model of Spain, while the Soviets waged their own war in the streets of Barcelona-, driving thousands of Catalans, including their political, social and scientific elites, into exile over the mountains to avoid still-unpunished bloodbaths and acrid vengeance.
For some, the miracle is that despite all this, the Catalans still exist as a vibrant people, with a living language, a creative culture and an unflagging will to look to the future.
What a rapidly growing number doesn't understand, however, is why Catalonia is not, like most other European nations, a free country in its own right.
All the more so when in the past year every single opinion poll has shown that those saying they would vote for independence in a referendum outnumber those that say they would vote against, in several recent cases by around twenty percentage points.
The Catalans' resilience is in part due to their traditional posture in the face of - always - far more powerful forces than their own. Theirs is a culture of passive, 'back-office' defiance rather than face-to-face assertiveness. Each time Catalan has been banned in schools, clandestine groups have gathered to share literacy classes, to read literature, to hold secrete poetry competitions. When Catalan (or Valencian, or Majorcan) singers' lyrics have been politically censored they have found subtle euphemisms to talk about dictatorships and the lack of freedom ('the aging mountain', 'the post'...), or have been forced to earn their living abroad. When publishers were forbidden to print works in Catalan other than those of classical authors (and in archaic spelling), they tricked the system in various ways; one printed the work of a (living!) Classics teacher.
All this, it may be said, belongs to the past. But Catalonia still belongs to Spain, whose elites have for centuries shared a national project in which Catalonia as a differentiated people with a language, a culture, a history, and institutions going back even more centuries has had no place.
It is the past that explains this present European anomaly.
And it is the present that explains why the largest demonstration in the recent history of the continent took place in Barcelona, on July 10 2010, after what many regard as the ultimate attempt, by the main Spanish parties and the Constitutional Court, to humiliate the Catalans and cut back their claims to (greater) autonomy. And why hundreds of grass-root organisations across the country have since held local referenda - with no official sponsorship or public funding whatsoever, but exquisitely organised - on Catalonia's independence. And why the last of them, held on April 10th last year in Barcelona, almost doubled the turnout of a previous popular consultation (on a different issue) organised by the City Council with the backing of a massive budget.
Yet despite the title of this article, the press is full of the opposite message: that Catalonia feels it is getting less than its fair share. And this is also true, and is helping to fuel the flames. Catalonia's economy is being choked by the lack of central government investment. Official statistics show that in 2005 (the last time the figure has been calculated) fiscal spoliation amounted to almost 9% of Catalonia's GDP. Longterm milking of the Catalan economy is exacting a crippling toll, as Catalan firms pay the price in terms of lost competitiveness. What used to be Spain's power-house is scarcely allowed to have intercontinental flights (when, for that matter, did anyone last see an Iberia plane at a Catalan airport?). Work on essential European-gauge railway infrastructures needed to allow the port of Barcelona (and Tarragona... and Valencia and Alicante) to act as the natural nodes of Europe's trade with the Middle and Far Eastern markets is being held up by the Spanish government, which keeps hinting it would prefer to bore a pharaonic tunnel through the Central Pyrenees, even though the French seem unwilling to take on their (monumental) share of the project on the other side.
It can be argued that it is fitting that richer regions pay more and poorer regions receive more. True and reasonable. But not to such a degree (more than twice the upper limit allowed in Federal Germany, for instance), not if this means Catalonia is actually being overtaken by less wealthy regions. And not if two wealthy regions do not pay such contributions at all (and whose inter-regional fiscal deficit as a result is under 3%!).
It is in this context that thousands of Catalan citizens (by no means all Catalan-born and bred; all segments of society are suffering in the crisis because of Catalonia's current status as a region of Spain with very limited powers to overcome) are joining the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (http://www.assemblea.cat) which will hold its first General Assembly on March 10th. This grass-roots organisation already has over 200 local assemblies across the country and aims by democratic means to consolidate the social majority in favour of independence, and to put pressure on the political parties a majority of whose voters support this noble objective to include (in some cases, for the first time) their commitment to independence through a referendum or a plebiscite in their 2014 election manifesto.
