useless-catalanfacts:The bookshop Llibreria Tres i Quatre, located in València, has been for
useless-catalanfacts:The bookshop Llibreria Tres i Quatre, located in València, has been for decades a symbol of the resistance of Valencian culture and Catalan culture in general. For this reason, the library has been a frequent target of fascist/neonazi attacks and constant vandalizing.The bookshop was founded in 1968 by Eliseu Climent, and it became a meeting point for underground social movements and unions who defied Franco’s fascist dictatorship. It was also frequented by Valencian antifascist intellectuals and artists like Joan Fuster, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Josep Renau, the Equip Realitat, Andreu Alfaro, Francisco Brines…The bookshop’s façade was first spray painted with insults and swastikas in December 1970, and from then the spray paint with swastikas and different Catalanophobic/“blaverist” slogans on it became constant. And, every time there was a “blaverist” or right-wing demonstration, the police had to protect the bookshop.Some of the attacks:In March 26th, 1971, neonazis broke the windows and threw ink inside.On March 8th, 1972, they attached a plastic explosive to the windows, which exploded and caused a fire.June 8th, 1972, they set fire to book packs of the library after rushing them with gasoline.October 31st, 1973, the Partido Español Nacional-Socialista (PENS, Spanish National-Socialist Party) attacked it with molotov cocktails.October, 1974, the PENS attacked it with molotov cocktails again.5th November, 1976, attack with an explosive of great force.January 20th, 2006, it was assaulted by hooded men who attacked and injured workers and clients and threw spray at them, especifically at the Valencian leftist economist Gustau Muñoz i Veiga who was there at the moment. All of this while shouting Catalanophobic and Spanish supremacist slogans.January 27th, 2007, the bookshop had moved to a different location inside the Octubre centre of contemporary culture, which is safer, but the façade was sprayed with blaverist (anti-Catalan) slogans and threats. -- source link
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