Josep Alsina

Josep Alsina Calvés (born in Ripoll, 1954), is an activist for Spanish Nationalism.[1] Former president of far-right organisation Somatemps[2][3][4][5][6][7] and director of the magazine Nihil Obstat.[3] He also was one of the founders of Catalan Civil Society (SCC, Societat Civil Catalana).[6][7]

He has graduated in Biology at University of Barcelona,[3] did a Master's degree in History of Sciences[3] and obtained a PhD in Philosophy at Autonomous University of Barcelona.[3][8] He has worked as a secondary school teacher of Natural Sciences.[4] Other intellectual work involves publications related to Natural History, biotechnology, philosophy and politics.[3]

In 2015 Josep Alsina participated in a debate at Catalunya Ràdio with Jordi Borràs.[7] In the debate Josep Alsina ideology and activism are discussed as well as Borràs investigation tasks. Alsina claimed that Borràs does tabloid journalism, while Borràs showed photographs of Alsina participating in events with people aligned with the far-right. Alsina's political past was also explained, talking about his membership to different far-right political parties. Nihil Obstat Holocaust denial was also discussed. Alsina defends that the magazine recognises it existed, but that it has been mystified because it has not been a unique event. Alsina stated that in history have existed many genocides. He also said that Hitler had the intention of creating a Jew State in Madagascar, that nazism did not think at first to commit extermination, but total migration (Madagascar Plan), extermination was not a must. During the debate Alsina denied that Juan Antonio Llopart, administrator of the publisher of Nihil Obstat, had been guilty of making Holocaust apology. Alsina alleged that after Llopart's condemn to two and half years by the Barcelona Court, he was absolved by the Supreme court of Spain. However, the supreme court alleged that the diffusion of ideas by Nihil Obstat justifying the Holocaust is only punishable if the text encouraged to commit them.[9]

In 2016 he received the award Ramiro de Maeztu.[10]

In May 2018 he received the award Pascual Tamburri Bariain to the best short essay, given by the publication Revista Razón Española and Asociación Cultural Ruta Norte.[1][3]

Politics

At the age of 17 he entered the neo-Nazi NSSP,[7][11] the National Socialist Spanish Party (Partido Español Nacional Socialista in Spanish, PENS). Later on he left for New Force (Fuerza Nueva in Spanish).[7][11] After New Force he entered the MSR[7] and SyL.[7][11] Around 2011 - 2013 he joined Somatemps.[6] At the same time he contributed to the foundation Catalan Civil Society but left it shortly after.[6][7] As part of his focus on nationalism he directs the far-right publication Nihil Obstat.[7][11]

His political claims revolve around the hispanity of Catalonia. He considers himself as hispanist, not constitutionalist.[12] He describes the concept of hispanist as the person who believes in a Spain formed by a single political entity, which opposes the multiple nationalities and political entities of Spain developed through the centuries in the Iberian Peninsula:

In the hispanist version, which is the one we (Somatemps) defend, Spain is a single political nation, heir of a previous structure, the Hispanic Empire

— Josep Alsina

He also defends the theory of indoctrination into Catalan nationalism through the Catalan education system ("adoctrinamiento" in Castilian Spanish),[12] theory supported by right-wing parties and associations of Spain.[13][14][15] However, social studies do not find causality between children national identification and educational system.[16][17]

References
  1. "El activista catalán Josep Alsina, "Premio de ensayo corto Pascual Tamburri Bariain"". lasvocesdelpueblo (in Spanish). 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. "CARTA ABIERTA DE JOSEP ALSINA CALVÉS A LOS ASOCIADOS, SIMPATIZANTES Y AMIGOS DE SOMATEMPS" (in Spanish). 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  3. "Josep Alsina i Calvés gana el "Premio de Ensayo corto Pascual Tamburri Bariain"". La Tribuna del País Vasco (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  4. "ENTREVISTA A Josep Alsina: "Sueño con una Cataluña hispánica"" (in Spanish). 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. TV3, Arriba España (in Catalan), retrieved 2018-05-27
  6. "Diccionari de l'extrema dreta a Catalunya, de la A a la Z". Crític (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-07-19. Actualment, la direcció de Somatemps la formen Josep Alsina (president), Xavier Codorniu (secretari) i Xavier Brustenga. Tant Alsina com Codorniu són impulsors d’SCC malgrat que Alsina va declarar haver-se desvinculat de l’entitat després d’assistir a algunes reunions. Josep Alsina és un destacat militant de l’extrema dreta catalana, va militar al Partido Español Nacional Socialista (PENS), a FN, a l’MSR i actualment es troba també a l’òrbita de SyL.
  7. "Jordi Borràs posa en evidència l'ultradretà Josep Alsina a Catalunya Ràdio". VilaWeb.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  8. Barcelona, Universitat Autonoma de. "Professors que dirigeixen tesis inscrites al Programa de Doctorat en Filosofia (2006 - )". www.uab.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  9. "El Tribunal Supremo absuelve a cuatro neonazis que difundían ideas a favor del Holocausto - RTVE.es". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2018-08-06. Esa misma resolución impuso una pena de tres años al que fuera secretario de Panadero, Carlos García, y de dos años y medio de prisión al administrador de la citada editorial, Juan Antonio Llopart, al que no se le condenó por asociación ilícita. [...] La sentencia del TS, de la que ha sido ponente el magistrado Miguel Colmenero, sostiene que la difusión de este tipo de ideas justificatorias del genocidio nazi, solo sería delictiva cuando suponga una incitación indirecta a ejecutarlas, y cuando la difusión, atendiendo a la forma y ámbito en que se lleva a cabo "implique un peligro cierto de generar un clima de hostilidad que pueda concretarse" en actos violentos.
  10. "El Casino Militar de Madrid acoge un acto para exaltar a un neonazi condenado por atacar Blanquerna" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-05. Entre los premiados en ediciones anteriores se encuentra el líder ultraderechista catalán y líder de Somatemps, Josep Alsina, -una de las principales organizaciones de Sociedad Civil Catalana-, que recibió el premio Ramiro de Maeztu en 2016 por un libro que cuestiona la moralidad de la manipulación genética.
  11. "Els vincles ocults de l'extrema dreta amb Societat Civil Catalana". Crític (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  12. "ENTREVISTA A Josep Alsina: "Sueño con una Cataluña hispánica"" (in Spanish). 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  13. "The Spanish Parliament approves the Education Reform against Catalan school model with only the PP's votes". www.catalannews.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  14. Coll, CNA / Gaspar Pericay. "Party review – Ciudadanos, the anti-Catalan nationalism party". www.catalannews.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  15. Jordan, Guifré. "Row in Brussels over 'linguistic discrimination' in Catalonia". www.catalannews.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  16. Wong, Alia (2017-11-03). "Is Catalonia Using Schools as a Political Weapon?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  17. Benítez, Enrique (2017-07-11). "Catalonia's Language Immersion Education". Enrique Benítez. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
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