Hüseyin Dogru (Back-Up)@redstreamnet
Portuguese police violently attacked anti-fascist protesters yesterday. The neo-Nazi group 1143 had organized a demonstration in front of the Monument of the Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal. The monument was designed by the fascist leader, Salazar, and glorifies Portuguese colonialism.
A counter-protest was organized to oppose the fascist event. Organizers called it a "Day of Anti-Racist Struggle" and commemorated Alcindo Monteiro, a Cape-Verdean man who was murdered by neo-Nazis in Lisbon on June 10, 1995. Among his attackers was Mário Machado, the same neo-Nazi who can be seen in the video physically threatening an anti-fascist protester.
At the protest, the police not only allowed the neo-Nazis to act with impunity, performing Nazi salutes and threatening anti-fascist counter-protesters; they themselves attacked the counter-protestors opposing these expressions of fascism.
