Thousands of Protesters March As French Far-Right Group Meets; Demonstrators Decry National Front's `Inequality of Races' Philosophy

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 30, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Blowing whistles and chanting slogans against fascism, racism and nazism, more than 35,000 people moved through the streets here today to protest the weekend presence of France's burgeoning far-right National Front party.

Squads of French security police backed by riot vehicles kept the largely peaceful marchers from getting any closer than seven blocks from the convention hall where 2,200 delegates of the National Front assembled to prepare for legislative elections next spring.

"Racism is a national affront," read one of the placards bobbing above the heads of the marchers, whose ...

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