London: Memorial for Carlos, anti-fascist killed by a nazi in Spain

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25 November 2007: A solidarity memorial demonstration was held in Jubilee Gardens on Saturday 24 Nov 2007, organised by Antifa Britain with the Anarchist Federation - IFA.

More pictures shortly on 'My London Diary' at http://mylondondiary.co.uk/2007/11/nov.htm

Demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona

25.11.2007: Once again, around 2000 people took to the streets in Madrid to remember Carlos. A demonstration left the Lavapies barrio to march towards the underground station of Legazpi, where the antifastcist activist Carlos Palomino was murdered by a fascist two weeks ago.

Large numbers of riot police were present with a very provocative atitude right from the start. Police charged repeatedly the demonstration. People resisted the charges and managed to make it to the planned destination of the demonstration, where activists put a remembrance plaque in the building facing the tube station.

The plaque reads: "Here is where Carlos Javier Palomino was murdered on 11.11.2007 whilst fighting against racism and fascism. Carlos brother, we don't forget. The best homage, to continue the struggle".

For a detailed timeline of events in Spanish see:
http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=25981

Photos:
http://www.nuevaradio.org/theplatform/index.php?blog=4&p=464
http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=25988
http://kaosenlared.net/noticia.php?id_noticia=46059

Video:
http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=26015

At the same time, another antifascist demonstration also took place in Barcelona where around 800 people took to the streets of Gracia barrio, to stop a planned fascist event in a bookshop nearby.

Photos:
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/media/all/display/39524/index.php

from imc-uk

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Call for a London memorial for Carlos, 24 November 2007

from email, 20 November 2007:

Anti-fascist Concentration Saturday November 24th Noon: Next Saturday 24th noon at Southbank, by the monument to the international brigades in Jubilee Gardens, we´ll gather to honour the memory of Carlos, an anti-fascist who was killed two weeks ago by a nazi in Madrid.

On November the 11th a nazi party had called a demonstration against inmigrants in a working class area of Madrid, a neighbourhood where workers from many parts of the wolrd live.

This racist provocation had been authorised by the government. To protest against this, many antifascists gathered to defend the area. While on his way there, Carlos was stabbed in the heart by a nazi with a hunting knife. He bled to death on an underground platform. He was sixteen.

Another friend of his, Alex, was also stabbed and his recovering in hospital to a chest wound.

Only in the last week there were up to five fascist and nazi demos in Madrid, four of which had been authorised by the governement. The anti-fascist platform had called for one on the 24th which has been banned.

On that same day, we will gather to honour the memory of our comrade Carlos, and to protest the criminalisation of the anti-fascist movement by the spanish authorities and the media.

Saturday 24th November Antifascist Concentration.
Meet at 12:00 by the monument to the international brigades @ Jubilee Gardens, Southbank.

Anarchist Federation London Group
Antifa

See: http://www.antifa.org.uk and http://www.afed.org.uk

Also:
madrid.indymedia.org/feature/display/127/index.php
madrid.indymedia.org/feature/display/128/index.php
www.lahaine.org/index.php?disp=carlos
www.klinamen.org/article3370.html

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