German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest
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A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen.

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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization was set to kick off its founding convention.

Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning. Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location.

The new youth organization of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is to be set up in a meeting at Giessen’s convention center. Its predecessor, the Young Alternative — a largely autonomous group with relatively loose links to the party — was dissolved at the end of March after AfD decided to formally cut ties with it.

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  • knomie@feddit.orgEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Officers used pepper spray after stones were thrown at them at one location, police said. They also used water cannons to clear a blockade by about 2,000 protesters after they ignored calls to leave. They did so again Saturday afternoon as a group tried to break through barriers toward the city’s convention center.

    Police also used pepper spray and batons indiscrimantely and unprovoked. But of course, they wouldn’t say it.

    Nevertheless, it was great to see so many people stands against fascists.