Noone hides the gravity of the challenges ahead. On the international front, the precedents are there for all to see. Ruthless Spanish diplomatic pressure on national sports federations around the world, to prevent Catalan federations joining their international sports federations is a good example (a notorious case in point being the International Roller Sports Federation, of which Scotland is a member). It is hard to believe that fully twenty Catalan federations are indeed recognised! Nor are some other countries sympathetic: French courts have blocked the Catalan Rugby Federation, a founder-member of the International Amateur Rugby Federation in 1934, and its attempts to reverse its expulsion in 1941, when the Pétain and the Franco régimes were in power.
Yet the Catalans are learning the virtues of being ambitious. How else could they have achieved a unique internet top-level domain for .CAT, covering the whole Catalan(-speaking) community?
March 10 may prove to be a crucial stepping-stone in the Catalans' steadfast march along the Road Map towards what, after all, is no less (and no more) than what most European peoples have achieved, though often at the expense of tragically shedding blood. It is my heartfelt hope that Europe will endorse, and indeed encourage, the use of democratic means to allow the Catalans to forge their own place in the world and make their contribution to a more just, sustainable and prosperous planet.
2/29/2012
Per la Independència
El membres de l'Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya (ANC) van creant, i es van apuntant, a diferents assemblees sectorials. És de suposar que després de l'Assemblea constituent del 10 de març, la xifra anirà creixent encara és.
De moment hi ha aquests. Déu n'hi do!
De moment hi ha aquests. Déu n'hi do!
Administració pública..., Aturats..., Autònoms..., Catalunya Exterior..., Científics..., Cultura..., Docents..., Dones..., E3 (ecologia..., energia i entorn), Economistes..., Enginyers..., Esportistes…, Gais i Lesbianes..., Historiadors..., Immigrants ..., Joves..., Juristes..., Meteoròlegs i Climatòlegs..., Moviment Obrer..., Pagesos..., Sanitat... i Sociòlegs... per la independencia!
Etiquetes de comentaris:
ANC,
Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya,
assemblees sectorials
2/24/2012
Dinar amb Jordi Pujol
Aviat farà tres anys, un grup de persones, totes compromeses amb l’objectiu de la independencia de Catalunya, ve decidir trobar-se per dinar de tant en tant amb alguna personalitat política destacada. La majoria d’aquestes persones havíem participat –i fins i tot s’hi havien conegut!- arran de la històrica manfestació “Els deu mil Catalans a Brussel·les” del 7 de març de 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mti-8UM8T6I
El dia 1 de febrer de 2012 vam dinar al Gran Cafè del carrer d’Avinyó, una trentena de persones, amb un convidat especial: el Molt Honorable Senyor Jordi Pujol. Arran de l'amena i distesa conversa van sortir molts temes. Ningú va qüestionar la seva afirmació que "El meu compromís amb Catalunya ha estat inequívoc des de fa molts anys i així continua amb la mateixa convicció".
El Sr. Pujol es va referir a diferents documents seus. Ha tingut després l'amabilitat de donar-nos-en dos, i em plau posar-los a l'abast del lector.
«Residuals o independents? O alguna altra solució?»
Jordi Pujol
Editorial / 29 de març de 2011
http://www.jordipujol.cat/files/conferenciacatala_110329.pdf
«Habéis perdido y no os necesitamos»
Jordi Pujol
Editorial / 22 de juny de 2011
http://www.jordipujol.cat/ca/jp/articles/10299
Alhora, ens recomana la lectura del seu llibre Sobre Europa (i altres coses) publicat per Angle editorial.
Gràcies President!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mti-8UM8T6I
El dia 1 de febrer de 2012 vam dinar al Gran Cafè del carrer d’Avinyó, una trentena de persones, amb un convidat especial: el Molt Honorable Senyor Jordi Pujol. Arran de l'amena i distesa conversa van sortir molts temes. Ningú va qüestionar la seva afirmació que "El meu compromís amb Catalunya ha estat inequívoc des de fa molts anys i així continua amb la mateixa convicció".
