Tension at a demonstration called by Vox in Tarragona
The protest, whose slogan was "No to Islamization, no to mass immigration", drew about sixty people.
TarragonaThe popular Tarragona neighborhood of Bonavista experienced an attempted provocation by Vox this afternoon, which ended in pushing and insults. The far-right party had called for a protest under the sloganNo to Islamization, no to mass immigration", which only gathered about sixty people. The demonstration aimed to reach the site where the neighborhood's Islamic community wants to relocate the mosque. There, however, in addition to a police cordon, some 250 anti-fascists were waiting for them.
Despite the distance between the two groups, there was a moment." He's ashamed, he's probably getting paid to come here. “We don’t want dogs,” a local resident called from his balcony. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) had deployed riot police throughout the neighborhood to prevent the far-right extremists from clashing with the anti-fascists, but the protest spiraled out of control when residents confronted them. One of the protesters threw a dog at a young Black man on the sidewalk. A scuffle broke out, and it took the officers half a minute to separate them, eventually forcing the Black man, who had been attacked, to leave. “Our daughters are afraid,” they shouted. “The biggest problem in the neighborhood is the lack of infrastructure, not the mosque,” explained Blanca Santotomàs, a resident of the area. Anti-fascist and migrant support groups, such as the Anti-Racist Network, the Association of African Women, and the Invisible Association, had asked the City Council to urge the Generalitat (Catalan government) not to grant permission. because of this Vox rally. It was a normal day, and he pointed out that "the police presence" may have deterred other protesters. In fact, they had leftover flags that they had to store for another day, because the party intends to continue with these rallies in different Catalan municipalities. They went to the mosque and marched through the neighborhood shouting slogans in favor of the working class and immigration and against fascism.