Press interviews, Media Appearances and Citations
Was the subject of a one-hour interview on the cultural and political dimensions of Covid policy, especially the conscious fomenting of citizen ignorance , on the Leighton Smith Podcast produced in New Zealand by well-known Australian and New Zealand broadcaster Leighton Smith. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1049-the-leighton-smith-podcas-30246213/episode/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-145--93552595/
“How Did our Society Become so Fearful?” one-hour interview with journalist Jan Jekielek on the American Thought Leaders television program. https://www.theepochtimes.com/thomas-harrington-how-did-our-society-become-so-fearful_4224349.html
On 22 October 2021 appeared on Tot es mou, the daily mid-day magazine on TV3, the national television network of Catalonia, to provide historical context about the speech of Pau Casals to the United Nations General Assembly on the 60th anniversary of that event. https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tot-es-mou/tot-es-mou-22102021/video/6125678/ (intervention starts at the 1:30 mark)
Cited in the article “Espanya i Puigdement: un estat hiptecat per intentar caçar un dissident” published in the newspaper El Món (Barcelona) 9 March 2021 https://elmon.cat/politica/espanya-i-puigdemont-un-estat-hipotecat-intentar-cacar-un-dissident-politic-224668/
Cited in the editorial entitled “Alliberar Catalunya és la revolució de les nostres vides” published by the director of the Catalan newspaper Vilaweb on 28 June 2020. https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/alliberar-catalunya-es-la-revolucio-de-les-nostres-vides/ Was interviewed on KPFA radio weekend news on the Pacifica network regarding the formation of the new government in Spain. 4 January 2020. The intervention begins at the 14:26 mark of the program. < https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20200104-Sat1800.mp3>
Was interviewed by ILNA (Iran Labor News Agency) on 20 September 2019 regarding the protests in Catalonia following the Spanish Supreme Court sentences of Catalan leaders handed down on 14 October 2019. < https://www.ilna.news/fa/tiny/news-824276>
Was interviewed by Ukrainian TV channel Hromadske.TV on 16 October 2019 regarding the protests in Catalonia following the Spanish Supreme Court sentences of Catalan leaders handed down on 14 October 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lYcatb3xwE
Was cited extensively in an article on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon published in the 20 July 2019 edition of Ara, one of Catalonia’s leading newspapers. https://www.ara.cat/suplements/ciencia/dia-que-tele-arribar-Lluna_0_2273772642.html
Was interviewed on the upcoming Spanish elections on the Evening News on KPFA in Berkeley, California on Saturday 27 April 2019. https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=309463 My intervention begins at the 8:25 mark.
Was cited in an article “Catalan Indies, Steve Bannon Proteges: Spanish Centrist Parties Pick Allies in Fragmented Elections” at RT.com on 27 April 2019. https://www.rt.com/news/457724-spain-elections-parties-facts/\
Was cited in the editorial “La batalla (també) als mitjans” written by Vicent Partal, editor-in-chief of the Vilaweb newspaper (Barcelona) on 1 April 2019 <https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/batalla-mitjans-editorial-vicent-partal>
Was the subject of an interview on my book conducted by the cultural collective Cazabaret in Teruel, Spain regarding my book Una democràcia cívica en temps autoritaris: apunts d’un nord-americà sobre el procès sobiranista a Catalunya http://www.cazarabet.com/conversacon/fichas/fichas1/harrington.htm
On 16 February, 2019 was interviewed on the evening news of KPFA Radio (Berkeley, CA) regarding the trials of the of the Catalan independentist politician taking place in Madrid. <https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20190216-Sat1800.mp3> (The interview begins at the 18:15 mark)
My ideas were cited in the end-of-year editorial “Händel, o com acabar bé un any difícil” written by Vicent Partal, the Editor of Vilaweb, one of Catalonia’s most influential dailies. https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/handel-o-com-acabar-be-un-any-dificil-editorial-vicent-partal/
Was the subject of a story in the 9 December 2018 edition of the Catalan newspaper El Nacional. “Un catedràtic dels EUA, sobre la vaga de fam: "És la forma més noble de desobediència civil" < https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/vaga-de-fam-desobediencia-civil_332931_102.html>
Was interviewed on Preguntes Freqüents-FAQS on TV3, the National TV network of Catalonia the most important prime-time current affairs program in Catalonia. (Barcelona 8 December 2018) https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/preguntes-frequents/t-harrington-la-vaga-de-fam-es-la-forma-mes-noble-de-desobediencia-civil/video/5804428/
Was featured Sunday interview in the Catalan daily newspaper El Nacional on 2 December 2018.
