"Hundreds of counterprotesters on Saturday drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis."
#Minneapolis #CounterProtest #FarRight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/minneapolis-counterprotesters-chase-far-right-activist
Demonstration against the visit of the MR to St.-Gilles
Place Bethléem, Saint-Gilles, woensdag 19 november om 18:30 CET
On November 19, the MR wishes to organize a conference in St-Gilles to “explain” their antisocial reforms and racist policies. We are calling for a demonstration against their visit at 5:30 p.m. at Place Bethléem.
The non-profit organization CEMome—the venue for the conference—explained that the building had been made available to the MR not by them but by the municipality of St.-Gilles, and that they distanced themselves from the policies promoted by the MR.
We refuse to allow the MR to promote its contempt for the poor and its racism in Saint-Gilles. This party, which embodies the interests of the rich, is the main vehicle for the far-right agenda in French-speaking Belgium.
We call on everyone to put pressure on the municipality of St-Gilles to ban the MR conference.
It is therefore the same municipality of St-Gilles, which presents itself as “progressive” with anti-fascist flags, that will host the MR conference. It will even deploy hundreds of police officers to “cordon off” the neighborhood—according to its own words—so that GLB and his clique can come and spew their contempt.
Jean Spinette, the mayor of Saint-Gilles, commented that our call to rally against the MR was “undemocratic” and a “call to violence.” We would like to correct Jean: violence is perpetrated by the state, which pushes hundreds of thousands of people into precarious situations, which suppresses social solidarity, our unemployment benefits, our pensions, and our allowances, in order to invest in weapons... It is the violence that kills in detention centers and police stations, not the violence of a population defending itself by organizing against policies that directly threaten their lives. Wednesday's popular gathering will be the only legitimate democratic expression of the neighborhood, not the conference you are protecting.
The non-profit organization CEMome—the venue for the conference—explained that the building had been made available to the MR not by them but by the municipality of St-Gilles, and that they distanced themselves from the policies promoted by the MR. We refuse to allow the MR to promote its contempt for the poor and its racism in Saint-Gilles. This party, which embodies the interests of the rich, is the primary vehicle for the agenda of the far right in French-speaking Belgium.
We call on everyone to put pressure on the municipality of St-Gilles to ban the MR conference.
It is therefore the same municipality of St-Gilles, which presents itself as “progressive” with anti-fascist flags, that will host the MR conference. Wednesday's popular gathering will be the only legitimate democratic expression of the neighborhood, not the conference that you are protecting.
This hypocritical stance by the municipality is one of the reasons why we oppose the PS and the entire reformist left: while claiming to fight against the far right and support policies in the interests of the exploited, these parties are in fact doing the opposite.
The PS takes up the themes of the far right and capitalizes on racism in Belgium: declaring through its president that more “foreigners” considered “illegal” must be deported and imprisoned. By calling for the strengthening of the repressive apparatus of the state, which beats, harasses, and kills people out of racism, because they live in working-class neighborhoods and/or because they protest and organize to live with dignity. On Wednesday, it gave the MR a new space, well protected by an army of cops.
Should we be surprised? No. Social democratic parties have always had an interest in mediating between the far right, the bourgeoisie, and workers/the oppressed, destroying any semblance of progressive politics in their discourse if it contradicted the interests of the capitalist class and its reactionary policies.
Anti-fascism remains and will remain revolutionary, otherwise it is limited to flags on facades. Down with the PS and all political forces that give a platform to the far right.
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👥 by Front d'Action Révolutionnaire and others (source,source)
https://acties.todon.nl/event/demonstration-against-the-visit-of-the-mr-to-st-gilles
RE: https://mastodon.world/@verdantsquare/115553583212842838
"We're not actually supporting nazis, just free speech"
Bullshit. Allowing speech but not the counterspeech isn't free at all. It's protection of one at the expense of another.
Getting beat up is the counterspeech to showing up in nazi gear, because that gear itself already says it's gonna make a powerless slave out of you.
I couldn't think of a better way of encouraging neo-nazis to march, harass & attack people on the street than this.
