{"id":1068,"date":"2017-10-05T01:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T01:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2017-10-05T01:38:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T01:38:34","slug":"fishing-the-antifa-nationalists-draw-out-the-violent-nature-of-many-protesting-immigration-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"Fishing the Antifa: Nationalists Draw Out the Violent Nature of Many Protesting Immigration Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Fishing the Antifa: Nationalists Draw Out the Violent Nature of Many Protesting Immigration Restrictions<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On September 30, many different groups hosted demonstrations across Canada against Canada\u00e8s failed immigration policy Protests occurred in Fredericton, Ottawa, Windsor, London , Edmonton, Regina, and the Peace Arch Border Crossing near Vancouver.and other cities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kevin Goudreau is a long-time White Nationalist activist. He cut his teeth in the early 1990s as one of Wolfgang Droege&#8217;s key organizers in Kingstoon, Ontario.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kevin obtained a permit from the City of Peterborough on behalf of the Canadian Nationalist Front to hold an anti-Trudeau, anti-immigration rally at Confederation Square in that city. Various antifa and anti-free speech groups rose to the bait like pirhanas to a bleeding cow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A city councillor whose grasp of freedom of speech and political freedom is decidedly feeble blasted city staff for granting the permit: &#8220;Peterborough councillor Diane Therrien says a Neo-Nazi should never have gotten permission to hold a rally on city property at Confederation Square, on Saturday.&#8221; (National Post, September 2, 2017) &#8220;At City Hall on Monday, Therrien said city staff gave the group permission to hold its rally in the park because it\u2019s expected to be a peaceful protest. But she wasn\u2019t accepting that idea.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cStaff\u2019s position is that it\u2019s a peaceful protest \u2013 but he (Goudreau) is not a peaceful person,\u201d Therrien said. Meanwhile, Therrien asked fellow councillors to support local activists who are planning counter-protests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, there would be plenty of violence on Saturday, but none of it would be Mr. Goudreau&#8217;s doing. The &#8220;peaceful'&#8221; anti-racist protest turned decidedly violent with masked thugs assaulting a young man they thought was a &#8220;fascist&#8221;, spitting and screaming, and then surrounding a police car containing one of the violent peaceful protesters and screaming at and menacing the police. There were two arrests for assault. Some masked thugs attacked an elderly man whom they accused of being a &#8220;fascist&#8221; and broke his cane.<\/p>\n<p><b>THIS AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT INSANITY OF MANY OF THE ANTIFA. IT IS HARD TO WATCH BECAUSE OF THE ENDLESS WILD DRUMMING BUT IT IS PRICELESS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=meswVcfKMFM&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<wbr \/>v=meswVcfKMFM&amp;feature=player_e<wbr \/>mbedded<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Earlier in the week, Mr., Goudreau&#8217;s group infiltrated an Antifa organizing meeting a recorded the proceedings including organizing for violence. They shared this information with the police and media. Here is a pertinent excerpt: &#8216;<b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?ui=2&amp;ik=521f6a8f50&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15eea0eabc348406&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_15ee608165c923e1&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ8jXiW0kFpajgZ1nYL3pT-lYyPFU9p7wjhlIKlsQFEK4xnlAJk_yAdJrHPpWGkDENtA7swNEU0MGg5K_Y1C9rZRd1BqVAJA2YeeUibowa6c3TFg2qs36Sr9UvM&amp;sz=s0-l75&amp;ats=1507165621763&amp;rm=15eea0eabc348406&amp;zw\" alt=\"Inline image 1\" width=\"491\" height=\"235\" \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Mr. Goudreau&#8217;s ploy worked admirably. Antifa were encouraged to be the violent Red Guards they are and demonstrate that ANTI-RACISM IS A CODE WORD FOR ANTI-WHITE. It also allowed nationalists to get many pictures of Antifa BEFORE they donned their masks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">National Post<\/span><\/b>\u00a0asserted there were 1,000 anti-racist protesters. My estimate was closer to 200. They were a motley crew of masked thuggish antifa, leftist crazies and some more establishment virtue signallers coming out as the street troops for the The Fund Kid, Justin Trudeau, who, when receiving a Global Citizen Award from the globalist Atlantic Union in New York earlier in the month proclaimed a globalist jihad against natiopnalists and those with traditional views on human sexuality:\u00a0 &#8216;We need to be every bit as strong, ever bit as vigilant in opposing the scourges of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ethnic and religious bigotry, neo-fascism, neo-Nazis and the violent extremism of Daesh (ISIS) that confront us in 2017.&#8221; (<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">National Post,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0September 21, 2017)<\/p>\n<p>Prominent among this gaggle of White haters, self haters and useful idiots was Peterborough MP Maryam Monsef, who was swept into the cabinet at age 31 of the strength of her sex and Third World status. Her publicity claimed she had come to Canada as a refugee from Afghanistan at age 11. It turned out this was a bit of a fib. She&#8217;d hailed from Iran. Coming from lands that know little about democracy, she had been tasked with delivering democratic reform and moving toward proportional representation. She flopped miserably and has been shifted to being Minister on the Status of Women.<\/p>\n<p>Here is her Facebook posting &#8212; no mention or apology for the Antifa violence. &#8220;Peace and love will always overcome hate,&#8221; she burbles. But where was the &#8220;hate&#8221; but on the contorted faces of those Antifa attacking a supposed White Nationalist?<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-text\">\n<article>\n<div id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-story-main-content\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-fixed-fluid-holder gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-right gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-active gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-last\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-fluid-holder gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-right\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-content\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-story-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-text\">\n<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/muslim-minister-diversity-strength.