In Spain, the street is dead. They are there, the street is the only place where we can see them. In recent decades we have granted in Western culture to the death of our most shameful and we have banished fears and away from our existence, taking it out of our homes, removing even our language (not that we attract to the name). Thus we started out, and even death to hide constructing buildings for funerals, or connected with them, replacing the old home funerals. The death happened to be a public element to private, individual and intimate. And this denial of death leads directly to the need for someone to take care of the dead: Life, cremation, obituaries in the newspapers ... but the dead also have political awareness, in Spain the dead are invisible until someone calls a demonstration. It is then when they appear, without exception. In the excellent novel by Jorge Carrion, "Los Muertos", which is done is raise debate, absurd, whether or not we are responsible for the abuse, torture and death of the fictional characters. A week ago they went out into the street, protesting the crimes of the Franco regime following the complaint of Judge Garzon. One wonders if it will when you start the trial for bribery of the judge to get money from Banco Santander for some courses. We'll see if the dead come to show their unconditional support Garzón and this time I leave you alone. The dead did not dispute the legal validity or otherwise of the complaint, took to the streets to express that follow here, and that political thought in this country not the living but they lead. A few years ago when the Socialist government negotiated a truce with the terrorist group ETA, the dead terrorist out into the street, we saw huge demonstrations with black and white photos with their families in front of the demonstration. Like a kind of emotional blackmail it were, the dead live reminded that they should not seek a peaceful solution. And nobody complained that the dead themselves did not go into the streets when other governments of different political negotiation also searched. Or when the Church took to the streets carrying pictures of destroyed fetuses to criticize the change in abortion law. In Spain, the policy is dead. La dirigen, la controlan. Uno podría creer que son los vivos los que utilizan a sus muertos como argumento político a falta de ideas, pero es al revés. Hemos negado a la muerte, pero ellos han regresado de una forma pacífica, se asocian y ejercen el derecho a manifestarse. La calle es suya. Y su voto cuenta, claro. Algunos han conseguido hasta un escaño en el Senado.
Carlos C.
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