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Mobilisation against far-right group ‘New Hope’
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Antifascists on the Bury streets
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NEW HOPE is an offshoot of Poland’s main far-right political group, Confederation (Konfederacja), with views/policies to the right of the already far-right core of the confederation.
As soon as word of them holding an event in Bury got to us, the local Communist Party branch began to organise against it.
A call for anti-fascists to assemble outside the venue on the day was posted across all social media platforms. There was a wish to ensure as broad a left turnout as possible and to avoid any sectarian friction.
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