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though the attacker was a Somali Muslim and the victim was a white police officer, she included multiple calls to \u201cend white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin Trudeau\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JustinPJTrudeau\/posts\/10156028014970649\" target=\"_blank\">shared the post to his own Facebook<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday and said he agrees entirely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell said, Minister,\u201d Trudeau said. \u201cCanadians\u2019 resolve has been tested this weekend, but I know, as always, we will come through united. Our diversity is our strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/muslim-minister-diversity-strength-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commenters were not as thrilled:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/muslim-minister-diversity-strength-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/muslim-minister-diversity-strength-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Trudeau chastised Trump for his quasi-Muslim ban and said that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=56114\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim Canadians are an essential part of the success of our country<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m never going to shy away from standing up for what I believe in, whether it\u2019s proclaiming loudly to the world that I am a feminist, whether it\u2019s understanding that immigration is a source of strength for us and Muslim Canadians are an essential part of the success of our country today and into the future,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/span> (October 1, 2017) provided some fascinating photos of some of them ore the deranged members of the crowd. Note, also the unapologetic attitude of perpetrators of violence.<\/p>\n<header class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Violence erupts at anti-racism rally in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468excerpt\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Clashes erupted between anti-racism protesters and a man in a Nazi T-shirt, and between anti-racism protesters and police<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-featured-media-container gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-below-content\">\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-76758265media-76758265\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-featured-media gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-align-none gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Tensions rise as protesters clash with police on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-story-main-content\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-fixed-fluid-holder gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-right gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-active gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-last\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-fluid-holder gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-right\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468entry-content\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-story-content\">\nTwo people were arrested at Confederation Square in Peterborough, Ont., on Saturday after a crowd filled the park to speak out against white supremacists who\u2019d planned a rally there but didn\u2019t show up after all.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd of more than 1,000, taking part in what was dubbed Solidarity Weekend, filled the park and, to the beat of drums, rallied in opposition to the Canadian Nationalist Front, the organization planning to hold the anti-immigration event, which ended up not happening.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the peaceful intent of the Solidarity Weekend organizers, clashes erupted: One between anti-racism protesters and a man in a Nazi T-shirt, and another between anti-racism protesters and police, which led to the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>One person was arrested for assault during the rally after a man was punched on the south side of Confederation Square, city police Insp. Lynne Buehler stated.<\/p>\n<p>Owen Lucas, 22, of Wolfe Street, was charged with assault causing bodily harm. He has been held in custody.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-fsk_splitbox_9_onscreen\"><\/div>\n<p>The punched man suffered an injured mouth and required medical treatment, Buehler stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to Buehler, at around 2:45 p.m. some people in the crowd covered their faces and heads to disguise their identities.<\/p>\n<p>The man in the Nazi T-shirt and a woman, who had her head covered in a hood, engaged in a shouting match, Buehler stated.<\/p>\n<p>During that dispute an officer was assaulted, Buehler stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758267\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-4.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Tensions rise as protesters clash with police on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a result the woman was arrested for assaulting the officer and was placed in a police cruiser, Buehler stated. Police obtained her name and address and released the woman from custody at the scene after people swarmed the cruiser and chanted for her release, blocking traffic at George St. and McDonnel St. for about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing their investigation of that incident.<\/p>\n<p>The woman who left the police cruiser told a different version of events.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Way, 22, walked away from the cruiser saying she\u2019d punched a man \u2013 whom she called a Nazi \u2013 and then police tackled her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept yelling at them (police) that I\u2019m disabled and they kept tackling me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758270\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-6.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Police arrest a protester on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But she said she didn\u2019t regret her actions: \u201cThat\u2019s (expletive) camaraderie \u2013 that\u2019s why we\u2019re here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Some protesters, including Jeremy Bertrand, yelled obscenities at police while the woman was in the cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand said a man had arrived at the march, yelled at protesters and ripped up a placard before he was confronted by the woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I saw three Peterborough Police officers twist and contort this woman,\u201d Bertrand said, adding that the officers then \u201ctackled her to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers attempted to restore calm to the crowd, which had largely dispersed by 5:30 p.m., according to Buehler.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758271\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-7.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Protesters surround a police cruiser on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile there was also a man taken away from the scene by paramedics; he was seen limping into the back of an ambulance on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Salo, a local videographer, wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday night that he\u2019d been shooting video when he attempted to help police in the scuffle. He wrote that his injuries will require surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd gathered at Confederation Square on Saturday afternoon to take a stand against an anti-immigration rally that was supposed to take place there.