Far right attacks Jim Larkin memorial march
On Saturday 21 July, a march to commemorate the birth of the Liverpool-born Irish socialist and trade unionist Jim Larkin, was met with a violent counter demonstration by a coalition of right wing, fascist, Loyalist and veterans’ organisations. The march had been called by the Irish Republican marching band, the Liverpool Irish Patriots, in response to a similar incident in February where their annual march through north Liverpool was harassed, blockaded and prevented from entering the city centre by around 250 far-right activists. The Patriots, whose activity seems to consist of routine...