{"id":7203,"date":"2018-08-06T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=7203"},"modified":"2018-08-06T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T02:05:52","slug":"bella-ciao-providence-antifa-shut-down-neo-fascist-rally-in-30-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/06\/bella-ciao-providence-antifa-shut-down-neo-fascist-rally-in-30-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Ciao! Providence Antifa Shut Down Neo-Fascist Rally in 30 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday was a busy day for antifa across the country, but they were up to the challenge – especially in the PVD!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PROVIDENCE, RI – As an old antifascist song played in the rain, a Boston-based neo-fascist group holding a rally at the Rhode Island Statehouse Saturday, left just as quickly as they arrived when they were met by a large contingent of the community fighting back against them.<\/p>\n

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Aug. 4, 2018 Providence, RI. Photo Credit: Uprise RI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Uprise RI<\/a>, approximately 30 persons from Resist Marxism attempted to hold a “Providence Freedom Rally” on the south steps of the State House, but at least 250 members of Ocean State Against Hate<\/a>\u00a0blocked their pathway, forcing them to attempt to hold their rally on the lawn instead. When organizers turned on their amplifiers and tried to speak, they were drowned out by the antifascists with f drums, horns and chants, so much so that the amplifiers began to feedback. At some point the Resist Marxism tents and amplifiers were pulled down, exposing them to the rain and several fights ensued. Eventually riot police arrived and allowed the Resist Marxism participants to leave the State House grounds.\u00a0 As they did with antifa chasing them down, a brass band with the antifascists began to play Bella Ciao! (“Goodbye, Beautiful!), a song used by the\u00a0Italian partisans\u00a0during the\u00a0Italian Civil War\u00a0between 1943 and 1945.<\/p>\n

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As the crowd chants “Whose streets? Our streets!” the band begins to play “Bella Ciao”. Proud moment for anti-fascist ancestors. 🏴🏴🏴 pic.twitter.com\/7BoiPw0cNk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stop the Next ‘Unite the Right’ (@stopthenextutr) August 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n