Switzerland narrowly backs Islamophobic veil ban – while facemasks are compulsory
It’s ludicrous. You can – and, in many cases, MUST – wear something covering your face in public unless you are one of the few Muslim women who wears a niqab. Then it is a banned face covering, quite different from those other things that cover your face.
Telling it like it is: an interview with folk-soul artist Abu Talib (Bobby Wright)
Folk-soul singer Abu Talib (formerly Bobby Wright) talks about the political climate of the early 1970s, his “people’s farm” in the Bronx and the reissue of his single, Blood of an American.
Poland: resistance explodes on streets after abortion rights attack
Protests have erupted again onto the streets of Poland in rage at the implementation of an almost total ban on abortion – just months after the far right PiS government was forced to back down on the issue.
Belarus: art, football and revolution in Vitebsk
You won’t have missed the huge protests in Belarus against the repressive regime – but you might have missed the beautiful new football kit worn by FC Vitebsk
ITALY ELECTIONS: fascist Brothers of Italy (FdI) take control of region as far right vote increases
The fascist Brothers of Italy party has taken control of the Marche regional presidency, ousting the centre left, in Italy’s regional elections, partial results show. But the centre left retained two key regions – Tuscany and Puglia – against the far right.
Race, class and coronavirus: lessons from Leicester
Leicester is back in lockdown because of a spike in Covid-19 cases. We look at how issues of race and class are playing out in the city amid the coronavirus outbreak…