Tense Standoff as Far-Right Protest Sparks Counterprotests in Manchester

In Manchester city center, tensions escalated as hundreds of far-right Britain First activists marched, met by larger antifascist crowds. The Britain First protesters, chanting anti-Islam and anti-immigration slogans, were confronted by antifascist demonstrators carrying antiracist banners. Ruby, a student from South London, traveled for hours to support the counterprotest. She sees current racism as reminiscent of the 1950s hardships faced by her Windrush-generation grandparents. The protests reached a climax as police lines struggled to keep the groups apart, with proddings and verbal abuses exchanged. A Jewish Action for Palestine member criticized the police for allowing the far-right march.