I can confirm that this is the most democratic sport in the world! Literally!
What I saw impressed me deeply. Of course, it all looks very unsafe, even dangerous. But these people have trained very thoroughly and know well what they are doing. Every step, every movement is developed in advance through lengthy training sessions. Yet the main takeaway is that this is how Catalans learn to mobilize together very quickly, to completely rely on one another, and to find a shared balance in a single breath, level by level, closer and closer to the goal. Families, friends, children, parents, and grandparents, Catalans of all nationalities and races unite this way. The stability of the tower is built on universal mutual reliance and trust. It is genuine, true human democracy, a manifestation of family and universal values without loud words, with a real sense of shared effort. The casteller movement is extraordinarily popular across Catalonia.
Here might lie the answer to the Catalan secret: the ability to mobilize very quickly, to cooperate productively and successfully to achieve great and beautiful goals. They have been learning and practicing this for decades, even centuries. Few sports in the world can be so unifying for people of all ages, genders, and nationalities at once. I think this tradition will allow Catalans to build their tower to achieve the highest goal.
They know what it means to have a shared shoulder, common stability, trust, and the courage to climb toward very complex summits. Castellers are ready for it in literally a couple of minutes. Nothing characterizes a nation better than its shared passions and traditions. The casteller movement is an impressive and beautiful testament to the Catalan spirit.
As I mentioned before: for the Balts, the choir movement was the mobilizing force; for Catalans, these clubs undoubtedly build the spirit of national unity. Casteller competitions and performances are admired by anyone who has had the good fortune to see them in person. It is only the fifth day of my trip, and once again I am truly amazed. From this day on, I look upon the castellers as heroes.
Notably, another tradition popular in Spain - bullfighting - has been banned by law in Catalonia for several years. Madrid is trying to force Catalonia to lift this ban. But Catalans do not want to allow an elaborate show of animal killing in their land. In the Catalan view, this is a brutally cruel practice unworthy of a civilized European society. The Spanish authorities disagree. Interestingly, Spanish media interpret this ban as politically motivated. In fact, several years ago, non-political animal welfare organizations requested the ban on brutal bullfighting. Seeing public support for this initiative, the Catalan Parliament banned this terrible medieval tradition. Their choice is the remarkably democratic casteller movement.
Such clubs are everywhere in Catalonia; hundreds of people from other countries come to learn, and the @BBC and other major world media dedicate special films to this unusual tradition. Shoulder to shoulder, level upon level, shared calm, shared balance, shared trust, a shared goal, shared courage, shared summits, and hearts in a single rhythm. That is the story of the Catalan castellers. That is Catalonia!
Fue despedido de su trabajo por decir a los perroflautas de Sol que se pusieran a trabajar.
Objeto de risas y todo tipo de insultos por parte de la izmierda.
Hoy, Angel Gaitán le ha dado un puesto d trabajo mejor q el que tenía. ¡Grande!
¡Hacemos repost y q se jodan los zurdos!
OCTOBER 7, 2023: SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
Libi Cohen-Meguri, a 22-year-old infantry officer, went to the Nova music festival.
She was shot while fleeing the party. At 8:11 a.m., she called her parents and said:
“I’ve been shot in the stomach, I’ve been shot in the arm, I’m losing blood. I’m going to die.”
Calmly, quietly, she understood; these were the last minutes of her life.
She asked her parents to call Tomer, her twin brother, and Maya, her little sister, and said:
“I’m going to die. I just want you to listen to me.
I love you, Yariv. You’re the best father I could have asked for.
Mom, stop screaming. Just listen to me. You are the best mother we could have ever had. Don’t forget to be a good mother to Tomer and Maya after I die.
Tomer, how lucky we were to live this life together. I love you.
My Maya, never forget—you are the treasure of my life.”
When she finished speaking, her parents told her to get out of the car, lie down on the road, and pretend to be dead.
With her last bit of strength, she got out of the car and laid down on the road.
“Mom, they’re coming to shoot me again,” Libi said after lying down.
While her mother listened on the phone, shouts in Arabic could be heard, and then a barrage of gunfire.
It didn’t stop.
It kept going, until the call was disconnected.
And that’s how Libi died—with demonic beasts from the pit of hell standing over her and emptying a full magazine into her body.
Libi died with LOVE on her lips: love for life, love for her family, and love for her people.
Her memory will forever be a blessing.
NEVER FORGET.
NEVER FORGIVE.
NEVER AGAIN IS NOW.
Israel is hunting down every single Palestinian and Hamas terrorist who participated in the October 7th Massacre—to kill them all.
They’re living on “borrowed time,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Sooner or later, every one of these monsters will be found and eliminated.
No vam anar a l’exili a defensar els partits polítics de cadascú sinó a defensar institucions i drets del poble de Catalunya greument amenaçats pel 155 i la repressió policial i judicial, i en tornarem de la mateixa manera: no pas al servei del nostre partit sinó al servei del nostre país.
El que s’ha acordat avui obliga a acabar l’etapa de repressió política que hem patit des de fa més de nou anys perquè vam votar per la independència del nostre país. Nou anys d’utilització impròpia dels poders judicials per interferir en un conflicte que pertanyia i pertany a la política i que correspon a la política, no als jutges, de resoldre.
En termes de la relació Catalunya-Espanya avui no se soluciona res. L’amnistia forma part de la fórmula per a la resolució del conflicte històric que existeix entre Catalunya i Espanya, però l’amnistia no és en si mateixa la seva solució.
Intentar la mort civil dels líders independentistes, dels líders socials i dels activistes mobilitzats, és propi dels règims autoritaris i, per tant, és inacceptable en una democràcia europea. El que dèiem el primer dia a la primera roda de premsa quan vam arribar a l’exili és perfectament vàlid nou anys després.
Vull posar en valor la determinació i els resultats de l’estratègia de l’exili. Ho hem aconseguit mantenint una posició basada en quatre principis que hem respectat escrupolosament:
1. La defensa de les institucions i la legitimitat de les seves decisions en contra de tot intent de sotmetre-les al caprici repressor espanyol.
2. La defensa política dels nostres drets fonamentals per aconseguir un marc jurídic que els blindi millor del que no estaven l’any 2017.
3. El caràcter irrenunciable del dret a l’autodeterminació i a les accions unilaterals de caràcter democràtic i pacífic que s’escaiguin quan ja s’hagin esgotat totes les vies i intents de solució negociada.
4. El manteniment del sentit polític de l’exili i, per tant, el refús a tot itinerari personal per resoldre la situació particular de cadascú. Vam decidir anar a l’exili a fer política i no hem parat fins a assegurar que el retorn tingui també sentit polític.
Avui és un dia molt especial per a les nostres famílies, per als nostres amics i per a tota la gent que de manera incansable ens ha acompanyat i ens acompanya des del primer dia. Mai, mai no ens han deixat sols. A totes elles els donem les gràcies i els dediquem emocionats la victòria de l’amnistia.
Horrific footage of two young girls running for their lives while a Palestinist chased them down like prey.
He shot the first girl in the back as she desperately tried to escape. The second froze, turned around, and begged him not to kill her.
He executed her anyway, without the slightest hesitation.
This is what Palestinists from Gaza did on October 7.
Never forget.
Nos vamos a elecciones generales por este anciana vividora que se ha reventado la pensión de 20 años en el bingo
España se la cuentas a alguien y no se la cree