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The "Erzgebirge Division" is right at the front: Demonstration in Leipzig on November 7th
Photo: imago images / opokupix
A hard lockdown will apply in Saxony from Monday.
All the greater was the relief for many in the state capital Dresden that the “lateral thinkers” demonstration announced for Saturday was prohibited by the assembly authorities.
A repetition of the scenes from Leipzig, when thousands of people marched through the streets for hours without a safety distance and protective masks, seems to many as a nightmare vision.
But the joy of the cancellation could be premature.
After all, football hooligans have made protests against the corona policy their stage in the past few months.
And the group traditionally cares little about requirements and police measures.
"Since the ban, part of the scene has continued to mobilize in their chats," says fan researcher and right-wing extremism expert Robert Claus to SPIEGEL.
»It is quite possible that individual groups of militant neo-Nazis will arrive.
In any case, the scene will continue to seek its chance for political acts of violence. "
Despite the ban on demonstrations, a call by a group called "Anti-Antifa-Ultras 2020" is circulating online.
Pictured is a black-clad man with a black-white-red face mask and hands clenched in a fist, who is posing in front of an illuminated floodlight pole.
Under the motto "Protest turned into resistance", they want to mobilize for a trip to Dresden on Saturday.
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