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Campaigners call for unity to defeat the far-right
25,000 counter-protesters take to the streets in show of clear resistance
Demonstrators at an anti-racism protest in Walthamstow, London, August 7, 2024

ANTI-RACIST campaigners urged Britain to maintain unity to crush the far-right today.

The call came after tens of thousands of counter-protesters flooded the streets on Wednesday night in defiance of a surge of far-right violence that has gripped the nation.

More than 39 locations including immigration centres and lawyers’ offices were expected to be targeted by far-right rallies that evening, however their cowardly supporters largely neglected to turn up.

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