''React'' (from Spanish: ''Reacciona'') is a book by Rosa María Artal published in

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in 2011 by Aguilar, which compiles articles by José Luis Sampedro,

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, Javier Pérez de Albéniz, Javier López Facal, Carlos Martínez Alonso, Ignacio Escolar, Rosa María Artal,

Àngels Martínez Castells Àngels Martínez i Castells (9 May 1948 – 1 September 2024) was a Spanish economist and politician in Catalonia. From 2015 to 2017 she represented Barcelona in the Parliament of Catalonia. Life and career Martínez Castells was born in Molle ...

, Juan Torres Lopez and Lourdes Lucia. The book, edited by journalist Rosa María Artal, is intended to comment on the political crisis that exists in today's society - particularly in Spain - and the need for a social response to the

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which led to the

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. It emphasizes the fact that the concentrations of political powers are becoming increasingly distant from the

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Background: Time for Outrage!, Hessel's book

The book was prefaced by

Stéphane Hessel Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a nat ...

, author of the book Time for Outrage! originally published in

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in 2010 and translated into Spanish in 2011.

Purpose and content of the book

The book was written with the intention of raising awareness to the dangers that societies currently face and calls for

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, participation and discourages resignation. The collection of articles in the book ''React'' explain the current situation and show the need for a

peace Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (suc ...

ful response by Spanish society to the current systemic economic, political and social crisis. Society is playing to its strength, stability and balance, especially in a generation of young people who are denied dignity, a future and a present. The 10 authors, all from different disciplines, offer their answers to an idea that unites them: the need to position themselves and to act, to become aware and react. For the authors, it is necessary that the public is informed and can take action to prevent abuses of the financial, economic and political institutions which are responsible for the crisis. The book's stated purpose is: to defend

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democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

and the

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.-and-react / Sampedro is outraged and responds
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Index of chapters

Prologue A prologue or prolog (from Ancient Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier st ...

- It is time for action -

. * Introduction - A common objective - Rosa María Artal. *1- Under the carpet - José Luis Sampedro. *2- Go beyond the bounds of possibility -

. *3- Reacting to advance -

. *4- A crisis of truth and many lies as an answer - Juan Torres López. *5- Frauds that shock every day our lives.

Privatization Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation w ...

, corruption, invisibility of care ... - Angels Martínez Castells i. *6- The uninformed society - Rosa María Artal. *7- The conned generation - Ignacio School. *8- We must continue to renew the pantheon - Carlos Martínez Alonso , Carlos Martínez and Javier López Facal *9- The right to culture - Javier Pérez de Albéniz. *10- Something is moving - Lourdes Lucia.

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External links

Reacciona, Publisher Aguilar
Economic history of Spain

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Background: Time for Outrage!, Hessel's book

Purpose and content of the book

Index of chapters

See also

References

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