Far-right clashes with protesters in Bremen (Germany)

Source: Euronews

On the eve of Germany’s May Day celebrations a group of some 200 members of the far-right NPD marched through the centre of Bremen.

Some 3,000 police were deployed to prevent them crossing paths with a 4,000-strong anti-rascist protest organised by an alliance of unions, political parties and associations.

“We had some incidents with both demonstrations, here where the NPD is, and where the DGB union march stopped. There we had one or two officers slightly injured,” said Bremen police spokesperson Henning Zanetti.

Anti-nazi protestors later blockaded the train station, so about 50 of the NPD supporters had to be bussed out of the city. Police say the few clashes were on the edges of the mostly peaceful rival marches.

Read more: http://www.euronews.net/2011/04/30/far-right-clashes-with-protesters-in-bremen/

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany

NDP's Platform and philosophy

The NPD's political philosophy coincides with the notion of a third political position, an idea which developed amidst criticisms of both liberal capitalism and communism. The NPD also endorses certain beliefs about human nature. NPD leader Udo Voigt states that the philosophy of the NPD differs from both communism and social liberalism in that it acknowledges people as unequal products of their societies and environments, largely governed by what is called natural law. Voigt states that the party is also influenced by the views of modern ethologists such as Konrad Lorenz and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt.

The NPD calls itself a party of "grandparents and grandchildren" because the 1960s generation in Germany, known for the leftist student movement, strongly opposes the NPD's policies. The NPD's economic program promotes social security for Germans and control against plutocracy, but it does not oppose private property. Voigt has demanded the "dismantling" of the "liberal-capitalist system".<18>

The NPD argues that NATO fails to represent the interests and needs of European people. The party considers the European Union to be little more than a reorganisation of a Soviet-style Europe along financial lines.<19> Although highly critical of the EU, as long as Germany remains a part of it, the NPD opposes Turkey's incorporation into the organisation. Voigt envisions future collaboration and continued friendly relations with other nationalists and European national parties.

The NPD's platform says that Germany is larger than the present-day Federal Republic, and calls for revision of the post-war border concessions.<20> At one point, a map of Germany was shown on the party website omitting the border that divides Germany from Austria. The NPD also failed to color in the Oder-Neisse Line, the border which established the limits of federal Germany to the east and was agreed upon with Poland in 1990.<21>

Never made it above the 5%-hurdle to claim seats in national parliament.

Calling each other names of racist nature. ("Jew! Quarter-German!")

Throughout the years, authoritarian behaviour of the party leaders regularly lead to problems with the base. (Didn't matter who those leaders were.)

The largest chunk of financial contributions comes from few wealthy neonazi donors.

The slogan of the anti-racist group I was in during high school was "no free speech for racists!" We did not advocate state action against racist speech, but rather mass action by the people to confront and defeat racists. I still agree.