Spain: Leftists and Far-Right Clash in Barcelona Ahead of Catalonia’s National Day

Left-wing pro-independence and anti-fascist demonstrators rallied outside Barcelona's Fossar de les Moreres on Thursday, September 10, opposing a gathering by the far-right party Aliança Catalana on the eve of Catalonia's National Day. Police separated the two groups, and several people were arrested amid the clashes.

Wartime sex victims, leftists protest JSDF presence in Philippines

Wartime sex victims, leftists protest JSDF presence in Philippines

Teddy Casino (L), a former representative in Congress and currently spokesman of the leftist militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance), speaks at a rally on June 23, 2015, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila to denounce growing military ties between the Philippines and Japan as demonstrated by their ongoing naval drills in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wartime sex victims, leftists protest JSDF presence in Philippines

Wartime sex victims, leftists protest JSDF presence in Philippines

Hilaria Bustamante, 89, a victim of Japanese military wartime sex abuses in the Philippines, joins a protest action on June 23, 2015, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila to denounce growing military ties between the Philippines and Japan as demonstrated by their ongoing naval drills in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shigenobu pictured in Beirut

Shigenobu pictured in Beirut

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Beirut in 1981 shows Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army, who was arrested in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8. One of a handful of high-profile Japanese leftists who had been at large for decades, Shigenobu, 55, is suspected of seizing the French Embassy in The Hague on Sept. 13, 1974, with two other members of the Lebanon-based guerrilla group she formed in early 1970s. The photo was provided by ''Hanashi-no-Tokushu'' publishing company.