Two excellent reports at GoV – here and here. The Baron notes:
I notice that the pattern is the same in the “anti-racist” reaction to these anti-Islamization demos as it is in Europe:
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The counter-demonstrators significantly outnumber the demonstrators. |
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They are well-organized, and most carry professionally printed signs and banners, in contrast to the homemade signs carried by the Islam-critics. |
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They are far more likely to be masked than their targets are. |
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In all instances in which it can be definitively determined, the “anti-racists” strike the first blow in any violent encounter with the anti-Islamic protesters. |
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Media coverage bends over backwards to be equivocal about “both sides”. Reporters and anchors often tip towards favoring the counterdemonstrators, giving them more close-ups and positive sound bites. |
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Yes. I didn’t manage to go and observe the rally that happened in *my* part of the woods – but I have had time to read the various discussions and descriptions by persons who did observe rallies around the ridges. A further point is that in those places in regional Australian centres where “counter-demonstrations” did NOT happen or were only very very small – and this was the case in a number of instances – there was NO violence whatsoever. That is: the “Reclaim” people did NOT initiate or indulge in any kind of violently aggressive behaviour.