The events occurred after around 200 antifascists gathered to prevent a nazi demo from taking part in Madrid’s Usera district. The nazi demo had been called by the youth wing of the extreme right and fascist party Democracia Nacional (National Democracy)

The fascists had called to demonstrate for the ‘rights of spanish people’ and ‘against immigration’. As often happens in these sort of demosntrations, several groups of violent neo-nazi bonehead scum turn up to heat things up. It is also often the case that after these demos, groups of fascists drift arount town looking for any sign of ‘unpure spanish white identity’ or any ‘smell of immigrants’ or ‘rojos’ (left wing people). This has often resulted in attacks to people that happens to come accross the self styled vigilante groups, or to bars where young lefty people hang out. Even though this is the norm everytime the scum from Democracia Nacional calls for a public event, the authorities don’t doubt for a minute to give them permission, making their demos legal, whilst the antifa protests normally atract the riot police often resulting in dententions and subsequent court cases.

Due to the fact the police usually spend their resources protecting the fascists whilst, at the same time, attacking the antifa, people normally have no other choice but to organise themselves when the nazis are in town. And this morning was no different. A strong crowd of around 200 antifascists, anachist and autonomists gathered in Usera to try to stop the neo-nazi demo. They actually didn’t manage to completely stop it, but at least they managed to short it down considerably by blocking the planned route of the fascist demosntration. Riot police eventually clashed with the antifa, using rubber bullets. As a result, one antifascist protestor got hit with a rubber bullet in the head and he is now in hospital in a serious condition, albeit not life threatening.

After the demo, a group of antifascist protestors were in the Legazpi tube station waiting for a train. When the train arrived they saw a group of nazi scum on board, so they immediately clashed. The antifascists were trying to get them out of the train when one of the scum produces a kitchen knife, and starts to aim to anyone that approaches him. As a result, two young antifa (17 and 20 years of age) got stabbed. They both were immediately taken to hospital as the injuries seemed pretty serious straightaway, as they were bleeding extensively. Both antifascist activists were injured in the lungs and in the area near to the heart, injuries that proved fatal for one of them, which was pronounced dead a few hours after arriving to the hospital. The other activist has undergone extensive surgery, and it seems he is recovering although his situation is still critical according to doctors.

A series of protest demos have already been called in different cities of the Spanish state for this evening. As I type this there are around 1000 people demonstrating in downtown Madrid, and around 150 gathering in St. Jaume square in central Barcelona. Reports are also coming in of demos being called in Logroño, Valladolid, Zaragoza, Valencia, Castello, Alacant, Zamora, Sevilla, Bilbo, Donosti, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.


Coverage of tonight’s demos in spanish here:

 http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=25630

Photos demo in Madrid here:

 http://www.klinamen.org/article3360.html

Timeline of this morning’s events in spanish here:

 http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=25627

No pasaran!

more information and comments from the revolutionary left in the Spanish State about the fascist murder can be found on the webpages of KAOSENLARED -  http://www.kaosenlared.net/seccion.php?id_seccion=59 - and of NODO50 -  http://espacioalternativo.org/home.html

¡Carlos, hermano, nosotr@s no olvidamos!