Flag reads:
"Stand up to Racism
Stand up to division
Stand up to Facism
Stand up to Hatred"
Adjacent flag is that of the #Druze people & religion
#Gloucestershire #Solidarity #Counterprotest
Edit: Oops, I forgot to add the photo. Doh!
#Gloucestershire Stands Together - #March #Rally & #Community Celebration, Sun 2nd Nov
Meet 12 noon at Barnwood Park, March to the Ibis hotel to arrive around 12.30pm
Gloucestershire Solidarity Network celebrate the diverse communities of Gloucestershire. The “Patriots of Gloucestershire” of “Great British National Protest” & neo-Nazi “Patriotic Alternative” will be holding a protest at the Ibis Hotel Gloucester, trying to demonise people seeking asylum.
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These are the only people I'm afraid of in Britain, cowards who are afraid of showing their faces. Notice the #ReformUK FC shirt.
@reformparty_uk
#standuptoracism #antifaschism #counterprotest #NotInMyName #MyFlagAsWell #RaiseTheFlag
If people want flags, let's give them flags.
Monday, May 5, 2025
Ukraine reportedly attacks Russian Strela electromechanical plant in Bryansk Oblast — US to send refurbished Patriot air defense system from Israel to Ukraine — Czech initiative to deliver up to 1.8 million shells to Ukraine in 2025 — [vblog] Tortured journalist and Russia’s intensified assaults: Ukraine This Week … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-5-2025/
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/proud-boys-and-militias-come-to-teslas-defense/
One Million March for Children & Counter-Protest
September 20, 2024
A protest and counter-protest with very different vibes. The "million" march was missing more than 900,000 participants.
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#yeg #ableg #protest #counterprotest #photojournalism #yegphotographer #edmonton #alberta #abed #education #transkidsmatter
'Ireland is not hateful' - North Cork people show out to counter anti-refugee meeting. "It's important to show that Irish people are hospitable, they are friendly, they're not hateful, Ireland is not full and there's a lot of fear and anger that should be directed towards the government" 💚🤍🧡
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/ireland-not-hateful-north-cork-29712735 #IrishMasto #mastodaoine #Cork #Antifa #FarRight #mastodonie #CounterProtest #Watergrasshill 🇮🇪
Far right #riots can be stopped by #counterprotest.
Simple as that.
Keep that in mind, it could get handy in the years to come.
The far right in most places comes from a bubble. It's a small bubble. Remind them of that.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-riots-anti-racism-protests-far-right-b2592912.html
#Britain
A reminder to anyone going to a #counterprotest/non-violent direct action against the fash tonight (or any day/night) to take a GBC bust card https://greenandblackcross.org/guides/bustcard/
#Antifascists Expose #RentalHome of #NeoNazis Who Attacked a Bartender in #Nashville as Locals Call for #CounterProtest
#TigerSwan Former Delta Operator sought to incite violence at the #DakotaAccessPipeline
by Jack Murphy Feb 26, 2018
“’Everyone just saw #oil and saw dollar signs,' a security contractor who worked on the #DAPL project told SOFREP before commenting that Reese, 'wants to be the next #ErikPrince.' At one point, TigerSwan was making a million dollars in profit per month while working on DAPL. No one at the company wanted to see that spigot turn off so some employees provoked the protesters in order to prolong the conflict. ETP was unaware of this as their director of security, Eric Lyons, was inexperienced and took whatever TigerSwan said at face value.
“Another incident took place when Porter ordered several ex-Rangers to do penetration tests of the protester camps by driving a pickup truck right through their perimeter lines. The former Rangers blasted into Camp 3 where many of the more radical #NativeAmericans were known to be and made a loop through the camp. As protesters moved their vehicles to close off the entrance and trap them, the Rangers drove over a snow bank and escaped. Next, they drove down to Camp 1 and repeated the same tactic. This time the Native Americans drove after them and they got into a high-speed pursuit down the road.
“This action resulted in the women and children vacating the camps, while those remaining went up to 100% security and prepared for law enforcement and security contractors to come clear the camps, which was never going to happen. The #protesters simply burned through resources and the native American tribe was not in a position to help them since they had spent the water protector donations to the tune of 3.2 million dollars in order to settle their casino debts.
