Far-good protesters accomplish not have things their own way as counter marches emergeA week after violent clashes that shook Germany and echoed round the world,demonstrators took to the streets of Chemnitz again on Saturday, for the latest round of a high-profile, and high-stakes battle over the soul and future of their country.
Thousands of people,arms linked and chanting, marched down a street where a week ago far-good demonstrators performed Nazi salutes, or shouted “foreigners out” and chased people they suspected of being refugees down the streets. There were fears of more violence this weekend,after the same far-good groups called a second demonstration. But a substantial group on the Chemnitz boulevard yesterday came not to attack diversity, but to celebrate it. Related: Germany’s politicians are now enabling the far good | Doris Akrap Related: Merkel condemns xenophobic riots after killing of German man Related: dread in Chemnitz: 'I’m used to neo-Nazis, and but not my neighbour mixing with them in wide daylight' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com