A Barcelona court wants Italy to apologise for the war crime of mass bombardment during the civil war, in support of General Franco. The picture shows the destruction casued by the March 1938 Coliseum bomb. More here in The Guardian
Category Archives: Barcelona
Street sign guerillas
Somebody last year had the fun idea in Barcelona of sticking up the 1936-39 street names over the plaques with today’s names. This particular street (Marqués de Campo Sagrado) was renamed after anarcho-syndicalist printer Tomás Herreros Miguel a month after he died in 1937. PS it wasn’t me.
L’Esquella de la Torratxa
Front page of L’Esquella de la Torratxa, 1934. Usually a satirical magazine, but in this case a special edition dedicated to the repressive use of Montjüic and its castle.
Helios Gómez: gypsy anarchist
I’ve added a short biography of Helios Gómez, perhaps the best known gypsy artivist in the Spanish Civil War, and author of many Republican propaganda posters.