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| Cars blaze in Dresden as PEGIDA demonstrates nearby |
| 2016-01-26 |
| [DeutscheWelle] Thousands of PEGIDA demonstrators have once again protested in the eastern German city of Dresden. Local media have reported that 10 cars, thought to belong to PEGIDA supporters, were set alight. Dresden police reported late on Monday that 10 cars had been set alight during the protest. The vehicles were in a parking lot under the city's Marienbrucke bridge where many PEGIDA supporters usually leave their cars while attending the weekly demonstration. It was not immediately clear if members of the anti-PEGIDA movement were responsible for fires. According to student initiative "Durchgezählt," between 250 and 350 people turned out to demonstrate against the xenophobic movement on Monday. Counter-demonstrators attacked some of the PEGIDA members with smoke bombs, but the situation was quickly brought under control by police. 'Fortress of Europe' Taking to the stage on Theaterplatz, in front of Dresden's Semperoper, PEGIDA frontwoman Tatjana Festerling was met with a sea of banners from 3,000-4,000 PEGIDA supporters, many sharing common slogans such as "Merkel must go!" and "Resistance!" In light of a conference held by the "Patriots of Europe" in Prague last weekend, Festerling praised the movement's "internationality." PEGIDA supporters from 14 different countries gathered in the Czech capital on Saturday under the slogan "Fortress of Europe," where they declared their "holy right" as Europeans to defend themselves. The offices of the district attorney in both Dresden and the nearby city of Leipzig are currently investigating Festerling on suspicion of sedition. Europe-wide protest in February Speaking as a guest at Monday's rally, a Danish PEGIDA supporter named Tanja described Europe's unprecedented influx of refugees as a "tsunami of mostly well-fed migrants, full of greed for our countries, our prosperity and our women." PEGIDA founder Lutz Bachmann confirmed that the movement's usual weekly protest wouldn't take place next week. Instead, the group plans to hold a Europe-wide demonstration on February 6, with protesters due to meet in a host of European cities including Warsaw, Tallinn, Prague, Bratislava, Amsterdam and Birmingham. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Progressives, liberals or whatever they want to call themselves have redefined the term NAZI. They ignore the original meaning of national socialist and the fact that they are the ones with the socialist tendencies. These days they use the term to denigrate anyone who hasn't drunk their koolaid. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-26 12:12 |
| #3 The Euroestblishment just doesn't get it. The EU was set up to end war and stuff (as Arlo Guthry would put it.) It ended up strengthening the traditional powers (France and Germany, Italy to a lesser extent) plus Belgium. In the face of invasion by alien civilizations groups like PEGIDA and UKIP and and "Fortress Europe" rise naturally. They're no more Nazi organizations than Lions' Club or Rotary international. The thing they actually are is European. Jan Sobieski was neither a Nazi nor, strictly speaking was he Lithuanian or Polish in 1683. He was European. I think he would also spit on the current set of Eurodictators. |
| Posted by: Fred 2016-01-26 11:35 |
| #2 One side demonstrates, the other uses firebombs and smoke bombs. The press will condemn the first and report the second as "mostly peaceful". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2016-01-26 10:05 |
| #1 Peaceful demonstrations won't work---the Ruling Class is way beyond the bend. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-26 02:52 |