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Poblenou wall, paint peeling like old plaster wounds: anarchist…

By Roc Blackblock

Poblenou wall, paint peeling like old plaster wounds: anarchist… by Roc Blackblock, Barcelona
Photo: ToniSerra90, CC BY-SA 4.0

Poblenou wall, paint peeling like old plaster wounds: anarchist militia leader Antonio Ortiz stares out in sepia tones, rifle slung, until vandals scrawled "TRAIDOR" and dripped red paint like blood across his face — history contested in real time.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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