El Sr. Pujol es va referir a diferents documents seus. Ha tingut després l'amabilitat de donar-nos-en dos, i em plau posar-los a l'abast del lector.
«Residuals o independents? O alguna altra solució?»
Jordi Pujol
Editorial / 29 de març de 2011
http://www.jordipujol.cat/files/conferenciacatala_110329.pdf
«Habéis perdido y no os necesitamos»
Jordi Pujol
Editorial / 22 de juny de 2011
http://www.jordipujol.cat/ca/jp/articles/10299
Alhora, ens recomana la lectura del seu llibre Sobre Europa (i altres coses) publicat per Angle editorial.
Gràcies President!
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Deu mil a Brussel·les,
dinar,
Jordi Pujol
2/23/2012
"Denuncian ante la UNESCO la discriminación lingüística en las escuelas de Cataluña"
"La Asociación por la Tolerancia e Impulso Ciudadano envían una carta a la directora general del organismo internacional de las Naciones Unidas, con motivo del Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna, para poner en su conocimiento el incumplimiento de las leyes por parte de la Generalidad de Cataluña..."
No m'he pogut estar de replicar:
http://www.vozbcn.com/2012/02/18/102867/denuncian-unesco-discriminacion-lengua/comment-page-2/#comment-240235
El Tribunal Constitucional ha roto el pacto constitucional, de eso no hay duda. Casi 20 años después de que Cataluña, con un enorme consenso político y social, introdujera un modelo de escuela pública que no discrimina ni separa los alumnos sinó que garantiza que todos salgan de su escolarización obligatoria con un buen dominio del catalán, lengua propia del territorio desde hace más de 1000 años, y el castellano, oficial no porque haya más o menos castellanoparlantes residentes en el territorio sino simplemente porque es oficial en todo el Estado, y de las materias. Ningún estudio empírico, una vez corregidos los datos por los habituales variables (nivel de educación de los padres, nivel socioeconómico de la familia, etc.) muestra que el sistema educativo de Cataluña no esté a un nivel comparable con el de territorios monolingües.
Ya pueden las asociaciones protestar a la Unesco. Que vengan y lo vean, señores, por favor. Menos odio y más serenidad. Si un sistema educativo funciona, por qué estos ataques, si no es por razones étnicas? Aprendan de Suiza o de Bélgica, por favor, si no quieren que la mayoría de la población de Catalunña que actualmente, según encuestas oficiales, votaría o votará que sí en un refréndum por la independencia, crezca todavía más!
No m'he pogut estar de replicar:
http://www.vozbcn.com/2012/02/18/102867/denuncian-unesco-discriminacion-lengua/comment-page-2/#comment-240235
El Tribunal Constitucional ha roto el pacto constitucional, de eso no hay duda. Casi 20 años después de que Cataluña, con un enorme consenso político y social, introdujera un modelo de escuela pública que no discrimina ni separa los alumnos sinó que garantiza que todos salgan de su escolarización obligatoria con un buen dominio del catalán, lengua propia del territorio desde hace más de 1000 años, y el castellano, oficial no porque haya más o menos castellanoparlantes residentes en el territorio sino simplemente porque es oficial en todo el Estado, y de las materias. Ningún estudio empírico, una vez corregidos los datos por los habituales variables (nivel de educación de los padres, nivel socioeconómico de la familia, etc.) muestra que el sistema educativo de Cataluña no esté a un nivel comparable con el de territorios monolingües.
Ya pueden las asociaciones protestar a la Unesco. Que vengan y lo vean, señores, por favor. Menos odio y más serenidad. Si un sistema educativo funciona, por qué estos ataques, si no es por razones étnicas? Aprendan de Suiza o de Bélgica, por favor, si no quieren que la mayoría de la población de Catalunña que actualmente, según encuestas oficiales, votaría o votará que sí en un refréndum por la independencia, crezca todavía más!
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Asociación por la Tolerancia,
Cataluña,
catalunya,
Impulso Ciudadano,
model escolar,
Tribunal constitucional,
Unesco
2/08/2012
VÍDEO: Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona. Nadal / Navidad / Christmas 2011
Enhorabona a tot el personal (vaja, sembla que hi siguin tots!) de l'Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona. Un vídeo engrescador i amè!
