Anarchists Vow to Halt Far Right’s Rise, With Violence if Needed
Un mouvement violent qui prend de l’ampleur.
Si, dans les grandes villes, les opposants à Trump manifestent leur mécontentement de manière pacifique et légale, ce n’est pas le cas d’une frange anarchiste pour qui la violence est justifiée. Une journaliste du célèbre quotidien américain a enquêté sur ce mouvement pour qui Trump incarne une forme de pouvoir fasciste à combattre par tous les moyens.
The videotaped sucker punch that staggered white nationalist Richard Spencer on Inauguration Day quickly inspired mockery on social media. But it echoed loudly in an escalating confrontation between extreme ends of the political spectrum.With far-right groups edging into the mainstream with the rise of President Donald Trump, self-described anti-fascists and anarchists are vowing to confront them at every turn, and by any means necessary — including violence.
2. In Berkeley, California, last month, masked protesters set fires, smashed windows and stormed buildings on the campus of the University of California to shut down a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, an inflammatory Breitbart News editor and a right-wing provocateur barred from Twitter. Five people were injured, administrators canceled the event, and university police locked down the campus for hours.
3. That followed a bloody melee in Seattle on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, when blackclad demonstrators — their faces concealed to minimize the risk of arrest — tried to prevent a speech by Yiannopoulos at the University of Washington, and a 34-year-old anti-fascist was shot and seriously wounded by a supporter of Yiannopoulos.
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4. The outbreaks of destruction and violence since Trump’s inauguration have earned contempt from Republicans — in-