Antifascists Confront Neo-Nazis in Orlando; Police Offer Racists Protection

Report back from Tequesta Black Star, about antifascists opposing recent neo-Nazi rally in so-called Orlando.

Antifascists resisted the presence of the National Socialist Movement in two separate instances in the Orlando area, counter-protesting and redecorating the sites in which they rallied.

On the 29th of January, 15-20 neo-Nazis representing the National Socialist Movement held a rally at Waterford Lakes Town Center, among them Burt Colucci, the current leader of the NSM and Eddie McBride. The crowd of fascists waved Nazi flags and banners, assaulted bystanders, and accosted people who recorded them.

25 local antifascists then promptly arrived at the scene, pelting the fascist gathering with eggs and stones, forcing them to disperse. Following the dispersion of the NSM rally, locals saw fit to redecorate the site with antifascist stickers and tags, per a reportback from the Miami Revolutionary Abolitionist Front.

The same group of fascists re-emerged on the 30th at the I-4 highway, also in Orlando, putting up a swastika flag and two banners saying “Vax the Jews” and “Let’s Go Branon,” an erroneously misspelled right-wing slogan.

Local anarchists and antifascists arrived on the scene again but were unable to shut down the far-Right demonstration due to a massive police presence to protect the NSM rally.

by Tequesta Black Star via It's Going Down