tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post6541985369162926335..comments2023-03-30T08:37:38.108+01:00Comments on From Catalonia to Caledonia: When Spain begins to look like SerbiaRabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-58237357004271278742008-08-12T22:23:00.000+01:002008-08-12T22:23:00.000+01:00Thanks Miquel. It is always gratifying when blogs ...Thanks Miquel. <BR/><BR/>It is always gratifying when blogs such as ours generate such animosity with the pro-Spanish: it means we are doing something right. <BR/><BR/>To borrow from the Spanish: “Ladran luego cabalgamos”.Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-80745275483902935232008-08-03T23:23:00.000+01:002008-08-03T23:23:00.000+01:00Hi! I would like to add to this article that: The ...Hi! <BR/>I would like to add to this article that: <BR/>The organisation called Cercle d'estudis sobiranistes (that studies the viability of creating a souvereign Catalan state) is publising very interesting articles with very relevant arguments in favour of the independence of Catalonia. <BR/>One of these articles is called 'Yugoespana', written by Alfons Lopez Tena. <BR/>In this article he Miquel Marzabal Galanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025623738598426160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-33534237018518919112008-07-29T17:47:00.000+01:002008-07-29T17:47:00.000+01:00Jack, the language you use says so much about you....Jack, the language you use says so much about you..<BR/><BR/>Again you describe ERC as <BR/>"ultra-nationalist-socialist", yet this party is in a coalition that has made an Andalusian immigrant the President of Catalonia. Flop. <BR/><BR/>Read and learn Jack: <A HREF="http://www.esquerra.cat" REL="nofollow">ERC</A> is a social democratic pro-independence party, as defined in their statutes and Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-89409068616369584332008-07-29T15:06:00.000+01:002008-07-29T15:06:00.000+01:00Sure, and the ultra nationalist-socialist (=leftis...Sure, and the ultra nationalist-socialist (=leftist) catalan party ERC is not part of the catalan government, right Rab? They are more than happy to divert money to so-called "independent" media, rather than investing it intelligently in catalan public transportation and schools.<BR/><BR/>Ah, I forgot... Catalonia doesn't have enough public money... blame Spain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-2627507069779739912008-07-28T06:59:00.000+01:002008-07-28T06:59:00.000+01:00To say that VilaWeb “faithfully reflects” the Cata...To say that VilaWeb “faithfully reflects” the Catalan government policies is an outright lie: VilaWeb is probably the media most critical of the PSC-PSOE in Catalonia, apart from the usual suspects in the Spanish nationalist right (El Mundo, ABC, etc). Have you heard about the libel action by the Barcelona council (PSC-PSOE) against VilaWeb regarding the violent incidents that followed Spain’s Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-63330245488381907832008-07-27T14:12:00.000+01:002008-07-27T14:12:00.000+01:00Doesn't look like anyone cares, but FYI Vilaweb re...Doesn't look like anyone cares, but FYI <A HREF="http://www.e-dazibao.com/criterio/archivos/002477.html" REL="nofollow">Vilaweb received €568,938 in Catalan government subsidies in 2004</A> and is presumably still doing very nicely on state funds. A website that takes money from the government and by sheer coincidence faithfully reflects government priorities isn't what I'd call independent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com