Sjavlin

Efectivament, una bossa d'escombraries amb ulleres de sol i auriculars.

[Sjavlin @Sjavlin]

@JoanTarda Si es deixessin de costat sectarismes i interessos personals, l’esquerra indepe i sobiranista catalana seria capaç d’emplenar el mes de setembre el Palau Sant Jordi per fer realitat la unitat, un Front Independentista de Catalunya. I il.lusionar.

[CUP Països Catalans @cupnacional]

N O S A L T R E S   N O   J U G U E M   E L   M U N D I A L

➡️ Per una selecció nacional catalana

[CUP Països Catalans @cupnacional]

NOSALTRES NO JUGUEM EL MUNDIAL

Ni francesa ni espanyola,
per una selecció nacional catalana.

[Esport3 @esport3]

23 entitats de Lleida rebutgen Saúl Craviotto com a pregoner de la festa major

https://t.co/BypfPPS7bu

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is just pure unadulterated propaganda by The Economist, as is so often the case with their coverage of China (reminder that, if you read The Economist, the Chinese economy should have collapsed more or less every year for the past 20 years).

I actually come from a country - France - where our minorities did actually get squashed, so I have a pretty decent understanding of what that concretely means.

For instance in France our regional languages (Basque, Alsacien, Corsican, Breton, Occitan, etc.) have ZERO official status, cannot be used in government, and - under French law - were prohibited in classrooms under threat of punishment (kids at school were made to wear a necklace of shame around their neck if they spoke their regional language: https://t.co/n6HeZ8hSKK).

The first line of Article 2 of the French constitution (https://t.co/MEvaIKy8MV) - as amended in 1992 - specifies that French is the exclusive language in France and constitutionally excludes every other language from any official role whatsoever.

There was, in France, an official policy of linguicide. The net result, according to official French statistics (https://t.co/G7QTqkNLK9), is that regional languages like Corsican or Breton went from being spoken in 70%-80% of local families at the end of WW1 down to sub-10% numbers by the end of the 20th century. Even Alsacien, the most resilient regional language, still saw its transmission rate collapse from 70% to 18% in just 2 generations.

That, folks, is "squashing."

Same thing, incidentally, in the UK - The Economist's own country: a reminder that in Wales schools used the "Welsh Not" (https://t.co/Lp0ps5rXq2), a token of shame that a child would need to wear around their neck if they were heard speaking Welsh.

Compare and contrast this with this new Chinese law.

First of all, fact is that if you look at minorities with their own language in China, the immense majority of them still speak it and use it in their daily life.

For instance, a 2017 survey conducted by 国家语委 (the National Language Commission, the authoritative Chinese body on language policy), only 30% of people in Tibet had functional Mandarin proficiency (https://t.co/c345I6oVs0). In other words, Tibetan, not Mandarin, remains the dominant working language of daily life for the overwhelming majority of the population in Tibet.

Same story with Mongolian: according to China's Sixth National Census (2010), 85.25% of ethnic Mongols still used Mongolian in daily life (https://t.co/pBaRmyphOb).

Which means, as a starting point, that China already did a far better job than virtually any Western country at protecting their minority languages. Important context when we're speaking about Western media lecturing China on the topic...

Heck, a good case could be made that they did TOO GOOD a job given that - among some ethnic minorities - most people speak ONLY their regional language, and can't even speak Mandarin, which is actually one of the main points of the new law.

So let's look at this new law (full text here: https://t.co/sVFbcaN5qA).

Does it officially recognize and protect minority languages? Yes, the law literally says "The state respects and protects the learning and use of minority languages and scripts, promotes the regulation, standardization, and digitalization of minority languages."

Does it ban minority languages in schools? No. The new law does tilt education further toward Mandarin - requiring nationally unified textbooks and designating Mandarin as the basic language of instruction - but it does not abolish minority-medium schools (民族语授课学校 in Chinese, literally "minority-language-instruction schools") which can continue to operate with state funding in their respective regions.

Does it ban minority languages from government? No. Article 15 explicitly states that "where relevant laws require documents to be issued in minority languages, both the national common language version and the minority language version shall be provided" (依照有关法律规定需要使用少数民族语言文字发布文书的，应当同时提供国家通用语言文字版本和少数民族语言文字版本).

