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Poli, ¿Está a favor del Norte o del Sur? ¿Fue la guerra civil americana sobre la esclavitud o algo más? ¿El Sur resucitará de nuevo? Last edited by Villa; March 27, 2013 at 11:38 AM. |
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I am probably going to get stones from both sides, but here it goes:
I grew up in Spain during Franco's regime, so my point of view is that of someone with first-hand, personal experience. Back then Spain was a jewel of a country, absolute peace and order, very little crime, the economy was great, unemployment was minimal. People were happy and there were zero politics. In all the 18 years I spent there I never saw a jeep full of armed soldiers go by. If you have visited any countries in Latin America you know what I am talking about. I am sure there was a secret police (somewhere) but the ordinary people never had any contact with them. What I experienced was most definitely not a police state. To be sure, there was always a certain amount of resentment about the Civil War (which is how Franco got into power) but in general most people just wanted to put the thing behind and move on with their lives. These days when I read biographies set in Franco's time and histories of the period it is hard to even recognize which country they are talking about ... is it the same country that I experienced? Just for the record, I am a democrat and a liberal, not a conservative, and least of all a fascist. |
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Hi, Mekdroid.
You will not get stones from me. Not at all. I must say that you speak sooth, to a great degree. There is a lot of "black propaganda" about Franco, and there is also the infamous connections he had with Hitler and Mussolini, yet, the economy in Spain, particularly during the 60s and the 70s, went up. And there was work in abundance... I was there. And it was a "relief" to have a "transcition" to "Democracy"... but the subject may be a bit more complex than what we can say here... At any rate, good to have you around!
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Yes, I have to admit that the switch to a democratic system was a relief (I was there when it happened), basically because at the very end the entire fascist political rigmarole was crumbling down, an anachronism. Actually, I was very happy about the way it was done, which for Spain was uncharacteristically peaceful, and we certainly don't have a particularly good record in that respect. Glad to see that other people who were there agree that the place was not a little piece of Hell on earth ... it wasn't Heaven either, but at least for an exiled Cuban it was a perfectly good country. |
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Tú lo has dicho, chaval, tú lo has dicho.
(I was 12 years old when Franco died... and I was living in Barcelona and must agree with your viewpoint...)
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Es claro que no estaba allí, pero he oido que había mucha censura y los idiomas españolas estaban prohibidas menos el castellano. El divorcio fue prohibido porque las reglas de la iglesia eran las reglas del estado. Creo que la mayoría de la gente viven en paz debajo la regla de dictador ponen el más ciego si no preguntan mucho. Si preguntan, terminan desaparecido o en la cárcel entonces todo el mundo sano queda felizamente ignorante como el dicho en ingles ignorance is bliss. Hay una variedad de dictaduras y algunas dictatuduras son peores que otras. Franco no era Hitler.
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Spanish Civil War is a complicated subject. In 1936 Government in Spain was Second Republic, when Franco, a General, leading the Army, came in the capital (Madrid) by force and seized power in a coup. In this moment, poblation was divided in two: a) Who supported Military Forces and Franco (Nationalist); b) Who defended Second Republic Government (Republicans), which had been illegally stopped.
Many people didn´t have politics, they were into a side or another only depending on city they lived. Sometimes in one family there were members from two sides. This is a "civil war", brothers killing brothers. Most of the intelectuals were in Republic Size, because they knew tha a coup d´etat was the first step to get a dictatorship. And a dictatorship is the worst government. They were right, and Spain has consecuences yet. We lost a whole generation of scientist, intelectuals, writers, pinters, journalist... And this is something than could be felt many years later. War´s main problem was that this was an unbalanced war, because Nationals had weapons, they were the Spanish Army, and Republicans barely had few guns. In spite of this, War was during three long years and consecuences more than three decades. |
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Aprovecho este foro para hacer una puntualización al comentario de Poli a propósito de la "prohibición" durante el régimen franquista de toda lengua que no fuera el Castellano. Hay numerosas causas para la confusión, de hecho, las razones esgrimidas para justificar el golpe del 18 de julio del 36, no fueron sólo una eventual deriva de los gobiernos republicanos hacia revoluciones socialistas, sino también, la declaración unilateral de independencia de partes de España como Cataluña, que de hecho llegó a producirse el 6 de octubre de 1934. El régimen franquista, fue ciertamente centralista (como lo es la República Francesa) y en sus administraciones públicas y su enseñanza únicamente se utilizaba el Castellano o Español, sin embargo, su uso no estaba prohibido fuera de estos ámbitos. A modo de anécdota, mi propia madre, hija de un combatiente del "bando nacional", aprendió sus primeras palabras en Barcelona y resultó que cuando mi abuelo fue destinado a Valladolid, ella hablaba prácticamente sólo en Catalán.