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Goudreau, a Peterborough resident, is the chairman of the Canadian Nationalist Front, a group that wants to make this country a white homeland. He was planning an anti-immigration, anti-Trudeau rally in Confederation Square, the same site as the city\u2019s war memorial<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-pn_pullquote\"><p>I saw three Peterborough Police officers twist and contort this woman<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-pullquote-share-container\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-button gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-facebook\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fviolence-erupts-at-anti-racism-rally-in-peterborough-ont\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-button gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Instead, the public square attracted more than 1,000 people there to denounce racism: Seniors, children, people in colourful costumes carrying placards, and several people with their faces covered from the nose down with bandannas (from the group Peterborough Against Fascism).<\/p>\n<p>The incidents involving police occurred after a large portion of the crowd left the square to march around the block.<\/p>\n<p>Before and after the melee, hundreds of people gathered in the square and also on the lawn on Emmanuel Church across the street.<\/p>\n<p>Those on the lawn of the church \u2013 the former George Street United Church, across the street from the square \u2013 were there to hear speakers such as Toronto activist Desmond Cole.<\/p>\n<p>They were also making art and taking part in drum circles. It was part of a full weekend of counter rallies called Solidarity Weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758262\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-1.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Members of Peterborough Against Fascism march during a white supremacy demonstration on Saturday September 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One supporter was Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef, who arrived in Peterborough as a refugee when she was a child.<\/p>\n<p>She was there speaking with people in the square, amid the crowd that turned out to denounce racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of my community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet two men at the rally said they felt unfairly targeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-pn_pullquote\"><p>Suddenly there were 10 guys with bandannas in my face<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-pullquote-share-container\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-button gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-facebook\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fviolence-erupts-at-anti-racism-rally-in-peterborough-ont\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-button gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-share-twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>R.J. Finley, 24, and Ashton Parks, 21, wore suits and sat on the Cenotaph. They were confronted by several people who apparently mistook them for supporters of the Nationalist Front.<\/p>\n<p>Parks described himself as a Conservative who is against both fascism and communism. He said he attracted the attention of Peterborough Against Fascism simply because he was wearing a suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly there were 10 guys with bandannas in my face,\u201d he said. \u201cThey turned the whole crowd on me. I was trying to preach love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One member of Peterborough Against Fascism spoke to\u00a0The Examiner\u00a0but refused to give his name.<\/p>\n<p>He said people in the group don\u2019t identify themselves because they feel the Canadian Nationalist Front could become violent and target them or their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese aren\u2019t the nicest of people \u2013 we\u2019re not interested in getting nailed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758268\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-5.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">Police arrest a protester on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he didn\u2019t apologize for his group confronting the men in suits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we get right down to their politics, it\u2019s about returning to Conservative glory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Eno was there carrying a placard. She said that as both an Algonquin and the daughter of a war veteran, she felt compelled to attend.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was \u201ca sacrilege\u201d that the Canadian Nationalist Front was planning an anti-immigration rally on the site of the war memorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father went to war so myself, my children and grandchildren can live in peace \u2013 I don\u2019t take their sacrifice lightly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Coun. Henry Clarke was at the square on Saturday. He\u2019s deputy mayor and chairman of the cenotaph committee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-attachment_\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-post-img gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-size_this_image_test gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-image-76758263\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmedia.nationalpost.com\/2017\/10\/peterborough-2.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-caption\">City police escort a man who was punched during the protests on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 in Peterborough, Ont.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail-m_-6169865527960499758gmail-m_-1850810009027005468gmail-img-author\">CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT\/POSTMEDIA NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said he went to ensure protesters didn\u2019t go near the war memorial. He asked a few people who were sitting on the memorial to leave, he said, but they didn\u2019t listen.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, outside Emmanuel Church, people took part in the drum circle led by Christian Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Ziysah von Bieberstein, one of the organizers of the Solidarity Weekend, said she was concerned too much focus would be on the incidents involving police. That\u2019s not what it was all about, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last few weeks, we turned around a national news story about an anti-immigration rally into a story of people coming together in a commitment to end white supremacy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It took a lot of people to organize a full weekend of solidarity, she said \u2013 and everyone had their own way of organizing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we united and took back our public space.<br \/>\n\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fishing the Antifa: Nationalists Draw Out the Violent Nature of Many Protesting Immigration Restrictions On September 30, many different groups hosted demonstrations across Canada against Canada\u00e8s failed immigration policy Protests occurred in Fredericton, Ottawa, Windsor, London , Edmonton, Regina, and the Peace Arch Border Crossing near Vancouver.and other cities. 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