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Seventeen arrested, twenty police injured

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Seventeen people were arrested in Vitoria after clashes between pro‑Franco and anti‑Franco demonstrators on Spain’s National Day, and about 20 police officers sustained minor injuries.

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

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On May 6, 1937, more than 5,000 mostly Latina women marched in Ybor City and downtown Tampa, Fla., to protest fascism in Spain and around the world. The Antifascist Women’s March was one of the largest demonstrations led by Latinas in U.S. history. /1
Screen shot from a grainy film of the Antifascist Women's March. Film posted on YouTube by the City of Tampa.