—Original in Catalan: “Harrington: "Desobediència civil pot ser resistir-se al trasllat dels presos a Madrid” < https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/entrevista-harrington-desobediencia-civil_329916_102.html>
—In English: Harrington: "Civil disobedience might be resisting the prisoners' transfer to Madrid"< https://www.elnacional.cat/en/politics/harrington-interview-civil-disobedience_330738_102.html>
—In Spanish: Harrington: "Desobediencia civil puede ser resistirse al traslado de los presos a Madrid"< https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/entrevista-harrington-desobediencia-civil_329916_102.html>
Expert guest for “La presència catalana a l’Uruguai” program number 727 in the long-running one-hour popular history program En Guàrdia hosted by Enric Calpena and Josep Maria Solé-Sabaté on Catalunya Ràdio, the public radio network of Catalonia. Recorded: 30 November 2018 Aired: 10 February 2019 <https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/en-guardia/la-presencia-catalana-a-lurugai/audio/1031854/>
“Thomas Harrington, observador internacional, parlarà del procés sobiranista al Casinet” Interview on Nova Ràdio Lloret (Catalonia). (30 November 2018) Fragment here: < http://www.novaradiolloret.org/thomas-harrington-observador-internacional-parlara-del-proces-sobiranista-al-casinet/>
Was cited extensively in the article “L’excepcionalitat catalana” by Nuria Cadenes published in the Vilaweb on 7 November 2018. https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/lexcepcionalitat-catalana-mail-obert-opinio-nuria-cadenes/
Was the featured weekend interview, “Thomas Harrington: ‘Catalunya és un laboratori en la lluita contra l’autoritarisme’” of the of the Vilaweb newspaper (Barcelona, 3-4 November, 2018)
—Original catalan version: https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/thomas-harrington-catalunya-es-un-laboratori-en-la-lluita-contra-lautoritarisme/
—Spanish version: https://l-hora.org/?p=9504&lang=es
Was the featured interview of the Diaspora podcast of the Catalonia-America Council on 25 October, 2018. https://soundcloud.com/user-801821100/diaspora-oct-25-2018-interview-thomas-harrington-trinity-college
My new book on the Catalan independence movement, Una democràcia cívica en temps autoritaris: apunts d’un nord-americà sobre el procès sobiranista a Catalunya, was the subject of the daily article by Antoni Bassas, one of Catalonia’s leading journalists, in the 23 October 2018 edition of the newspaper Ara https://www.ara.cat/opinio/Antoni-Bassas-mirada-americana-admiracio-sobre-Catalunya_0_2111789053.html
On 31 May 2018 was interviewed in the evening news of RT international regarding the Italian president’s veto of the proposed Finance Minister for the newly formed Left-Right Coalition government and the impending ouster of Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy by a no-confidence vote. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm--uPT4KH4&feature=youtu.be>
On 12 May 2018 was interviewed by RT International in relation to the recently published Amnesty International report on the Spanish government response to the Catalan referendum on October 1st, 2017.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDTkAXxU8k&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
Was cited in the article “Por que o independentismo basco é mais fraco que o catalão” published on 9 may 2018 in Brazil’s leading news magazine Veja. < . https://veja.abril.com.br/mundo/por-que-o-independentismo-basco-e-mais-fraco-que-o-catalao/
On 25 February 2018 was interviewed on RT’s Sunday evening news regarding Spanish King Felipe VI’ s visit to Barcelona earlier in that day. <https://archive.org/details/RT_20180225_230000_News/start/866/end/926?q=catalonia>
On 24 December 2017 was interviewed on the RT evening news about the 21 December elections in Catalonia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK95c7Xn9FE&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
On 12 December 2017 was interviewed on RT regarding the transfer of the artifacts from Santa María de Sixena from the Catalan city of Lleida to Aragon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3bEhvWrgNk
On 25 November 2017 was interviewed on the 6:00 news on KPFA (Pacifica Radio in San Francisco) about the political situation in Catalonia. (Intervention begins at the 11 minute mark of the broadcast) < https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=273514>
