Vitoria, Spain, March 3rd, 1976
Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3rd, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, representatives of struggling workers call for a general strike. In the church of San Francisco, in the working class neighborhood of Zaramaga, thousands of workers fill the temple in assembly. Outside, many more people gather and, in the middle, about a hundred heavily armed police officers wait to act.
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Amaia Aberasturi Mikel Iglesias Ruth Díaz Alberto Berzal José Manuel Seda Oti Manzano Ane Pikaza Iñigo de la Iglesia Aitor Lamo Verónika Moral Gaizka Ugarte Iñaki Rikarte Yago Herrero Ramón Monje Mikel Coll José Antonio Lobato Pepe Penabade Miguel Garcés Julio Cortázar Txubio Fernández de Jáuregui Rafa Martín David Landatxe Luis Fernández de Eribe Itziar Gutiérrez Enara Bilbao Asier Macazaga José Ruiz de Azúa Asier Billa Tomas Fernández Gonzalo Vega Andrés Bezares Alberto Ayzagar Aitor de Kintana Miguel Olmeda Aitor Nika Carmen San Esteban Iñigo Arambarri Máxima Alvarada María Cruz Domelo
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