Xavier Domenech i Sampere (born 1974,

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...

), is a Spanish historian, activist and politician based in

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. He led the

En Comú Podem En Comú Podem (, ECP) was an electoral coalition in Catalonia, originally formed in October 2015 by Podemos, Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens, United and Alternative Left, and Equo, and led by the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada ...

(Together We Can) electoral ticket that stood in Catalonia at the

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on 20 December 2015.

Career

Prior to 2015, Domènech was a lecturer. In June 2015, Domènech was appointed Commissioner for Strategic Studies and Historical Memory at Barcelona City Hall by the government of

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. As a lecturer and programme manager, he earned an annual salary of €43,919. Barcelona en Comú's historical memory policies under Domenech have included removing the bust of former King of Spain,

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, from the

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chamber, and denying the use of Monjuic Castle for a service in memory of executed Nationalist supporters.

Politics

Domènech is a Catalan sovereignist, an anti-nationalist, and a

libertarian socialist Libertarian socialism is an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist political current that emphasises self-governance and workers' self-management. It is contrasted from other forms of socialism by its rejection of state ownership and from other ...

with a

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outlook. He was a member of the left-wing Catalan movement

Procés Constituent Procés Constituent () is a Catalan social movement, launched on 10 April 2013. It is anti-capitalist and pro-Catalan independence, calling for "A Republic of the 99%". Origins The initial founders of Procés Constituent were the economist and ...

, which supported the left-libertarian

electoral platform, which in turn entered into coalition with Podemos to form

for the 2015 elections.

Books

Domènech is the author of a number of history books, including ''Quan el carrer va deixar de ser seu. Moviment obrer, societat civil i canvi polític a Sabadell'' (Barcelona, 2002), ''Temps d'Interseccions. Una història de la Joventut Comunista de Catalunya'' (Barcelona, 2007), ''Quan plovien Bombes. La Guerra Civil i els bombardeigs de Barcelona'' (Barcelona 2007), ''Clase Obrera, antifranquismo y cambio político'' (2008), ''Lucha de clases, dictadura y democracia'' (1939–1977), and ''Political Change and the Labor Movement under Francoism. Class Struggle, Dictatorship and Democracy 1939–1977'' (Madrid, 2012).

Personal life

He has a partner Sònia, and a son called Drac.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Domènech, Xavier 1974 births Living people Historians from Catalonia Writers from Catalonia Members of the 12th Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)