Por otro lado, el mismo tratamiento franquista es el que hoy recibe el Castellano en la administración y la enseñanza catalanas, a pesar de que sus propios tribunales hayan declarado ya en sentencias, que su política lingüística va contra la vigente Constitución. Franco fue, es cierto, un dictador y un general golpista, aplicó la normativa militar a los civiles condenando a muerte a numerosas personas que seguramente fueron inocentes en muchos casos, eso impide justificar moralmente cualquiera de sus actuaciones; pero hoy ¿qué justificación tienen los actuales gobiernos democráticos de Cataluña para excluir la lengua común de sus organismos oficiales? La mayoría de los españoles sospechamos desde hace tiempo lo que han estado tramando y hoy casi ya han conseguido. Únicamente periodistas y políticos han preferido mirar a otro lado. (Como se ve, algunos elementos de la guerra civil, han permanecido muy vivos a pesar de los años)l. Last edited by explorator; July 24, 2013 at 07:06 AM. |
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Un poco de la traducción para que nuestra comunidad de habla Inglés puede entender lo que se dice. I take advantage of this forum to make a point to comment about Poli "ban" during the Franco regime of all the languages except Castilian. There are numerous causes for confusion, in fact, the reasons given to justify the coup of July 18, 36, was not only an eventual drift toward socialist revolutions republican governments, but also the unilateral declaration of independence of parts of Spain such as Catalonia, which actually happened October 6, 1934. The Franco regime was certainly centralist (as is the French Republic) and in their public administrations and teaching only used the Castilian or Spanish, however, its use was not prohibited outside these areas. As an anecdote, my own mother, daughter of a fighter "national side", he learned his first words in Barcelona and found that when my grandfather was sent to Valladolid, she spoke almost exclusively in Catalan. On the other hand, the same treatment is now Franco receives the Castilian in Catalan government and education, even though its own court rulings have declared already that its language policy goes against the current Constitution. Franco was, indeed, a dictator and coup general, military regulations applied to civilians sentenced to death many innocent people were probably in many cases, this prevents any morally justify their actions, but now what justification have Catalonia current democratic governments to exclude the common language of their agencies? Most Spanish suspect long they have been up and now almost have already achieved. Only journalists and politicians have preferred to look away. (As you can see, some elements of the civil war, have remained very much alive despite the years) l. Last edited by Villa; July 25, 2013 at 09:52 AM. |
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Manuel Chaves Nogales - A sangre y fuego
Quién quiera entender la Guerra Civil española y la sociedad de aquel momento tiene que leer el libro A sangre y fuego de Manuel Chaves Nogales.
Es un periodista liberal, que no era de izquierdas ni derechas, él se definía como un pequeño burgués liberal que no se casó con nadie, sólo con el periodismo. Chaves Nogales perteneció a la denominada Tercera España. La que había en medio republicanos y falangistas. Este es el magnífico prólogo del libro: http://molibdenomolar.blogspot.com.e...de-manuel.html un saludo desde España |
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Magnífico, y te quedas corto. Me parece genial.
![]() Creo que el prólogo no sólo resiste el paso del tiempo, (se podría haber escrito ayer), sino que adquiere un impacto “atemporal” que “desde el punto de vista de lo eterno” (sub specie aeternitatis) refleja un verdad imperecedera y auténtica. Muchas gracias por este enlace. ¡Un saludo desde el caluroso sur de California! ![]()
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Chaves Nogales tiene también una magnífica biografía de Juan Belmonte, matador de toros. Os lo recomiendo, es magnífico. Y su escritura clara y sencilla. un saludo a California. |
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Gracias por la recomendación. Y me alegro de que estés por estos foros... por cierto, ¡Bienvenido!
California entera ha sido saludada... y te/os devuelve el saludazo... ¡Salu2!
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