With Alberto Conejero, Alejandra Arroyo and Alejandro Ruiz de la Puente.

As we write these lines, the global freedom flotilla has just set sail again to open a humanitarian corridor in Gaza. This summer, at last, some have learned that there is no dignified way to remain neutral regarding the genocidal, murderous, and inhumane treatment of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel.

Rodrigo García Marina, a beloved poet from our series, shared a video on social media this summer in which he denounced how, when a man assaulted his partner on the subway, the entire carriage remained impassive, as if nothing were happening. Fortunately, he decided to act, defended the woman, and took her into his home that night.

Is there a way to create culture in 2025 where the claim of neutrality doesn't reveal our commitment to victims of violence, our rejection of violence, and our constant and sometimes maddening mediation with the present we are living through? At La Mesa Redonda, we have found it.

In general, aesthetic categories are expressed through a phrase constructed from a neutral article. In this forum of the written word by young people, the only option for neutrality we consider is that generated by these articles. Like a kind of magic wand, they transform any linguistic property into a rich conceptual map, full of relief, depth, and nuance.