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Anti-Immigration Party: Extreme-Right Populism and Paris Neighbourhood

anti-immigration party: Officers responded with tear gas during the small skirmishes, according to CTV. Fernanda Marrucchelli said Le Pen's anti-immigration party is fighting our essential freedoms, our rights, no matter if we are French or immigrant. Some protesters threw firebombs at police during the march from suburban Aubervilliers to a Paris neighbourhood where Le Pen is scheduled to hold a rally on Monday. A banner at the front of the march read Paris-Suburbs Against the National Front. Anti-racism activist Omar Slauti said the fight against Le Pen should be in the streets, not the ballot box, denouncing the extreme-right populism that has spread around Europe. Marchers handed out tracts denouncing xenophobia and racism that they allege Le Pen and her anti-immigration party represent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.