Attack on a nationalist identity group in Montréal

La Légion Nationale, a nationalist identity group with strong far-right tendencies, organized a rally that ultimately was limited to a gathering, because of the small number of participants. The gathering was held at 12 pm, at the corner of René-Lévesque and Guy, opposite the Hotel Maritime Plaza, close to the South Operational Centre of the SPVM. At this gathering, there was only fifteen individuals many who were obviously far-right skinheads. Many Quebec flags were displayed. Collaboration with the police seemed obvious.
[Obvious collaboration is obvious]

Then thirty or so Antifas arrived on the spot, shouting slogans such as ”Alerta Alerta Antifascista”. A police car stood between the nationalist identity group (which are actually neo-nazi socialists wanting a white, francophone Quebec without immigrants) and Antifas. This did not prevent the two groups from throwing stones, bottles and various other projectiles.

This lasted about ten minutes. While police cars and paddy wagons were on their way, the Antifas made off at once while being pursued by the cops. There were ten or so arrests. Everyone was released with huge fines, and the police are deciding whether to press charges.

Cops that protect fascists is not something new. The scene was still spectacular.

This afternoon, the identity group La Troisième Voix du Québec (a nationalist identity organization) hosted Serge Ayoub, alias Batskin, which was to give a lecture at an unknown location. Serge Ayoub was a far-right skinhead active in France in the 80′s-90′s. Today, he’s adapted his speech to current issues and distanced himself from the skinhead subculture, which makes his argument all that more influent.

It appears that the right-wing discourse is taking more and more place in Quebec integrating itself perfectly to the long cultivated fervor of national pride. Speakers touch sensitivities within the population. This is not surprising. In times of economic crisis, it is too easy to blame an internal enemy created from scratch rather than attacking the capitalist system in its entirety. Impressions of Déja Vue?

The discourse of the nationalist-socialist right is to build a class struggle of white workers and is clearly opposed to globalized liberal capitalism. It fears anything that could dilute the pure culture of the white francophone nation. Quebec nationalism is one thing. White Nationalism is another. Quebec nationalism historically has no clear line other than the love of Quebec culture. Several different political positions, both right and left, are found under this umbrella. As for white nationalism, it is accompanied by the idea of ​​purity of “being civilized” and superiority of the white race, justifying a social hierarchy of races. Understanding identity nationalism as an isolated and superficial discourse is certainly a mistake because in fact it only makes visible and self evident the dynamics of historically constructed social structures of a hierarchical world where capital is master and where white men are privileged and dominant. It is the claim of the dominant white man who victimizes himself pretending to be overwhelmed by those whom he has always despised and dominated. A scumbag who wants to keep his scumbag privileges.

Oi! Oi! FUCK FASCISTS, COPS AND CAPITALISM!

Here is a link to their call for the event:

http://ca.altermedia.info/politique-quebec/marche-nationaliste-samedi-26-novembre-a-montreal_7428.html

Montréal, November 26


http://www.sabotagemedia.anarkhia.org/2011/11/attack-on-a-nationalist-identity-group/