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Drunk fascists try (and fail) to raid summit
Stewards at international anti-racist conference see off blundering idiots from far-right DFLA
People at the Stand Up to Racism conference yesterday

A GANG of drunken fascists were repelled when they attempted to storm an international anti-racism conference in London yesterday.

Eye-witnesses said the group of 15 to 20 middle-aged men had tried to start a brawl after emerging from a four-hour drinking session in a pub near the conference venue, the Friends Meeting House in Euston Road.

The conference, which was attended by 1,400 people, had ended and delegates were beginning to leave when the attack took place.
One eye-witness told the Morning Star: “A group of people tried to rush in. It was a small group of thugs.

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