The senate of the University of #Barcelona (UB) approves a motion calling for the university to break all institutional and academic ties with Israel, including centers, research institutes, companies, and other institutions in Israel
Today in Labor History April, 21, 1913: Andre Soudy and Raymond Callemin, members of the anarchist Bonnot Gang, were executed. Callemin had started the individualist paper "L'anarchie" with author and revolutionary Victor Serge. The Bonnot Gang was a band of French anarchists who tried to fund their movement through robberies in 1911-1912. The Bonnot Gang was unique, not only for their politics, but for their innovative use of technology, too. They were among the first to use cars and automatic rifles to help them steal, technology that even the French police were not using. While many of the gang members were sentenced to death, Serge got five years and eventually went on to participate in (and survive) the Barcelona and Soviet uprisings. Later, while living in exile, Serge wrote The Birth of Our Power, Men in Prison, Conquered City, and Memoirs of a Revolutionary.
Wassermangel in Katalonien hat auch Folgen für den Tourismus
In Barcelona heißt es auf unübersehbaren Plakaten: "Dürre! Helfen Sie Wasser sparen". Seit drei Jahren regnet es in Katalonien zu wenig. Auch für den Tourismus hat das Folgen - und zwar recht unterschiedliche. Von S. Kisters.
When I was photographing birds with a very long lens on the empty beach south of #Barcelona's airport, this magnificent gentleman waved to me, pointed to himself, and immediately struck a pose. I fired off this frame, we shared a laugh from 50m apart, and went on our respective ways.
a o 20:00 "#ElClassico", final Superpucharu Hiszpanii - #Barcelona vs #RealMadryt (to drugie ogladam tylko po to, zeby zobaczyc ile Barca dostanie ;) )
Sedzia, ktory prowadzi spotkanie #Barcelona vs. #Valencia ma cokolwiek oryginalne (szczegolnie jak na lige hiszpanska) podejscie do gwizdania fauli i wyciagania kartek 🧐
Kelatkaa, että meillä Suomessa yliopistot julistautuu kilvan "epäpoliittisiksi", koska pelätään persujen ja niiden fanijoukon reaktioita.
Näin Barcelonan yliopistolla. 💪
Today in Labor History November 17, 1947: Revolutionary and author Victor Serge died. Serge lived in Paris in the early 20th century, where he was loosely associated with the Bonnot gang of anarchist bank robbers, and where he collaborated with Raymond Callemin on the newspaper L’anarchie. He was in Barcelona during their anarchist uprising and contributed to the CNT’s newspaper, “Tierra y Libertad.” He went to Russia in 1918, initially in support of the communists. However, he quickly became disillusioned with the repressive, autocratic rule, criticized the party and was imprisoned. He wrote numerous books, including the classic “Birth of Our Power” and his autobiographical “Memoirs of a Revolutionist.”
Today I'm attempting #Heidelberg-#Madrid by #rail in one day. 6 trains from #tram to #TGV. Made train no 1 at 6:39. ETA in Madrid is 23:45.
Biggest challenge might be the regional train to Mannheim. Due to illness of personnel at least 1 of the 3 trains I could take simply isn't running, which means that one of the others will be crowded and hence delayed ...
Navigated #Paris Metro in no time, stood at the gate to the #TGV that would get me to Lyon Part Dieu in time and ... "go to customer service, you need a reservation".
Of course the train was gone after that. Fuckers?
Now I'm on a TGV that only runs to Lyon Airport (30min train/taxi to Lyon Part Dieu) and also stops at Valence, like my onward train to #Barcelona. But: one train stops at Valence Ville, the other at Valence TGV, 20min distance.
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
This solid bronze statuette of the Roman god #Jupiter (associated with #Zeus) was probably part of the domestic furnishings of a Roman 'domus' or 'villa'. The highest deity in the Roman pantheon, he is the god of international relations and guarantees the observation of treaties.
🏛️ Bronze statuette, #ancientRome, 1st century CE. Today in the Museu d’Art Medieval, #Barcelona.