FRANCE UPDATE: fascist RN’s vote down on predictions but remains a threat in regional elections
The fascist Rassemblement National’s vote in the first round of France’s regional elections is down on the numbers predicted in recent opinion polls. But it remains a threat, especially in the southern Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) region, where it is in first place…
Jackie Robinson: baseball, the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter strikes
US athletes led a series of protests and strikes against racism and police violence on 28 August 2020, the scale and militancy of which has no historic parallels in US history. The fact that a wave of protests broke out on the date that was marking Jackie Robinson Day seemed apt.
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.
How the Trump years have transformed the US far right
As thousands Donald Trump supporters storm the US Capitol building in Washington DC we look at how Trump’s term has transformed the far right, fascist and white supremacist movements in the US.
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…