“‘I know for a fact that the money went into a lot of people’s pockets,' said Eddie Stormcloud who was a leader in one of the #WaterProtector camps and attended many closed-door sessions with the tribal council. Stormcloud also told SOFREP that the true amount of money was closer to nine million dollars rather than the 3.2 reported. At the end of the day, it seemed that everyone was cashing in on the situation at #StandingRock.
“‘Porter’s real goal was to keep this thing going as long as possible,' a former TigerSwan employee told SOFREP. 'Some of the protesters wanted to do big actions because they would get more media coverage and more funding. TigerSwan wanted it to happened because their contract would be prolonged. Meanwhile, ETP had no idea.'
“One of the first contractors on the ground at #DAPL told SOFREP that, 'when TigerSwan came on that was when the shit show started. They came in with this military ideology when it was a police operation. They were almost willing to go in and do things that RGT [Russel Group] would never do because you can’t by law. So the oil company looked to TigerSwan as the authority and a lot of guys went over to them.'
“The security contractor continued, saying that TigerSwan had an attitude of, 'we are going to walk into a room with a bunch of thugs and will be the biggest thug in the room.'
“‘They are trying to prolong this as a cash cow,' another contractor lamented.
“TigerSwan sent an unsigned and undated document from a nameless e-mail address to SOFREP denying the contents of this article. It reads in part, 'The claims you make have no basis in reality and are completely made up.' The document goes on to state, 'At no time were there any approved operations outside of the scope of the contract. Just like any dynamic organization, the client’s enterprise team for DAPL would come up with creative ideas to do their jobs differently, but nothing outside the scope of the contract was ever approved.'
"A legacy brought home from #Iraq and #Afghanistan: The conflict at Standing Rock created a number of precedents for the future of #protests and #counterprotest actions. While companies like #Blackwater were private military companies operating abroad, TigerSwan brought the tactics that contractors and soldiers use in Baghdad to American soil for the first time.
“'Someone is going to get shot, and then a bunch of people are going to get shot, and then we are going to have a #WoundedKnee III. That’s going to reflect badly on the national guard, on law enforcement, and certainly on private security contractors,' Landon Steele said. 'Guys need to be really leery and really careful and ask the really hard questions when a contract holder calls them and says we have a contract here in the US.'
“Today, TigerSwan employs contractors running static and roving security patrols for the #MarinerEast2 #ME2 pipeline being built in #Pennsylvania by #ETP. The company also has eyes on the Atlantic pipeline and would like to bid on upcoming security contracts that will need to be fulfilled for the project.
“TigerSwan’s internal security assessments anticipate protests when the Atlantic pipeline is run through North Carolina and West Virginia.”
Full article:
https://sofrep.com/news/tigerswan-former-delta-operator-sought-to-incite-violence-at-the-dakota-access-pipeline/
#WaterIsLife #BigOil #OilAndGasIndustry #NoDAPL #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism #ACAB #Activism #ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalJustice
#ErikPrinceColonialism #CorporateColonialism #Blackwater #TigerSwan
#PosieParker’s ‘#LetWomenSpeak’ #Hategroup #rally in #Liverpool #drownedout by #LGBTQ+ #protesters.
Hundreds of #activists proved yet again that #LoveTrumpsHate during a #counterprotest against a ‘#gendercritical’ #antitrans #event.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/09/posie-parker-let-women-speak/
Update; fascists may have announced that their appearance was a "counter protest", but in reality they didn't bring signs to the #A12 in The Hague today. The group (mostly men) mostly turned out to want to confront, obstruct and demoralize the #XR protesters, and some of them were armed and clothed for attacks and fights. According to #Amnesty's Dutch definition, that is not a counter protest but a hostile audience, and that means that their "counter protest" should not be protected.
Journalists, however, don't seem to be able to make that difference, fearing to be called subjective. Twitter livereporter @chrisklomp71 chose to consistently name them "counter protesters", while quoting the Dutch police as calling them "a colourful mix of covidiots, far-right extremists and soccer hooligans". Reports written later in other media still called the fascist group a "#counterprotest".
https://www.amnesty.nl/wat-we-doen/demonstratierecht-in-nederland/wat-is-het-verschil-tussen-een-tegendemonstratie-en-vijandig-publiek
(Is there no English link for this?)
