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...adore Arsenal too much to concoct reasons for turning against it. But Bar??a, as the team is known, is nearer and dearer to my heart, ever so slightly. My love for the team sprang from my love of the city. A cousin of mine had fought for the republic in the Spanish Civil War. Why would a Polish Jew, who had never before set foot in Spain, journey across Europe to take up arms with the Catalans? As a boy, I began reading about Barcelona's resistance to Franco and developed a romance with the city. During my teens...
While, over the years, my view of the Spanish Civil War has grown more nuanced, my view of Bar??a has grown ever more romantic. During the era of the Franco dictatorship, Bar??a was the lone place where the Catalans could shout in their own language and denounce the authoritarian regime. No government would dare challenge 100,000 men in the throes of fandom. Franco understood that the Catalan people needed a place to vent their frustration, and Bar??a provided just that...
...soccer team is going to be a perfect reflection of your politics--and it may even be perverse to think of the game that way. But Bar??a represents a liberal nationalist spirit that makes for a powerful reprimand to both ethnic chauvinism and facile criticisms of the nation-state. Bar??a is the ultimate symbol of the Catalan people--one of their most glorious achievements, a monument to their language, history and struggle. But, at the same, it is a bastion of pluralism. Its anthem explicitly welcomes immigrants, and over time it has served as a powerful instrument...
Despite a few casualties (RIP Kristi Jobson’s wrist), good times were had at Senior Bar??€™s Roller Disco. Hey, guys, remember...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one.Three undergraduates walk into a bar??€”one from Emerson College, one from Boston University (BU), and one from Harvard. More specifically, they walk into The Comedy Studio on the third floor of the Hong Kong restaurant, where a handful of young comics are testing out their raw stand-up routines.The students from Emerson and BU both do their schtick, but the Harvard kid merely listens politely. After an enjoyable evening of comedy, the three emerge on to Mass Ave. and go their separate ways. Get it? Get it? Okay...