15 de March de 2023
Books. Its authors are Francisco Sánchez and Ana Sainz «Anapurna» and the publication will be presented on Monday, 20 March, at the Biblioteca Francesc Candel.
The end of the Exposition triggered a cruel crisis leaving workers unemployed. Given their inability to play the city’s abusive rent prices, workers ended up evicted from their homes, resulting in a revolt in working-class neighbourhoods.
Barcelona, 1931, the year when thousands of working-class families stopped paying their rent. Barcelona saw the mass arrival of manual labour for the 1929 International Exposition. The city’s population doubled, leading to a housing shortage. The end of the Exposition triggered a cruel crisis leaving workers unemployed. Given their inability to play the city’s abusive rent prices, workers ended up evicted from their homes, resulting in a revolt in working-class neighbourhoods. This was the first time in its history that Barcelona experienced protests for decent housing conditions. These events are now depicted in a comic book entitled Rebel·lió: La vaga de lloguers del 1931, written by Francisco Sánchez and illustrated by Ana Sainz «Anapurna», a volume published by Barcelona City Council and the second in its «Barcelona, Memòria en Vinyetes» collection.
The authors will be presenting the comic book on 20 March, at 6 pm, at the Biblioteca Francesc Candel (C/ Amnistia Internacional, 10), along with the Councillor for Democratic Memory, Jordi Rabassa, and the Sants-Montjuïc District Councillor, Marc Serra. Also taking part will be Pepe Gálvez, the script-writer, critic and world-of-comics theorist.
Unveiling of the commemorative information panel
Before the presentation, the «La vaga de lloguers del 1931 a les Cases barates» information panel will be officially unveiled, at 5 pm, at the chamfer between C/ Pontils and C/ Tortosa, to pay homage to the striking, solidarity and emancipation movement.