On 24 November was interviewed by RT about the supposed influence of Russia within the Catalanist push for independence. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95l8ZpUCoY&feature=youtu.be>
On 5 November as interviewed on CGTV (China) News’ North American Nightly News Program concerning the political situation in Catalonia. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKHaGnFdUM>
On 2 November 2017 was on the Evening news of RT’s English language service about the political situation in Catalonia. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtJaKIXU0bM&feature=youtu.be>
Was interviewed on CGTV (China) News’ North American Nightly News Program concerning the political situation in Catalonia on 29 October 2017 < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TyI0lWC5zA>
On 27 October 2017 was interviewed as part of the lead story on the Evening news of RT’s English language service about the Declaration of independence in Catalonia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_12HLTPUkw
On 21 October 2017 was interviewed as part of the lead story on the Evening news of RT’s English language service about recent political developments in Catalonia. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Ysyq7zju-Mo>
On 17 October 2017 was interviewed on Where We Live? The morning current affairs program at WNPR, Connecticut’s largest NPR outlet regarding the political situation in Catalonia. <http://wnpr.org/post/drawing-borders-home-and-around-globe> (Interview begins at 18 minute mark)
“The Catalan Independence Referendum with Dr. Tom Harrington” Wake Up Call Podcast, no. 159 (15 October 2017) http://www.wakeupcallpodcast.com/catalonia/
Was interviewed on CGTV (China) News’ North American Nightly News Program concerning the political situation in Catalonia on 11 October 2017 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcK32biGSQ>
“Catalogna: le ragioni della rabbia e della rivoluzione” Blogamarí (Sardinia, Italy) 6 October 2017 http://blogamari.com/catalogna-le-ragioni-della-rabbia-e-della-rivoluzione/
Was interviewed on the Scott Horton show on 6 October 2017 about the 1 October 2017 referendum for independence in Catalonia. https://scotthorton.org/10617-thomas-harrington-on-catalonias-push-for-independence/
Was interviewed on the Morning Wave Busan show, and English-language current affairs show in Busan, Korea on 2 October 2017 regarding the Catalan referendum for independence that took place the previous day. http://befm.or.kr/03/playAgainPop.jsp?prgmId=morning&aodFile=201710/20171003morning_sp_0.wma&plyDt=20171003&partSeq=0
Was interviewed by the El Nacional, a Catalan on-line newspaper on the occasion of the visit of the Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Harvard University on 27 March 2017. Here is the video and text of that intervention http://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/esperit-sospitos-preguntes-conferencia-puigdemont_147495_102.html
Was the subject of an one-hour in-depth interview on the current political situation in Spain on The Keeping Democracy Alive hosted by Burt Cohen on the Progressive Radio Network < http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/political-disarray-not-the-gop-spain/> 13 October 2016
My early analysis of the false promise of the Obama Presidency was cited in an opinion column in the Catalonia daily El Punt/Avui on May 1st, 2016 http://www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/article/8-articles/962492-obama-poca-cosa.html
Was the subject of a two-part interview, published by the Spanish service of the Russian news agency Sputnik, centering on the roots of the current Catalan drive for independence.
—Part one, < http://mundo.sputniknews.com/europa/20150918/1051564763.html> was published on 18 September 2015.
—Part two < http://mundo.sputniknews.com/espana/20150921/1051629854.html> was published on 21 September 2015
My analysis of the historical background of the current tensions between Catalonia the Spanish central government was cited in the 2 September 2105 column of leading journalist Antoni Bassas writng in the Barcelona-based daily Ara. http://www.ara.cat/firmes/antoni_bassas/Han-canviat-tant-catalans_0_1423657672.html
Was the subject of an extensive interview on US foreign and domestic policy with the Algerian journalist Mohsen Abdelmoumen published in numerous international media outlets in both English and French on 2 May 2015.
