VIDEO: Clashes in Vichy, against racist immigration control

from various sources, updated 15 November 2008:

Protesters were demonstrating against France's minister of immigration, integration and national identity Brice Hortefeux's tough stance on expelling illegal immigrants back to their homelands. Anarchists torched cars and smashed shop windows, as armed police were pelted with rocks and other missiles...

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See "Riot police clash with anti-immigration protesters in the former capital of France's Nazi dictatorship": here

COMMENT: This headline is from the proto-fascist conservative UK newspaper 'Daily Mail': I don't quite understand why they headlined the article as 'anti-immigration' because the purpose of the direct action in Vichy, France, was AGAINST racist border controls and the deportation of sans-papiers, undocumented 'foreigners'. The headline doesn't make any sense, but there are some juicy photos.

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Protesters were demonstrating against France's minister of immigration, integration and national identity Brice Hortefeux's tough stance on expelling illegal immigrants back to their homelands.

Anarchists torched cars and smashed shop windows, as armed police were pelted with rocks and other missiles.

The CRS, France’s elite riot control officers, had to use tear gas to control the 2000-strong crowd, many of whom wore balaclavas to hide their faces.

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The mainstream press is buggering about "les casseurs" ( rioters ? - people who break things ), a lot of critic as well from activist side. many, many cops, officially the demo went "wrong". sure more infos when people are back home.

"Ticker", in french here and another "ticker" here...

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http://illusions-de-mouvements.over-blog.com/article-24415021.html

See also: http://nantes.indymedia.org/article/15214

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