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Anti-fascist & far-right groups plan simultaneous Barcelona protests | Anti-fascist & far-right groups plan simultaneous Barcelona protests |
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Just one day after an attack claimed at least 14 lives on Barcelona’s Las Ramblas boulevard, opposing political factions look set to face-off near the scene of the terrorist atrocity. | |
Members of the Spanish far-right group La Falange, are planning to assemble close to the La Boquería marketplace in the city center, just 500 meters from where a van was deliberately driven into scores of pedestrians. | Members of the Spanish far-right group La Falange, are planning to assemble close to the La Boquería marketplace in the city center, just 500 meters from where a van was deliberately driven into scores of pedestrians. |
La Falange has blamed the “policies of multiculturalism” and immigration for Thursday’s terror attack in Barcelona city center. Boasting a followership of more than 11,000 on Facebook, the group regularly shares anti-Islamic sentiment online. | La Falange has blamed the “policies of multiculturalism” and immigration for Thursday’s terror attack in Barcelona city center. Boasting a followership of more than 11,000 on Facebook, the group regularly shares anti-Islamic sentiment online. |
Tributes have also been paid by the group online to Onésimo Redondo, a 1930s Falangist politician and anti-semitic author. | Tributes have also been paid by the group online to Onésimo Redondo, a 1930s Falangist politician and anti-semitic author. |
“No one was fooled into thinking that the policies of multiculturalism and #RefugeesWelcome wouldn’t end like they did in Las Ramblas in Barcelona,” a statement on the La Falange website reads. | “No one was fooled into thinking that the policies of multiculturalism and #RefugeesWelcome wouldn’t end like they did in Las Ramblas in Barcelona,” a statement on the La Falange website reads. |
They have called on supporters to convene near Las Ramblas at 7pm to show “repulsion to Jihadism” and protest Islam. | They have called on supporters to convene near Las Ramblas at 7pm to show “repulsion to Jihadism” and protest Islam. |
READ MORE: Terror timeline: How attacks unfolded in Barcelona & Cambrils | READ MORE: Terror timeline: How attacks unfolded in Barcelona & Cambrils |
Meanwhile, left-wing Catalan groups Arran and Endavant have also organized an event near La Boquería, to oppose fascism. | Meanwhile, left-wing Catalan groups Arran and Endavant have also organized an event near La Boquería, to oppose fascism. |
According to information shared online by Endavant, a socialist group seeking Catalan independence, the gathering is to voice their opposition to the “terror of Daesh and the fascist hatred.” | According to information shared online by Endavant, a socialist group seeking Catalan independence, the gathering is to voice their opposition to the “terror of Daesh and the fascist hatred.” |
RT.com has reached out to Arran, Endavant and La Falange for comment. | RT.com has reached out to Arran, Endavant and La Falange for comment. |
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