Tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in Boston to protest and confront a rally of a collection of “alt-right” fascists and neo-Nazis held under the banner of a “Free Speech Rally.” This massive protest, coming a week after fascists and KKK white supremacists ran amok and murdered Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the largest of a nationwide wave of vigils, marches, and protests in solidarity with the people of Charlottesville and to condemn Nazis, racism and white supremacy.
Protests were also called in New Orleans, Louisiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Venice Beach, California. And several dozen events in solidarity with Black Lives Matter were announced to “Confront White Supremacy from Charlottesville to the White House.”