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The Street Battle That Rocked Brazil

The fighting in Sao Paulo in 1968 that drove Brazil deeper into military dictatorship.

In October 1968, students from two neighbouring universities in the centre of S茫o Paulo clashed in a battle which left one dead and many injured. We hear how the so-called 'Battle of Maria Ant么nia' 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茫o Paulo, 1968. Credit: Ag锚ncia Estado/AFP

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