Unite the Right outnumbered by Antifa

I am with Don DeBar on this one -

“I don't understand how the anemic groups of misfits marching under the swastika and cracker flag can be seen as representing "a rising fascist threat" while the REAL fascist threat has been governing for almost a generation. I shudder to think that, had the fascist's power been manifest in the streets (rather than in the halls of power, from where they reside), those who today claim to be protecting us would be our primary line of defense. And I am truly amazed - practically to the point of despair - that the actual fascists in power have nothing to fear today from "antifa" and others among the working class, who will instead be beating each other in the head in the streets, while the "leadership' of the "left" cheers them on (mostly from a safe distance).”

White supremacists and their opponents descend on Washington

RT,

13 August, 2018

Heavy police presence is seen in the center of the US capital as crowds of anti-nationalist protesters have gathered to protest the Unite the Right rally one year after the Charlottesville clashes.

Counter-protesters have gathered across from the White House in Lafayette Park in Washington DC to oppose a white nationalist rally that has been approved to take place in the US capital on Sunday afternoon. Many demonstrators were seen carrying signs stating “shut down white supremacy” and chanting “No KKK, no fascist USA!” “We will be here until these fascist forces are gone, however long that takes,” a protester told AP.

The white supremacist rally organizer, Jason Kessler, earlier said that he expects 100 to 400 people to participate in his event in front of the White House. The Unite the Right rally officially kicked off at 5pm.

o avoid a major showdown between the Antifa crowd and Kessler’s, police organized a motorcycle escort, shadowing the man who was behind last year’s rally in Charlottesville. As the escort was about to leave, Antifa protesters tried to block the procession by launching fireworks over the barricade.

The authorities had promised an enormous police presence to keep white supremacists and counter-protesters apart, and to avoid brawls. Buses carrying Unite the Right protesters are being escorted by double lines of police cars and a line of motorcycle police. The demonstrators were reportedly told they have to surrender flagpoles.

Scuffles broke out after a counter-protester grabbed Unite the Right participants near a metro station in downtown Washington, photos on social media show.

Meanwhile, more than 100 people have gathered in downtown Charlottesville demonstrating against racism. The rally marked the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally, which resulted in heavy clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters. The group was chanting, addressing police officers who were accompanying them: “Will you protect us?”

The event in Charlottesville was attended by Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a Unite the Right demonstrator plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. “We have a huge racial problem in our city and in our country. We have got to fix this or we'll be right back here in no time,” she said.

Charlottesville rejected Unite the Right’s request to stage a repeat rally, so the march has been relocated to Washington DC, where police have promised a heavy presence to separate the demonstrators from the likely much-larger counter-protester gathering.