The 47

In 1978, Manolo Vital, a bus driver from Barcelona, challenged the official narrative: buses could not climb the steep streets of Torre Baró, a working-class neighborhood on the city’s outskirts. Tired of this repeated lie by the City Council, he took control of the line 47 bus to prove otherwise. This peaceful act of defiance sparked a neighborhood movement that transformed the suburbs and laid the foundations of modern Barcelona, highlighting both working-class pride and the strength of collective solidarity.