—-In English: “No New Future Ever Comes out of Thin Air” https://www.oximity.com/article/Thomas-S.-Harrington-No-new-future-eve-1?faid=651430 http://whatsupic.com/special-usa/thomas-harrington78678567.html
—In French: "Un nouvel avenir ne sort jamais d'un air raréfié" https://www.oximity.com/article/Thomas-S.-Harrington-Un-nouvel-avenir-1?faid=651423
http://fr.whatsupic.com/sp%C3%A9ciale-usa/1430647358.html and <http://www.palestine-solidarite.org/interview.thomas-s-harrington.030515.htm>
Was cited in the article, “ Encara un ‘problema intern’ als ulls del món” published in the 7 December 2014 issue of the Catalan daily, Ara. http://www.ara.cat/premium/politica/Encara-problema-intern-ulls-mon_0_1262273876.html
Was cited in the article “ Un afer encara poc visible a la superpotència” that appeared in the 8 September 2014 special issue of the Catalan daily, Ara, devoted to the perception of the Catalan independence process in the rest of the world. http://www.ara.cat/premium/Especial-setembre_15_1208429147.html
Was the subject of an interview that appeared in the Catalan Newspaper El Punt Avui on 1 September 2014http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/3-politica/17-politica/773133-cap-poder-central-deixara-que-ningu-surti-sense-cost.html
Was the subject of an in-depth interview by three coordinators of the Catalan National Assembly, a citizen action group currently advocating for the peaceful separation of Catalonia from Spain, ,published on 27 August 2014 http://catalanassembly.org/2014/08/27/interview-with-thomas-harrington-a-very-appealing-element-of-the-movement-and-of-the-anc-is-the-fact-that-it-is-citizen-driven/
Was cited in the article, “La UCE tanca les portes a la seva edició més internacional” published in the Sunday edition of the Catalan daily Ara on 24 August 2014 http://www.ara.cat/premium/politica/UCE-tanca-portes-ledicio-internacional_0_1199280104.html
Was the subject of an interview published by the Catalan News Agency and the Vilaweb newspaper on the 23rd of August, 2014 http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4208090/20140823/heu-pensar-lendema-9-n-dificil-caldra-treballar.html
Was the featured interview of the Diari de Prada, the daily publication of the Catalan Summer University (UCE) in Prades, France on 23 August 2014. http://serveidepremsa.info/2014/08/23/tom-harrington-esperar-bons-senyals-dels-grans-poders-es-ratificar-los/
Was the subject of the article, "Els catalans heu de restringir la rauxa i pensar que l'endemà del 9N serà difícil i que caldrà treballar molt" La Vanguardia (Edición Girona) 23 August 2014 http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/girona/20140823/54414295360/els-catalans-heu-de-restringir-la-rauxa-i-pensar-que-l-endema-del-9n-sera-dificil-i-que-caldra.html
Was cited in article “Els prodigis continuaran dijous” an opinion column by Antoni Bassas published in the Catalan daily Ara on 16 June 2014. http://www.ara.cat/premium/opinio/prodigis-continuaran-dijous_0_1157884291.html
Was the featured Sunday interview (interview of the week) of the week for the leading Catalan language newspaper Ara on June 8th 2014. http://www.ara.cat/premium/societat/THOMAS-SHARRINGTON-questio-essencial-ciutadans_0_1157284333.html (video and text)
Was cited in “Geografia necessària” an opinion column by Josep Maria Solé Sabaté, in the Catalan daily newspaper El Punt Avui on publishes on 4 May 2014. http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/7-vista/8-articles/737603-geografia-necessaria.html?cca=1
Was one of ten academic experts from around the world chosen to be interviewed for a book designed to explain the past and present realities of Catalan culture to the world’s “10,000 most influential decision makers”. The English version of the interview (it is also published in the original Catalan version as well as in Spanish, French and German) appears under the title, “I Find the Vitality of Catalan Culture, Against all the Odds, Fascinating” in Catalonia Calling: What the World has to Know 135-136 Book is currently only available in print form. However, a description of the project can be found here. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/359461
Was quoted in the article “La Guerra Freda, el món bipolar” which was part of special dossier related to the 50th anniversary of the death of John Kennedy published in the Ara, the leading Catalan-language newspaper on 17 November, 2013. http://www.ara.cat/premium/tema_del_dia/Guerra-Freda-Missils-vermells televisors_0_1031296921.html
Was one of seven people from around the world featured a special report on the Catalan National TV program Món 3/24, aired on that the eve of that country’s national day, September 11th, 2013 which addressed the prospects for, and problems related to, the current movement toward independence in that part of the Spanish state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKCgcavNNk
