The furious current events shouldn't make us forget too quickly. In some cases, they should never make us forget. Last Sunday, a mass farewell in the cemetery of his native Montuïri served as recognition of the admirable political and social career of Pere Sampol, who died on Friday at the age of 73. Sampol had been one of the key figures in the political life of Mallorca and the Balearic Islands over the past few decades, and in particular an essential figure of left-wing Mallorcanism (or left-wing nationalism in Mallorca, although I've never personally liked to talk about nationalism, as if the nationalism we suffer daily weren't Spanish). In any case, he was one of the most prominent defenders these Islands have ever seen of very specific and defined ideals: defense of the Catalan language and culture, defense of the environment and the territory, and the fight against social inequalities. From these foundations, Pedro Sampol was able to build a solid, coherent, and inclusive progressive discourse, firmly grounded in a deep understanding of Mallorcan social reality and open-minded toward the world.