"Des de l'HSJD us volem donar les gràcies a tots, el vídeo ha anat tant bé que hem recollit 20.000 euros, complint els resultats previstos un mes abans del que esperàvem, així que tanquem la campanya. I tot gràcies a vosaltres!!!"
"La empresa que donará el dinero es DKV Seguros, que colabora en este video junto a la Fundació "la Caixa", puedes ver sus logos al final del video. El dinero se destina al programa Hospital AMIC de nuestro centro, puedes ver más información sobre el mismo en nuestro web."
A dia d'avui ha tingut 374028 visionats, i 7124 han dit "m'agrada!"
"Des de l'HSJD us volem donar les gràcies a tots, el vídeo ha anat tant bé que hem recollit 20.000 euros, complint els resultats previstos un mes abans del que esperàvem, així que tanquem la campanya. I tot gràcies a vosaltres!!!"
"La empresa que donará el dinero es DKV Seguros, que colabora en este video junto a la Fundació "la Caixa", puedes ver sus logos al final del video. El dinero se destina al programa Hospital AMIC de nuestro centro, puedes ver más información sobre el mismo en nuestro web."
A dia d'avui ha tingut 374028 visionats, i 7124 han dit "m'agrada!"
Etiquetes de comentaris:
2011,
Nadal,
Sant Joan de Déu,
vídeo
1/31/2012
Fair do's!
Whenever I speak to someone from abroad about Catalonia's fiscal relationship with Spain as a whole, I always get the same initial response. "It may be true that Catalonia's a net contributor to the overall Spanish budget, but that's all to be expected, given it's a wealthy region".
In Spain (though despite official data - the latest refer to 2005 - clearly confound such a claim) many hold that Catalonia does very well at the expense of Spain.
The truth is that Catalonia (or more accurately, its citizens and companies) pays as a rich region, but receives public services as a poor one. Nowhere is this more clearly visualised than in tables of interregional fiscal balances, which show Catalonia being overtaken, year after year, by less wealthy regions in terms of per capita disposable income. Central government consistently under-invests in Catalonia and this has substantially lowered the standard of living here: more motorways are privatised here (tolls), while many opt for private medical insurance schemes and private schools for their children, in order ro get quality services.
As a result, the fiscal deficit is double the upper limit allowed by law in, for instance, the Länder of Germany, and many economists agree it is unsustainable and is leading to a rapid decapitalisation of the Catalan economy, which is hard hit by the financial and economic crisis in any case.
Moreover, massive investment in Madrid airport has meant Catalans frequently have to stopover there on their flights to the rest of the world. Iberia, I read only the other day, flies its planes to 200 international destinations from Madrid, and only two from Barcelona. Can this be true? A quick visit to either airport will I think confirm this.
People abroad seem to underestimate the level of resentment and sense of injustice that many Catalans feel. That the Spanish government seriously pushed a harebrained project to bore a lengthy train tunnel right through the central Pyrenees, at the expense of improvements to its existing connections through Irun and Portbou make many suspect that it is planning life after the Basque country and Catalonia go their separate ways. It seems not to realise that is is thus fuelling a self-fulfilling prophecy. And this time I don't think Europe would take kindly to Spanish tanks taking to the streets again, as they last did in 1981.
All this may help non-Spaniards understand how true that advertising slogan developed by the recently deceased former Franco minister manuel Fraga-Iribarne, is: "Spain is different". And why two young Catalan business owners have issued their anguished cry: "Let's say enough!". In protest, they've announced that as from April they will pay VAT dues to the Catalan government, instead of the Spanish Exchequer. Many foresee that the latter will descend on them with a vengeance. Let's us hope they don't get repeatedly slapped in the face, and hit to the ground, the way a young lawyer claims - with a forensic medical report to boot - to have been treated by a Spanish policeman at Barcelona airport just last week, for speaking Catalan to him.
Spain is different.
In Spain (though despite official data - the latest refer to 2005 - clearly confound such a claim) many hold that Catalonia does very well at the expense of Spain.
