The new wave of protests in Ferraz brings together teenagers who had also taken to the streets in recent demonstrations by the National Nucleus or the Falange. A T-shirt with the fascist slogan “God, country, and family” and legs wrapped in a Spanish flag with the pre-constitutional eagle. This is the clothing worn by one of the protesters this Friday on Ferraz Street in Madrid, where the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) is based, in the protest against Pedro Sánchez. He appeared to be no more than twenty years old. Dozens of small groups of young people, some clearly underage, responded to the far-right’s call on social media to demand the resignation of the Spanish prime minister. These young people were the ones who sang Francoist chants with the greatest fervor and repeatedly raised their arms in the fascist salute. This phenomenon is not exclusive to the Ferraz protests, which have been reactivated. for the Santos Cerdán caseSimilar scenes have occurred in recent months on the streets of the Spanish capital during protests. of the neo-Nazi group Núcleo Nacional and of the Spanish Phalanx and the JONS.
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