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English Defence League tries to rally European far right (in Denmark on March 31)
Anti-fascists plan counter demonstrations against EDL meeting in Denmark at which hundreds are expected to attend
An English Defence League supporter gestures during a rally in Luton, Hertfordshire, in 2011.
Far right and anti-Islamic groups are due to hold a rally in Denmark on 31 March organised by the English Defence League (EDL) which it claims will be the start of a pan-European movement.
The rally will take place a few weeks before the start of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the far right extremist who has confessed to the murder of 77 people in Norway last July, and is expected to attract supporters of at least 10 anti-Islamic and far right groups from across the continent.
Nick Lowles from Hope not Hate, which campaigns against racism and fascism, said he was not expecting a big turnout but added some key figures from emerging far right groups would be there.
Projekt Antifa, a Danish coalition of anti-fascist groups, has booked coaches to take protesters from Copenhagen to Aarhus where the demonstration is being held, describing it as "the capital's biggest anti-fascist mobilisation for more than 10 years." British anti-racists are also planning to travel to the rally. Weyman Bennett from Unite Against Fascism said he would be travelling to the event with 30 supporters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/25/english-defence-league-rally-denmark
I hope the counter-demonstrators greatly outnumber the EDL and other far-right marchers, as is usually the case in Europe.
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in the ultra-nationalist xenophobes of one country supporting those of another. What is the ENGLISH Defence League doing hanging around with Danes?; don't they remember the Vikings and having to pay Danegeld; getting soft is what I call it! 
BTW, HopeNotHate is a really good organization, and helped to contribute to the BNP's humiliating defeat in the Barking constituency and everywhere else in the General Election.