The truth is that Catalonia (or more accurately, its citizens and companies) pays as a rich region, but receives public services as a poor one. Nowhere is this more clearly visualised than in tables of interregional fiscal balances, which show Catalonia being overtaken, year after year, by less wealthy regions in terms of per capita disposable income. Central government consistently under-invests in Catalonia and this has substantially lowered the standard of living here: more motorways are privatised here (tolls), while many opt for private medical insurance schemes and private schools for their children, in order ro get quality services.
As a result, the fiscal deficit is double the upper limit allowed by law in, for instance, the Länder of Germany, and many economists agree it is unsustainable and is leading to a rapid decapitalisation of the Catalan economy, which is hard hit by the financial and economic crisis in any case.
Moreover, massive investment in Madrid airport has meant Catalans frequently have to stopover there on their flights to the rest of the world. Iberia, I read only the other day, flies its planes to 200 international destinations from Madrid, and only two from Barcelona. Can this be true? A quick visit to either airport will I think confirm this.
People abroad seem to underestimate the level of resentment and sense of injustice that many Catalans feel. That the Spanish government seriously pushed a harebrained project to bore a lengthy train tunnel right through the central Pyrenees, at the expense of improvements to its existing connections through Irun and Portbou make many suspect that it is planning life after the Basque country and Catalonia go their separate ways. It seems not to realise that is is thus fuelling a self-fulfilling prophecy. And this time I don't think Europe would take kindly to Spanish tanks taking to the streets again, as they last did in 1981.
All this may help non-Spaniards understand how true that advertising slogan developed by the recently deceased former Franco minister manuel Fraga-Iribarne, is: "Spain is different". And why two young Catalan business owners have issued their anguished cry: "Let's say enough!". In protest, they've announced that as from April they will pay VAT dues to the Catalan government, instead of the Spanish Exchequer. Many foresee that the latter will descend on them with a vengeance. Let's us hope they don't get repeatedly slapped in the face, and hit to the ground, the way a young lawyer claims - with a forensic medical report to boot - to have been treated by a Spanish policeman at Barcelona airport just last week, for speaking Catalan to him.
Spain is different.
Etiquetes de comentaris:
autopistes,
balances fiscals,
Catalonia,
diem prou,
economia,
El Prat,
English,
fiscal balance,
Tejero
1/29/2012
Llibertat: Els herois de Spanair: Podem aprendre moltes lliçons de Spanair. Una és sobre qui guanya quan un equip directiu brillant competeix contra una indústria desastr...
1/18/2012
A la pàgina “Cinema a Barcelona” http://www.servicaixa.com/nav/ca/cine/barcelona/eventos.html
hi ha DUES entrades, aparentment de característiques idèntiques, a
1 http://www.servicaixa.com/nav/ca/cine/millennium_els_homes_que_no..._c_013994/barcelona/index.html
à Cinemes Girona, Grup Balaña Palau Balaña Multicines, Lauren Gracia
2 http://www.servicaixa.com/nav/ca/cine/millennium_els_homes_que_no..._c_013995/barcelona/index.html
Fixeu-vos que enlloc surt el títol (sencer) del film en català, ni a les fitxes! No passa de “Els homes que no… (C”
Etiquetes de comentaris:
servicaixa millennium doblatge català
1/16/2012
Activitats als mitjans del meu fill Pablo Strubell
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http://www.catradio.cat/reproductor/67897
Els viatgers de la Gran Anaconda (11/11/2012).
Programa: (a) Romania, amb Anna Cortadas i Eva Pineda, periodistes. (b) A partir del minut 23:30, Pablo Strubell i Itziar Marcotegui presenten el seu llibre "Com Preparar un Gran Viaje"
3
PRESENTACIÓ DE "CÓMO PREPARAR UN GRAN VIAJE"
Publicat el 25/10/2012
¿Cómo elijo la ruta? ¿Maleta o mochila? ¿Me llevo saco de dormir? ¿Y mosquitera? ¿Cuánto dinero necesito? ¿Me saco todos los visados? ¿Tengo que reservar todos los hoteles? ¿Qué hago si me pongo enfermo? ¿Cómo actúo si me piden un soborno? ¿Y si me roban todo?
