Info via KaosEn La Red adapted from a post in Spanish by ‘Raised Fist’ Puño en alto Posted on Mar 15, 2021

The Amnesty and ‘pact of forgetting’ that followed the Dictatorship in Spain was designed to create a new democracy. Passing over monstrous crimes to break the cycle of violence. But the catholic far right still has large control over the courts, army and police and inherits the stolen wealth of 40 years in absolute power. Now with a new fascist party rising and heavy police repression many see the ‘pact of forgetting’ to be a broken mistake, and Spain to be a papier-mâché democracy.

Exhumation in the vicinity of the Valdenoceda prison (Burgos), where ‘revenge victims’ were murdered during the Franco regime

In his time as the Spanish Minister of Commerce, Alberto Garzón was attacked from all sides for stating the obvious, that in Spain tourism is an industry with little added value and job insecurity.

The vice president, Pablo Iglesias,now resigning, has been pilloried for stating another obvious point, that in Spain there is a democratic abnormality.

His remark broke the taboo. The pact of forgetting. Speaking the obvious in Spain is a high-risk exercise.

Yet surely it is a democratic abnormality that the Spanish people were never consulted on the form of their State, especially when the former monarch, now fled, came to be head of the State by imposition of a fascist dictator ?

Surely it is a democratic abnormality that that the resigned and disgraced king, who fled the country to put distance from justice, is paid a Public Tribute for what supposedly he did forty years ago to preserve this ailing democracy, that has served to whitewash his criminal behavior. A Tribute directed and orchestrated by his own son who in turn has inherited the head of state from his father.

In France, a former president of the republic is investigated, tried and convicted, in Spain, a former head of state for similar crimes is allowed to flee with his booty…, and is honored.

The continued existence of tens of thousands of republican corpses from the fascist takeover in unexcavated mass graves says very little in favor of the quality and consistency of Spanish democracy. Nor does the ceremonial decoration of torturers from the dictatorship .

Democratic abnormality also refers to the fact that ;

*Justice is not the same, nor works in the same way for everyone and that in many cases it seems more like a joke than anything else;

Radical Solidarity. ACTIVISTS FROM pah VALLEKAS OCCUPY A BRANCH OF THE ‘BAD BANK’ WHICH WAS SET UP TO MANAGE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EVICTED HOMES

*Freedom of expression is more persecuted and penalized comparatively than corruption cases;

*That education and health are increasingly in private hands with an evident deterioration of public education and health;

policing an anti corruption demo in Madrid

*That the wealth of the country in all its expressions is not subject to the general interest, the most palpable cases being that of energy companies in the hands of multinationals whose commercial interests are far from the aforementioned general interest;

*That the media, a basic pillar in a democracy, be owned by banks and multinationals.

*Democratic abnormality is that in a country in which non-denominationalism and secularism must govern in Public Administrations, a certain and highly subsidized religious confession is not only present in said administrations, but also uses them at will, being protected from the very head of state.

*In the same way, it may seem a democratic abnormality that whoever denounces it, having the possibility and the political and legal tools to avoid said abnormality, cannot or does not dare to undertake the pertinent reforms and only remains in the manifestation of it.

Spaniards, in many respects, like the protagonist of the film “The Truman Show”, live a papier-mâché democracy as a reality television where reality is controlled and can change as it suits the interests of the person who directs the show.

adapted from a post in Spanish by ‘Raised Fist’ Puño en alto

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The catholic church and fascist controlled state colluded and still cover up the stealing and selling off of 300,000 babies of mothers deemed to be unfit or of anarchist families.

original en castellano

España, una Democracia de Cartón Piedra

Por Puño en alto Publicado el 15 Mar, 2021.

En su día al ministro de Comercio, Alberto Garzón, por decir la obviedad de que en España el turismo es una industria de escaso valor añadido y donde abunda la precariedad laboral, recibió palos por todos los lados. El vicepresidente, Pablo Iglesias, le han dicho de todo menos bonito por decir otra obviedad, referida en esta ocasión a que en España hay anormalidad democrática. Al parecer, decir obviedades es un ejercicio de alto riesgo.

Sin embargo, cabe preguntarse ¿qué es si no, una anormalidad democrática que el pueblo español no haya podido ser consultado expresamente sobre la forma de estado, máxime cuando el anterior monarca, ahora huido, llegó a la jefatura del estado por imposición de un dictador?

De la misma manera que supone una anormalidad democrática que a ese rey emérito huido del país para poner distancia con la justicia, se le haga un homenaje por lo que supuestamente y aún no demostrado del todo, hizo hace cuarenta años para preservar esta alicaída democracia, que ha servido para blanquear su comportamiento presuntamente delictivo. Homenaje dirigido y orquestado por su propio hijo que a su vez ha heredado la jefatura del estado de su padre. En Francia, a un expresidente de la república se le investiga, juzga y condena, en España, a un exjefe del estado por delitos similares se le permite que huya y se le homenajea.

La existencia todavía de decenas de miles de represaliados por la guerra civil enterrados en cunetas y fosas comunes dice muy poco a favor de la calidad y consistencia de nuestra democracia, así como, de torturadores de la dictadura condecorados.

Recent fascist demonstration in Malaga

Anormalidad democrática es que la Justicia no sea igual, ni funcione de la misma manera para todos y que en muchos casos parezca más un cachondeo que otra cosa; que la libertad de expresión esté más perseguida y penada comparativamente que los casos de corrupción; que la educación y la sanidad estén cada vez más en manos privadas con un evidente deterioro de la educación y sanidad públicas; que la riqueza del país en todas sus expresiones no esté sujeta al interés general, siendo los casos más palpables, el de las energéticas en manos de multinacionales cuyos intereses comerciales distan mucho del referido interés general; que los medios de comunicación, pilar básico en una democracia, sean de propiedad de los bancos y multinacionales.

Anormalidad democrática es que en un país en el que debe regir la aconfesionalidad y laicismo en las Administraciones Públicas, una determinada y muy subvencionada confesión religiosa, no solo esté presente en dichas administraciones, sino que se sirve a su antojo de ellas, estando amparada desde la propia jefatura del estado.

De la misma manera, puede parecer una anormalidad democrática que quien la denuncia, teniendo la posibilidad y las herramientas políticas y legales para evitar dicha anormalidad no pueda o no se atreva acometer las reformas pertinentes y tan solo se quede en la manifestación de la misma.

Los españoles, en muchos aspectos, a igual que el protagonista de la película “El Show de Truman”, vivimos una democracia de cartón piedra a modo de reality televisivo donde la realidad está controlada y puede ir cambiando según convenga a los intereses de quien dirige el show.

Puño en Alto