Does it ban minority languages from public signage? No. The law requires Mandarin to be displayed "prominently" alongside minority scripts in public settings - not instead of them.

Does it undermine autonomous regions? No. Article 8 of the new law explicitly reaffirms "upholding and improving the system of ethnic regional autonomy" (坚持和完善民族区域自治制度). Which means that the 1984 Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law remains in force, with their local regions' legal authority to adopt regulations suited to local ethnic conditions.

So all in all, what you CAN say is that the new law does indeed promote Mandarin and pushes to ensure every Chinese citizen can speak a common national language - which is, frankly, a pretty normal thing for any country to expect.

What you CANNOT say - unless you are writing propaganda rather than journalism - is that this law "squashes" 55 ethnicities. Actual squashing is hanging a wooden clog around a child's neck for speaking his mother tongue. Actual squashing would be making minority languages or culture anticonstitutional.

A law that funds minority-language preservation, preserves minority-medium schools, reaffirms regional autonomy, requires bilingual government documents and operates under a Constitution whose Article 4 guarantees all ethnic groups "the freedom to use and develop their own spoken and written languages and to preserve or reform their own traditions and customs" is not "squashing" anything.

It's a level of minority-language and cultural protection that the French Republic - or the UK - has never offered its own citizens in its entire existence.

[Archivo VAR @ArchivoVAR]

🚨💥 #𝗔𝗻𝗮́𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗔𝗩 | Con el gol anulado a Ferrán Torres, Barcelona acumula 4 errores del SAOT en la presente temporada.

❌ Es el mismo número de errores que la suma total de los restantes 19 equipos de LaLiga EA Sports.
https://t.co/j8tEHghpll

[Sjavlin @Sjavlin]

@partidazocope @RuizAntonito Hahaha puta Espanya

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️ Thierry Henry on Barcelona Vs Atletico Madrid both-leg officiating controversy:

“I’m sorry, but what did I just watch over two legs? Because that’s not football, that’s decisions deciding games.

First leg, you send off Cubarsí for that? Minimal contact, the boy barely touches him and suddenly it’s a red card that flips the entire tie. Then you have a clear handball inside the six-yard box from Pubill, he literally stops the ball with his hand like he’s playing basketball and VAR just… goes quiet? How is that even possible at this level?

Koke is out there doing late challenges, off-ball stuff all game, no cards. Not even a warning. But on the other side, Eric García gets a straight red when Koundé is literally right there to cover? So now we’re rewriting the ‘last man’ rule as we go?

And don’t get me started on Olmo, pushed from behind, clear as day, no penalty. Then you count the fouls Atlético made… how many yellows? Zero? Come on. You can’t tell me that’s normal.

Then Ferran scores, and we’re talking about offside on a rebound situation? That goal should stand. Simple.

At some point, you stop calling it ‘bad luck’ and you start asking real questions. Because when every big decision goes one way, it’s not coincidence anymore. Barcelona didn’t just lose this tie… they were taken out of it.”

[Zona Blaugrana @Zona_Blaugrana]

Esta sí, esta no... El doble rasero en penaltis. 😳

#ulc #ChampionsLeague

[Liger @EdbieLigerSmith]

Stalin gets condemned for conducting purges of the Russian Communist Party, but recent events should prove to you why purges are necessary in any revolutionary country that’s under attack from imperialism.

The Western narrative is that Stalin purged anyone who wasn’t loyal to him as an individual, but in reality he was purging the traitors & opportunists who wanted to sell out the country to foreign powers & lead to its destruction.

There was always a great deal of debate going on within the party, which goes to show that people weren’t just being shot over minor differences of opinion.

Today there are traitors and opportunistic elements in Venezuela & Iran who wanted to sell out their countries, as there were in Syria before the fall of Assad. And these elements should, or should have, been purged.

This is one reason why Xi Jinping is so popular with the masses in China. He has conducted large scale purges of corrupt and opportunistic elements from the ruling Communist Party, which have only allowed it to function more efficiently on behalf of the people.

Traore in Burkina Faso is another good example, as he has learned from the biggest mistake that the legendary Thomas Sankara ever made. Which was not purging from his Government of the traitorous elements that would eventually kill him in collaboration with Western Powers.

A purge is not undemocratic if you’re purging the elements which are disloyal to the masses of your country. In fact it’s quite the opposite.