Was cited in Toni Mollà’s article “Quina alternativa política?” at País Valencià, Segle XXI on 6 July 2013 http://paisvalenciaseglexxi.org/2013/07/06/quina-alternativa-politica/
Was quoted in the article “Edward Snowden, entre l’heroïcitat i la traïdoria” which appeared in Ara the Catalan-language daily on 15 June, 2013. http://www.ara.cat/premium/tema_del_dia/Edward-Snowden-lheroicitat-traidoria_0_938306253.html
Was a guest on Catalan National Radio’s La nit dels ingnorants, providing analysis of the US presidential elections. 6 November 2012
Was a featured commentator on the Catalan National News Network’s (referred to as TV3-24”) election-night coverage of the 2012 US elections .6 November 2012
Was the day’s featured interviewee in the 8 October 2012 edition of Ara, the Catalan –language daily, providing analysis of recent developments in Catalonia’s efforts to achieve political independence. http://www.ara.cat/premium/politica/Thomas-Harrington-Washington-lestabilitat-reconeixeria_0_788321206.html
Was the featured guest on Catalan National Radio’s La nit dels ingnorants, providing analysis of the historic march for independence which took place earlier in the day. September 11th, 2012 http://www.catradio.cat/audio/663039/La-nit-dels-ignorants-20-primera-hora
Was the featured in-studio guest of the Catalan National News Network’s (referred to as TV3-24”) one-hour special on the effects of the 9-11 bombings on the US and the world. 8 September 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm_uGQAa8xY
Was mentioned in an interview done with Vicenç Villatoro, director of the Ramon Llull Institute (the government agency dedicated to the international dissemination of Catalonia’s culture) published in the Barcelona daily Ara on 24 March 2011.
In “L'anàlisi d'un catalanòfil” an article published on 28 November 2010 the culture supplement of the Barcelona daily l’Avui, the historian Josep Maria Solé Sabaté does an extensive review of analysis of the “nationalities question” in today’s Spain. <https://www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/article/8-articles/329615-lanalisi-dun-catalanofil.html>
Was interviewed by Scott Horton, host of Antiwar Radio’s daily interview program on 29 October 2010 regarding war and peace issues in today’s Latin America.
On page 74 of the August 2010 issue of the Catalan history journal Sàpiens, Jordi Creus wrote: “Harrington is one of the principal specialists of our country on the American continent and a person that, despite the physical distances, has an extraordinary knowledge of present-day Catalonia"
On 12 October 2008 was interviewed for 60 minutes on the Bauer Hour on WESU in Middletown, CT on the current media climate in the US. The interview centered on the ways media systems generate and maintain the central tropes of the national cultural system. Since that time I have been a frequent contributor to the program.
Cited on p.102 of Edel María Porter’s Translating the Untranslatable: A Comparative Study of Two Modern Language Translations of the Verses of Egils saga Skalla-Grimssonar (MA Thesis Unversity of Leeds, May 2007)
Guillamón Julià. Literaturas del exilio: Buenos Aires Barcelona/Buenos Aires, 2007 page 12. Cited as a prime source for author’s the set of interviews with members of the Catalan community of Buenos Aires.
On August 13, 2005 was quoted in an article on the function of translated literature in the United States in Avui, Catalonia’s most important Catalan-language newspaper. See Castells, Ada., “Amèrica per als Americans”. Avui, 13 agost, 2005.
On April 23rd 2005 was cited in the Christian Science Monitor after providing much of the background information for an article on Saint Jordi’s Day, the Catalan celebration of books and reading. See Wysocki, Barbara. “'A Rose by any Other Name...' in Spanish” The Christian Science Monitor, 23 April 2005.
On September 14, 2004 was interviewed by Radio Sarandí in Uruguay concerning cultural and political the changes in the USA since September 2001
On 24 December 2001, was an in-studio interviewee (15 minutes) on El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio with Antoni Bassas, the most listened to radio news program in Catalonia. The discussion centered on growing divergence of US and Iberian visions of the world.
On 16 February 2000 was interviewed for the América Hoy program of Radio Exterior de España, the Foreign Service Spanish National Radio on the subject of the practice of Hispanism in the U.S. The approximately 10 minute long interview was broadcast by shortwave radio throughout North and South America later that evening.
Conde Cid, Alfredo."Ser nós mesmos sen deixar de ser nada do que somos" El Correo Gallego-O Correo Galego 5 March 1998 Opinion Page