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The Street Battle That Rocked Brazil

Published: Oct. 6, 2018, 1 p.m.

In October 1968, students from two neighbouring universities in the centre of S\xe3o Paulo clashed in a battle which left one dead and many injured. We hear how the so-called 'Battle of Maria Ant\xf4nia' drove Brazil deeper into a military dictatorship which is still controversial to this day. Plus, a pioneering race relations case in Britain during World War 2, the invention of artificial skin and fashion in the Soviet Union.

Photo: the 'Battle of Maria Antonia', S\xe3o Paulo, 1968. Credit: Ag\xeancia Estado/AFP