On Christmas of 1975, a group of young people announced their refusal to do military service. As a counterpart, for eight months they had been collaborating with the neighbors of the Can Serra neighborhood of l’Hospitalet in community initiatives such as literacy tasks, care for the elderly, or in a self-managed nursery.
During the following year, Can Serra became the epicenter of a wave that spread throughout Spain until it became one of the largest civil disobedience movements in the history of Europe, involving more than a million young people for almost 30 years.
To mark the 45th anniversary of the detention of the first conscientious objectors from Can Serra on the night of February 7 to 8, 1976, next Tuesday, February 9, 2021 we will speak with two of its protagonists: Martí Olivella, a conscientious objector, and Pilar Massana, then a social worker in Can Serra.
The conversation will take place from 6 p.m. on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/LaFundicio
The conscientious objection movement was organized in the Casa de la Reconciliació, a parish and social center that was built by the residents of Can Serra themselves.
