Pedro Sánchez attended an event called “against censorship and in defense of the freedom of creation” this Friday, convened by cultural leaders, to express his support for the sector after plays such as “Orlando”, a classic by Virginia Woolf, were staged in town halls governed by PP and Vox were censored in Valdemorillo (Madrid), which deals with feminism and transsexuality, and the animated film Lightyear in Santa Cruz de Bezana (Cantabria), in which two women kiss.
“Freedom of expression and creation is essential in a democratic society like ours and what we have seen over the last few weeks is an outrageous exchange of principles for armchairs that not only affects the rights of women and the collective LGBTI. “ We also see censorship taking hold in municipalities, cities and autonomous communities where films and plays were banned 100 years ago. “In other words, something absolutely unthinkable,” declared the district president ahead of the event, which was added to his agenda late Thursday. It wasn’t the only novelty: Sánchez held a meeting yesterday in Santander that was not scheduled before Monday’s face-to-face meeting with Alberto Núñez Feijóo and that Ferraz and La Moncloa want to leave behind as soon as possible after unfulfilled expectations .
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“It is very important to assert as a PSOE candidate that the freedom of creativity and expression of our artists cannot even be allowed to go backwards. We must reaffirm our will to continue as we have done these four years by recognizing rights, increasing the budget to 2,800 million and taking public measures to empower our young people, such as the culture bonus, together with the social protections we have given to artists during the pandemic. “By my presence I want to say that the PSOE supports the world of culture and that we will not allow any regression in freedom of expression and creativity and that the best way to fight censorship is voting,” stressed Sánchez, urging the people to vote on July 23 before attending the Against Censored Coexistence rally. According to his statement, the President of the Executive Branch has not taken questions from the media. He will hold a meeting in Valencia this Saturday and another in Barcelona on Sunday.
“The intent of this law is to shout very loudly that the culture is united. See you at the elections,” said the moderator of the meeting, film director and screenwriter Azucena Rodríguez. Culture Minister Miquel Iceta also attended the event, which brought together leading figures in Spanish culture such as Luis García Montero, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Ríos, Miguel Rellán, José Carlos Plaza, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Rosa León and Kiti. “When I was covering this play in 2017, the last thing on my mind was that it might be censored,” lamented playwright Vanessa Martínez. The Association of Authors and Playwrights of Spain has expressed its outrage at the cancellation of Orlando in Valdemorillo, which the Teatro de Fondo ensemble attributes to an “ideological veto” by Vox. The association represents more than 400 professionals in Spain. “When fascism walks through the door, the first thing that goes out the window is freedom of speech. Today they censor, tomorrow we censor ourselves,” added actress María Morales.
“Talking about censorship is talking about the plight of those who are unable to feel freedom. The sight of free people makes them sick and they have so much hate and resentment inside that they cannot escape it. “The only way to stop them is to go to the polls with a clear vision to stop them, because if you don’t, this country will die after so long and after the tears and blood that so many have left behind , return,” filmmaker Marisa Paredes warned in the same vein. . “You start by canceling works, and in the end you cut people,” actor Miguel Rellán condemned in front of around 200 people. “I come from the land of censorship, from a dictatorship that ended in another dictatorship, and it must be clear that this struggle is fundamental,” concluded Nicaraguan poet and writer Gioconda Belli, thanking the governor for his support thanked.
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After the fact, Iceta posted a photo on his Twitter account in which he can be seen with three copies of the Catalan children’s magazines Cavall Fort and Camacuc, which the Municipality of Burriana (Castellón), formed by PP and Vox, wants to withdraw from the municipal library . “Today, as part of the reading of various manifestos in favor of culture and censorship, copies of banned children’s magazines were distributed. On 23-J we will vote against censorship,” he declared. Vox councilor and municipal culture chief Jesús Albiol justified the decision not to continue “promoting Catalan separatism with the money of the people of Burriano”.
Then the former governor José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has accused PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo of casting “a shadow of doubt” over postal voting. “Only Donald Trump and the far right of the world do that,” Zapatero accused in an interview on La Sexta, in which he called on the popular candidate “if he has the courage to say that the electoral system is exemplary”. “In no election has the PSOE raised even a shadow of a doubt about the result, either in the postal vote or in the satellite vote, and so has the PP in the last two election campaigns,” criticized the socialist leader, for whom Feijóo “did very bad intentions”.
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