Forcades
Teresa: 'If the Constitutional Court declared illegal the query will be
the great moment of organized civil disobedience'
The leader of the constitutional process examines a range of issues, from the need to create a front left to the Hill case
Phone call Teresa Forcades subversive Festival has been held in the Croatian town of Sibenik. Militant anti-capitalist movements have been met to find alternative models to the current. Forcades that relieves writer based in London Tariq Ali is one of the invited guests. There Catalan spoken about the case.
- What kind of festival presents, Sibenik?
, One of the organizers Horvat is the philosopher, Slavoj Zizek with coauthor of The PIDE the word 'sur'. The participants of the festival are those who believe that there are alternatives to the crisis, but lack of political will. It is not true that we have to move the dichotomy between a capitalist economy and a centralized economy. Who has desire for freedom can not long for Soviet socialism nor capitalism accepted in the United States. Both despise democracy. We can not call it democracy if the people below do not take into account. This idea floating festival. In a discussion with the audience. Take part in a talk to explain why this is happening in Catalonia can be read as an inspiration for them here in Croatia.
- Sign that there is interest.
Both citizen mobilization of Catalonia as we can surprise the European
elections are signs of hope that can become the backbone of grassroots
movements throughout Europe. Sometimes we are pioneers and we do not realize until you leave.
- As a Christian, I speak to Hill. 'I think an excellent example to make the following criticism. We have a system in which economic interests prevail over the rest. The only way to govern honestly in such a system is to go against. That is, the government should promote policies rupture. I denounce collusion between economic power and political power.
When the parties have governed --and this is true for Catalonia, in
Spain and unfortunately for all European and capitalist coneixem-- when
parties say that they have sent the system we have is enough good and
you can work it in and not against, that inevitably accompanies a think
that corruption is systemic.
That said, as I ask for the Hill case, I have to say that European
Christian Democracy, and CiU is within this context, is a movement that
uses the name of Christ and it is not. And social democracy and social uses of the name is not. The priority of the gospel with the less fortunate has been constantly betrayed.
- Lack little to Day. Process Component summon everyone, from the section of the ANC at the junction Passeig de Gracia and Diagonal. We are in V, us. We will stick to that call to Grace. Symbol of fascist power and militarism. And we will be in front of the Deutsche Bank. We surrounded the box last year and this year surrounding the Deutsche Bank. The constitutional process continues to believe that we can not wait to try the social question. The reality is not expected. Say say, now decisions are against the popular will. The monarchy, for example. If a majority of Catalans do not want the monarchy, as we have not been able to vote for this? Decision has been made on our behalf. The other is debt. A debt that unless we remove the above rather have the generations.
Or the FTA negotiating the United States and the European Union, or
agreements with the Government of Israel's military industry. We can not wait. The corruption we should pursue before prescribed. The dismantling of public health must be stopped now. We can not wait.
- The constitutional process only for the right to decide. -The constitutional process was not only in favor of the right to decide not. We ask yes-yes. I do this because for many people the process of independence is desirable 'to be'. But the other thing: because there are people in the process who want true federalism. By this we mean that we do not like to use the term 'federalism' as an excuse to stop the sovereign process. To agree with reasonable conditions we first claim that sovereignty and exercise it.
- How should act if the Spanish Constitutional Court declared illegal the query? It would be the great moment of civil disobedience organized, peaceful, creative, persistent, forceful.
Disobey the likely illegality of the query to be undemocratic and,
according to some experts such as Santiago Vidal, contrary to
international law.
If we dare to stand up now, who do dare to believe that a unilateral
declaration of independence following hypothetical plebiscite?
- Keep the idea of general strike? -This idea I have never abandoned. The only downside I see is if we are not organized for the next day. I imagine how it must be an indefinite strike, a strike can bring down a government.
But whether there are vague or not, the key is to articulate a united
front capable of breaking appear the elections and win them. A majority deal, that Catalonia should be formed by the CUP, We, ICV EUiA and constitutional process.
Unit and can only be conceived as unity in diversity and be able to
attract as many voters who expect a sign of maturity of options left. In any case, I think we can not replace consultation with elections. Do not delegate the decision about the independence party representative. The consultation should be done. The people should be expressed directly.
- How to evaluate such initiatives can and win?
'I was glad they had the results. I think it is impossible for a single political force break. Must be for sure a united front. And part of the population that had not been mobilized, mobilizes the can. I can do that same win in Barcelona. Mobilize people who had not been mobilized. I would like to win that won Barcelona.
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