US EditionA warning for anti-fascists as ‘brown plague’ spreads in France
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Long before Quentin Deranque's death, exchanges of messages show how members of Nemesis coordinated with ultra-right groups to lure anti-fascist activists into a trap
Far Right Marches in France for Killed Neo-Nazi as Attacks Against the Left Intensify
Close to 3,000 people (mostly dressed in black, many with faces covered and sporting tattoos echoing fascist symbols) marched in Lyon on February 21 to honor Quentin Deranque, a member of a neo-Nazi group who died after suffering blows to the head in a clash with what are believed to be antifascist activists. Media reports, including those by L’Humanité and Mediapart, describe an intense atmosphere where, despite organizers’ attempts to minimize…
The backstage of the ultra-right from Lyon is revealed through troubling internal exchanges. Telegram messages reveal plans to attack leftist activists.
Exchanges revealed by "The Humanity" show the close ties between the identity collective and the Lyon neo-fascist militants. Since its creation, the movement led by Alice Cordier has sailed at the intersection of all the right extremes, from the most groupuscular to the most institutionalized.
On 18 February 2022, the Correctional Court sentenced the antifa for voluntary violence in a meeting on an 18-year-old Lyonian suspected of being a fascist. At the hearing, Raphaël Arnault, founder of the Young Guard, conceded that his action could have been perceived as violent by the victim.
The Lyon prosecutor's office has opened two investigations after the march organized for Quentin Deranque, for "public incitement to hatred or violence" on grounds of race, ethnicity, nation or religion, writes Le Figaro. One of the investigations concerns "apology of the crime against...
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