Spain and Catalonia

[chicoazul]

Lol Chico.

Mods?

 

[Clint Planet]

Carry on, like.

 

[fozzy]

Agree. However, they do have to worry about being economically small and ****e.

do they?

do they realy?

 

[Pat's Van]

 

[Philip Marlowe]

I don't, mate. I only read books about Spain!

You like drama, I see

 

[Pat's Van]

 

[Philip Marlowe]

So which part or parts of spain were Anarcho-Syndicalist ?
Noam Chomsky says the society was a success.

They were powerful especially in Catalonia and Asturias.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

A bit more Spanish?...The clue is in the club's name

Read again please, I have already explained why that name.

 

[Pat's Van]

 

[Philip Marlowe]

Hs...dont worry I remember that game.

I really liked the team of de la peña and tamudo. That was when it was really a derby

Agree with that.

Now it´s David vs Goliath, and we don´t even have money to buy stones.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

I imagine that the Spain/Barcelona situation is akin to the Merseyside/England situation.

You won't get as many football fans on Merseyside taking an active interest in England - Everton and Liverpool are our "national sides". Now that may be down to hundreds of reasons, but I imagine that it's the same for Barcelona and Spain - Barcelona is seen as the Catalan national side, rather than Spain.

Having said that, I know micknick disagrees with me here on England/Everton.

Yes, it´s roughly the same situation. But only nationalists see it that way.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

Another great book about Spain. Tremlett is the Guardian's Madrid correspondent and, like Jason Webster, became fascinated with the way in which modern Spain handled its own relationship with its bloody, bitter past. He travels the country interviewing Basques, Catalans, Gallegos, Gitanos in Seville; visits el Valle de los Caidos to witness a neo-fascist flashmob; muses on el pacto de olvido and its relevence in the 21st century; the still missing body of Garcia Lorca, and, in one strangely thrilling chapter, he documents his own first person account of the Al Qaida Madrid bombings and how the right wing government tried to pin it on ETA, only to be met with thousands of Madrileños chanting "Tell us the truth" outside its headquarters.

Throughout it all, Tremlett always appears willing to listen to all sides and yet, you feel, thinks that Spain is best as it is. A modern, forward-thinking democracy with much to give to the world. Greater than the sum of its parts.

Highly recommended.

What a coincidence, I picked it up from the library a few days ago and I just started reading it today.

He´s absolutely right about noise.

 

[Fuleco]

Bank holiday today in Barcelona.

Like last years human chain a similar symbol of independence is planned.

This time a big old 'V' made from people in red and yellow (the colours of the Catalan flag). Everyone is buzzing of Cameron here for allowing the Scottish to vote.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/11/catalans-demonstrate-demand-right-hold-referendum