Czech Republic bans communist symbols in May Day parades
by editors@theworld.org (Rob Cameron) from The World: Latest Stories on (#75BHN)
Friday is May Day, International Labor Day. In the Czech Republic, the giant parades of the communist era are long gone. But left-wing groups still gather each year in the center of Prague. This time, though, they do so under a controversial new law explicitly placing Communist propaganda and symbols under the same anti-extremism legislation used against Nazism. From Prague, Deutsche Welle, DW's, Rob Cameron reports.