[Roc Soler @RoccoZoller]

Avui us parlo de com era criticada l'immigració castellana des de l'esquerra catalana a principis del segle XX.

Per què? Doncs perquè el catalanisme modern només la sap criticar lligant-la al franquisme, i n'ignora la subversió causada per altres bandes.

Obro fil:

[CDR Catalunya #RevoltaPopular 🔥 @CDRCatOficial]

La retransmissió de la Nit de les Lletres Catalanes en directe va impedir a TV3 censurar el parlament independentista i pancatalà del flamant premi Sant Jordi de novel·la. Calen més veus com aquesta, i prendre'n exemple. Gràcies @carlesrebassa 💪👊

[Jordi Borràs @jordiborras]

Per què algú que no té el català com a llengua materna hauria de fer-lo servir si pot viure igual sent monolingüe espanyol a Catalunya? Fins que no es legisli en aquest sentit, no hi haurà futur pel català. Una llengua no es preserva fent-la simpàtica, sinó fent-la necessària.

[Sjavlin @Sjavlin]

@XaviAngelergues

[Sjavlin @Sjavlin]

@Marcss79 @annamas02 @gcapdevila @lluis_llach @somvera_cat Másmóvil no n'ha estat mai accionista, ni majoritari ni minoritari

[Kim Dorca @Savallsblog]

Trenco silenci de ràdio un moment.

El 155 està més viu que mai.

No només a la política, sinó arreu. Evidentment també ha fet cap a les eleccions del Barça.

L'actuació de l'estament arbitral contra el Barça i a favor del Madrid, no només es tradueix en punts a la classificació. També ha desestabilitzat l'equip blaugrana portant-lo fins la esquizofrènia. Els jugadors saben que juguen amb regles diferents que els demés, que els pitaran offside, que no ensenyaran targetes als contraris, que si es queixen els fotran fora del camp. El jove equip del Hansi Flick està perdent els papers davant de la realitat arbitral.

I en aquest context la premsa esportiva, la de sempre, només destaca les conseqüències d'aquesta feina d'erosió de la confiança dels jugadors del Barça. Acusa Hansi Flick de no tenir solucions. Acusa al seu sistema de perillós. Demana canvis, solucions i esclafa l'autoestima de la plantilla blaugrana.

La premsa del 155, dels Bartomeus, dels Godó, del PSC i la Corpo, prefereix destruir la idea d'equip de Hansi Flick des que el bo de l'entrenador del Barça va lligar el seu destí i renovació a la reelecció del Jan Laporta.

Faran tot el mal que puguin d'aquí al 15 de març. I sinó ja ho veureu.

[Joan Laporta Estruch @JoanLaportaFCB]

Tot el meu suport al Hansi Flick, als jugadors, al Deco i el seu equip. Amb la força de tots els culers estic convençut que tenim una oportunitat històrica per realitzar una gran remuntada a l’Spotify Camp Nou el proper 3 de març.
Malauradament ahir vam patir tot un seguit d’adversitats, des d’una gespa en males condicions a un gol mal anul·lat que no ens va permetre iniciar una remuntada que és possible a la tornada si tots junts donem suport i animem a l’equip com a les grans nits èpiques que hem viscut a l’Estadi.
Del gol mal anul·lat al Pau Cubarsí, plou sobre mullat perquè ens recorda el que ens van anul·lar a Lamine Yamal, també incorrectament a Anoeta. Res no és innocent. És per això que hem lluitar contra tot i contra tothom.
Ara mes que mai cal estar al costat dels nostres futbolistes. Demano als socis i sòcies i a tota l’afició que els feu notar l’estima que els tenim i com d’orgullosos ens fan sentir per com defensen els nostres colors.
Visca el Barça i visca Catalunya!

[Penya Almogàvers @PenyaAlmogavers]

Quan l'afició contrària rep el Barça amb banderes espanyoles, insulta amb crits de "puta Cataluña" i canta el 'Viva España" ens fa sentir orgullosos de ser catalans.
Mai ens fareu espanyols!
Visca el Barça i Visca Catalunya Lliure!

[EL 10 DEL BARÇA @10delBarca]

HILO: LOS ROBOS DEL REAL MADRID AL BARÇA EN LOS CLÁSICOS

Vamos a repasar los atracos de los blancos a los azulgranas. Va para largo 👇

[k🎱 @crtfydyapper]

real madrid