Demo 06/03.

[Autonome-Antifa]

There a demonstration planned in Belgium the 6st of March. Againts a nazi group called NSV there will be a International Antifa block. See you there.

Place: GENT "AAN het ZUID"
When: 19.00 03/06

See you there keep up the fight!!!!

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[Tower of Bebel]

I want to add that this demo cannot be end up being just a regular confrontation between fascists and the radical left. Preventing nationalist (fascist) students and other neonazis from taking the streets is one part of antifascism.
The most important work of all antifa is trying to rally workers (and youngsters) behind the banners of a social and revolutionary program by linking the existance of fascism to the reactionary and antisocial characteristics of capitalism/neoliberalism. A left opposition against antisocial politics!

http://www.lsp-mas.be/blokbuster/site/bb/htdocs/image.php?id=140

[Tower of Bebel]

Anyway, here are some photos covering all three demos. Since some anarchist thought they wanted an alternative route and got many anarchists/autonomous with them the whole evening ended up with three demos.

http://lsp-mas.be/upload/photo/2008/antinsv_lg/0703gent21.JPG

http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/26366
http://www.indymedia.be/nl/node/26369
http://www.lsp-mas.be/lsp/archief/2008/03/08/foto.html
http://www.lsp-mas.be/lsp/archief/2008/03/07/nsvfoto.html

http://flickr.com/photos/pietermorlion/sets/72157604062804735/

(The last one has some very good photo's covering all 3 demos. He (the photographer) went from the fascists to the official antifa-demo to the anarchists. By the time he reached the last demo the police was already preparing for the clean-up. The two photos below are taken from this blog.)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2315764985_0035ab5e7b.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2315780506_02358c8ffc.jpg?v=0

[An archist]

The anarchist group of about 200-250 people split away from the main antifa demonstration right at the beginning, trying to block the fascists.
The plan didn't work out too well since the police attacked us and split us into two groups, the last group were closed off in a street pretty quikly, the first (and smallest) group managed to move and and set up a sort of a barricade, but we weren't with enough to stop the fascists, only to make them change course. Eventually almost all of the anarchists and several bystanders were arrested.
The cells were so full however, that we all got released pretty quickly.

[Autonome-Antifa]

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[Autonome-Antifa]

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[Autonome-Antifa]

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[Autonome-Antifa]

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[Bright Banana Beard]

Why the police let the fascist do whatever they want?

[Autonome-Antifa]

Because they had a promision for a demo. So it was legal.

[bcbm]

I want to be the guy wearing a ski mask and drinking a beer in that last picture. :D

[Autonome-Antifa]

He is from holland hahahahah.

[Tower of Bebel]

Why the police let the fascist do whatever they want?


Well, everyone may demonstrate as long as it doesn't serve as a platform to create violence. That means that every fascist can demonstrate (btw, the organisation behind this demo (NSV) doesn't want members from Blood and Honor on their demo since they don't play the game by the rules). That's why the anarchists are taken care of. They formed their own demo (apart from the original antifa demo) and wanted to block the roads in order to keep away the fascists (though some of course just went there to smash some skinheads). This move wasn't succesful since the fascists just altered their route. The usual strategy was to block popular parts of the city just after the antifa demo, this time the anarchists got there before the original demo even started. I don't know why.

[palotin]

Looks like it went well