Si sueñas con dar la vuelta al mundo, hacer la Ruta de la Seda, recorrer el Sudeste Asiático, visitar rincones perdidos de América Latina o, en definitiva, emprender una aventura, seguro que te han surgido estas y otras muchas preguntas.
Este manual las responde y, gracias a las docenas de consejos prácticos que contiene, te permitirá ahorrar mucho tiempo y preocupaciones. Te servirá como guía para planificar tu gran viaje y te ayudará a resolver tus inquietudes sobre salud, seguridad o el equipaje ideal, entre otras. También te dará pistas sobre cómo es el día a día en ruta (dónde dormir, cómo comunicarse, qué transporte usar...) y para afrontar el regreso. En suma, hará que disfrutes más antes, durante y después del viaje.
Este es un libro escrito por gente viajera para gente viajera, basado en la experiencia de los autores y en las opiniones, ideas y recomendaciones de otros grandes aventureros. El manual imprescindible de los trotamundos.
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"Empieza el año (2012) y empezamos a colaborar con Casa África. En concreto con su blog África Vive. Un blog cultural, de música, fotografía, literatura y… ¡viajes!
Seremos África de cabo a rabo los encargados de alimentar mensualmente el blog con artículos sobre los países que hemos visitado. Hablando de sus gentes, celebraciones, lugares turísticos, etnias… en muchos casos recordando y rememorando experiencias.
Os invitamos a que lo visitéis, pulsando sobre la imagen, que os llevará a la primera entrada, sobre el festival del Vudú en Benín.
Por supuesto, si los artículos os gustan, comentadlos. Nos encantará conocer vuestras opiniones… (y a la gente de Casa África, también)
Y cuanto más sepan que gustan, más querrán encargarnos!!!"
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"Os paso el enlace al programa de radio donde esta mañana me han entrevistado, sobre la ruta de la seda, por si os apetece escuchar el programa.
Es Nómadas, de RNE. Por si mi presencia fuera poco, está tambíén el gran geógrafo Eduardo Martínez de Pisón, gran conocedor de la Ruta, que habla un rato después.
Como veréis, es programa del 14 de enero de 2012, titulado La Ruta de la Seda. No tenéis más que darle al botón rojo triangular de REPRODUCIR."
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Africa,
Cabo a rabo,
Nómadas,
Pablo Strubell,
Pau Strubell,
RNE,
Ruta de la Seda
1/11/2012
Climes extrems
3. Terranova, el lloc més boirós.
Mario Picazo a peu de pista, a l'aeroport, "veient" com intenta aterrar-hi un avió.
http://www.rtve.es/v/1297003/
Emès per TVE el 18 de gener de 2012. 54 minuts.
Edició: Miquel Strubell i Prats (el meu fill!)
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2. Tornados a Oklahoma, Estats Units
http://www.rtve.es/v/1297003/
Emès per TVE el 18 de gener de 2012. 54 minuts.
Edició: Miquel Strubell i Prats (el meu fill!)
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| Mario Picazo en el moment culminant de l'episodi, enmig de la tempesta! http://www.rtve.es/v/1291260/ |
Emès per TVE el 10 de gener de 2012. 54 minuts.
Edició: Miquel Strubell i Prats (el meu fill!)
Edició: Miquel Strubell i Prats (el meu fill!)
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Mario Picazo revolcant-se en la neu, en sortir del sauna... on torna, com us podeu imaginar, a la velocitat de la llum!
Emès per TVE el 3 de gener de 2012. 54 minuts.
Edició: Miquel Strubell i Prats (el meu fill!)
