Antonio Baños Boncompain

For the Spanish long-distance runner, see Antonio Baños (athlete).

Antonio Baños Boncompain
Personal details
BornBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyPopular Unity Candidacy[1]
Residence(s)Barcelona, Catalonia
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
ProfessionJournalist

Antonio Baños Boncompain (born 1967 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish Catalan musician, journalist and writer. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led Popular Unity Candidacy - Constituent Call, a pro-independence left-wing electoral list[2] until he resigned in 2016.

Baños has a degree in journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1] As a musician he's been a member of the band Los Carradine since 1989 and has released two records: Sospechoso tren de vida (2006) and Academia rocanrol (2016).

He is national secretary of the ANC and speaker of Súmate.[3]

Publications

Baños has written books and several articles, including:

  • —— (2009). La economía no existe. Los Libros del Lince. ISBN 9788493703820.
  • —— (2012). Posteconomía. Los Libros del Lince. ISBN 9788415070221.
  • —— (2013). La rebel·lió catalana. Labutxaca. ISBN 978-84-9930-653-7.
  • —— (2016). La cara B, una altra mirada al procés. Pagès. ISBN 978-84-99757834.[4]
  • —— (2017). La república possible. Ara llibres. ISBN 978-84-16915194.

References

  1. ^ a b González Liste, Ana (30 September 2015). "Las 10 caras de la CUP" [The 10 faces of the CUP]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ Barnils, Andreu. "Antonio Baños: 'We won't get anywhere without the middle bourgeoisie'". VilaWeb. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Les cares de la CUP més enllà de David Fernàndez".
  4. ^ "La cara B: Una altra mirada al procés".
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