{"id":350993,"date":"2018-03-06T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T09:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/antifa-protesters-storm-alt-right-speech-at-kings-college-video-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:10:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T09:10:58","slug":"antifa-protesters-storm-alt-right-speech-at-kings-college-video-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/antifa-protesters-storm-alt-right-speech-at-kings-college-video-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Antifa protesters storm \u2018alt-right\u2019 speech at King\u2019s College (VIDEO) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.03\/thumbnail\/5a9e4e9bfc7e932a138b45cb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Anti-fascist protesters stormed an event by an \u2018alt-right\u2019 speaker at King\u2019s College London, Monday night.Demonstrators wreaked havoc,successfully stopping the talk while scuffles broke out and windows were reportedly smashed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dramatic footage shows the moment the left-wing group stormed a lecture theater packed for a speech by Carl Benjamin. Benjamin, who goes online by the moniker of \u2018Sargon of Akkad\u2019, has been described by various outlets as a member of the so-called \u2018alt-right\u2019, a movement known for its white-supremacist views.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters grabbed the speakers\u2019 microphones before smashing windows and leaving threatening notes to the organizers, the Daily Mail reports. Videos also shows the protesters chanting<em> \u201cno fascism on campus,\u201d<\/em> as alarms rang out in the background.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/418143-antifa-right-soas-protest\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0Anti-fascists protest against spread of \u2018posh schoolboy\u2019 alt-right Generation Identity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe will continue to pursue our goal of resisting any threats to freedom of speech. By continuing to plan the range of events and campaigns we have in store, in order to encourage productive dialogue on a wide range of topics,\u201d<\/em> a spokesman for the KCL Libertarian Society, the group which organized the event, told the Evening Standard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe event has now been canceled and evacuated after threats to the moderator. Speech, no matter how controversial, should never be met with violence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jvkzo4GXDyI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Met Police confirmed they were called to the university, in Westminster, just before 7pm on Monday night. They told the Standard the group had been dispersed by the time they arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin is a prominent English YouTuber whose videos feature anti-progressive views. A piece on the vlogger in the Daily Dot described Benjamin as using his videos to target <em>\u201cfeminism, Islam and Black Lives Matter,<\/em>\u201d as well as <em>\u201cthe notion of straight white male privilege.\u201d<\/em> His channel currently has more than 760,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/420563-antifa-alt-right-kings\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-fascist protesters stormed an event by an \u2018alt-right\u2019 speaker at King\u2019s College London, Monday night.Demonstrators wreaked havoc,successfully stopping the talk while scuffles broke out and windows were reportedly smashed. Dramatic footage shows the moment the left-wing group stormed a lecture theater packed for a speech by Carl Benjamin. 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