{"id":335652,"date":"2017-11-19T04:57:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T03:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/white-europe-of-brotherly-nations-tommy-robinson-represents-uk-at-huge-far-right-polish-demo-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-19T04:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T03:57:41","slug":"white-europe-of-brotherly-nations-tommy-robinson-represents-uk-at-huge-far-right-polish-demo-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/white-europe-of-brotherly-nations-tommy-robinson-represents-uk-at-huge-far-right-polish-demo-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018White Europe of brotherly nations\u2019 \u2013 Tommy Robinson represents UK at huge far-right Polish demo \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Far-right European figures, including former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) Tommy Robinson, attended a huge demonstration in Warsaw on Poland\u2019s Independence Day. Around 60,000 nationalist and fascist demonstrators attended, in what has been described as one of the largest far-right gatherings in the world. <\/p>\n

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Apart from Robinson, who covered the event for the far-right Canadian based The Rebel Media, there were nationalist figures from Italy, Sweden, and Germany in attendance. On Twitter, the former leader of the EDL, and briefly head of the UK branch of PEGIDA, described the march: \u201cPoland is fortress Europe. I\u2019ve never seen pride & Patriotism like I saw this weekend. Don\u2019t believe the MSM slander & tarnishing of the polish people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Under a sea of national flags and burning red flares, attendees listened to speeches, sang nationalist songs, and listened to Polish hip hop. While the march was ostensibly about Polish independence and religion, with some participants marching under the slogan \u2018we want God,\u2019<\/em> the demonstration saw a heavy presence of white nationalism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia. \u00a0<\/p>\n

One banner read: \u201cWhite Europe of brotherly nations,\u201d<\/em> while upon another was written: \u201cPray for Islamic Holocaust.\u201d<\/em> Chants of \u201cpure Poland, white Poland\u201d<\/em> and “refugees get out\u201d<\/em> were reported and others waved flags adorned with far-right insignia.One participant told the state-run TVP he was marching \u201cto remove Jewry from power.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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On the weekend he could have been paying respects to the British men and women killed fighting fascism, Tommy Robinson chose to march in Poland alongside neo-Nazis and Hitler worshippers. Tiny treasonous bellend. https:\/\/t.co\/9qbOXs2eA6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) November 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Among the groups organizing the event were the All Polish Youth, National-Radical Camp and the National Movement, all of which have roots to pre-World War II anti-Semitic organizations. National Movement bears the same name as a 1930s organization that advocated the complete eradication of Jews from Poland. Around 90 percent of Polish Jews were killed during the holocaust.<\/p>\n

The march also had support from some parts of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. Interior minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak described the event as a \u201cbeautiful sight,\u201d<\/em> adding \u201cWe are proud that so many Poles have decided to take part in a celebration connected to the Independence Day holiday.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>During his trip Robinson met with PiS MP\u00a0<\/strong>Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski, who later took to Twitter defend Robinson and accuse the British media of “FAKE NEWS!”<\/em> over their coverage of the demonstration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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FAKE NEWS!
Not even that! This is outrageous!@MailOnline<\/a> You are full of…
Liars who trying to manipulate.
Thank God People are not stupid.
You\u2019ll pay for this. I do promise. As a MP I\u2019ll take care of it.
Many tolks to You, hmm?
O yes! https:\/\/t.co\/xvlEmNj9J6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski (@D_Tarczynski) November 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

A mixture of anti-fascists, community organizations, and LGBT groups protested the event, with a large police presence mainly keeping the rival groups apart. Several incidents of violence were reported, though no major disturbances occurred. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The British far-right and their Polish counterparts have a growing relationship that often belies the latter\u2019s criticism on European immigration. According to charity Hope not Hate, now-banned group National Action regularly met with Polish activists, including Radziu Rekke, \u201ca gun-toting Pole living in Manchester, who leads late night expeditions into Manchester\u2019s Jewish areas where he and others stalk Jewish buildings,\u201d<\/em> wrote the charity. In June 2014, a man was stabbed in north London after the Polish neo-Nazi group Zjednoczeni Emigranci stormed a music festival.<\/p>\n