Etiquetes de comentaris:
Climas extremos,
Climes extrems,
fred,
Mario Picazo,
Miquel Strubell i Prats,
Oimiakon,
Oklahoma,
RTVE,
tornados,
TV1,
vídeo
Manel Fuentes fot canya a Víctor Mallet, sobre el finançament de Catalunya
Escolta com Manel Fuentes, a Catalunya Ràdio, fot canya (potser es passa!) a Víctor Mallet (corresponsal del Financial Times, radicat a Madrid):
http://www.catradio.cat/reproductor/600401/Cal-controlar-els-pressupostos-de-les-comunitats-autonomes-Victor-Malet-Financial-Times
http://www.catradio.cat/reproductor/600401/Cal-controlar-els-pressupostos-de-les-comunitats-autonomes-Victor-Malet-Financial-Times
Etiquetes de comentaris:
catalunya,
Catalunya Ràdio,
finançament,
Financial Times,
Manel Fuentes,
Víctor Mallet
1/10/2012
Cançó de Nadal (Josep Carner)
Branca rompuda pel vent espectral
-un dia plena de fulles i rama!-,
dóna'ns la flama, la flama, la flama
no de cap negra foguera del mal,
sinó la flama del foc de Nadal.
Tu, vent geliu, el que fibla i somica,
no véns amb rúfol missatge del mal;
cara a la llar fas un poc de musica
en tot forat assajant una mica
els flabiols de la nit de Nadal.
Balba enyorança, nafrada recança,
vegeu: de nit els estels van mostrant-se;
ah, no us pertoca de caure al fondal,
sinó d'aprendre la dansa, la dansa
d'àngels i sants en la nit de Nadal.
Josep Carner. Cançó de Nadal
dóna'ns la flama, la flama, la flama
no de cap negra foguera del mal,
sinó la flama del foc de Nadal.
Tu, vent geliu, el que fibla i somica,
no véns amb rúfol missatge del mal;
cara a la llar fas un poc de musica
en tot forat assajant una mica
els flabiols de la nit de Nadal.
Balba enyorança, nafrada recança,
vegeu: de nit els estels van mostrant-se;
ah, no us pertoca de caure al fondal,
sinó d'aprendre la dansa, la dansa
d'àngels i sants en la nit de Nadal.
Josep Carner. Cançó de Nadal
Gràcies, Mercè i Lluís!
12/17/2011
Estil Nou ... d'escriure el català
"Moviliari"
"Cuine"
"y"
"Disseñem"
Algú pot trobar més faltes, en un altre text curt com aquest?
Si fan els mobles amb la mateixa cura, no m'hi trobaran!
Etiquetes de comentaris:
llengua catalana,
ortografia
12/16/2011
Expoli fiscal, abans i ara! / Fiscal spioliation for over a century!
A finals de Segle XIX (Francesc Flos i Calcat), a començaments del XX (Cucut!) i a finals de Segle XX (Ramon Trias Fargas)
1. Geografia de Catalunya, per Francesc Flos i Calcat, publicat a Barcelona el 1896....
1. Geografia de Catalunya, per Francesc Flos i Calcat, publicat a Barcelona el 1896....
***** Click below on "Més informació" to read the whole post *****
Etiquetes de comentaris:
catalunya,
Cu-cut,
Cucut,
dèficit fiscal,
Espanya,
espoli,
expoli,
fiscal,
Flos i Calcat,
impostos,
Spain,
spoliation,
tax,
Trias Fargas
12/09/2011
Land of the midday sun!
Two visual reminders of an interesting stay in Vaasa / Vasa (Ostrobotnia, western Finland) for a LingVaCity symposium.
LingVaCity utgör Åbo Akademis och Vasa universitets gemsamma utvecklingscenter för språkplanering och språkpedagogik/ LingVaCity on Vaasan yliopiston ja Åbo Akademin yhteinen kielisuunnittelun ja -pedagogiikan kehittämiskeskus / LingVaCity
is the common center for Åbo Akademi University and the University of
Vaasa for language planning and language pedagogy / LingVaCity és el centre compartit per la la Universitat Åbo Akademi i la Universitat de
Vaasa per a la planificació lingüística i la pedagogia de llengües.
Pictures: (a) Taken just after midday, with the sun scarcely showing above the distant roofs. (b) Shortly afterwards, the old flour mill, tastefully converted into the Vasa campus of the Åbo Akademi.
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