Ceuta: radical mobilisation, one arrest and police charges, according to footage
Radical left mobilises in Ceuta and, according to circulating videos, police charge Ceutans gathered at the port: one arrest
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Far left in Ceuta: one arrest and police charges at the port
Why does the radical left mobilise in Ceuta and the right does not? The question has been doing the rounds in the autonomous city in recent days, after, according to messages circulating in the thread, far-left activists travelled there invoking "unprecedented violence against refugees", a phrase that appears in those messages. In parallel, representatives of Núcleo Nacional were expelled from the port as soon as they set foot there, according to the account circulating about what peine. The asymmetry between the two episodes is the heart of the matter.
What peine in Ceuta with the arrival of the radical left?
The movement of radical left groups to Ceuta came amid a rally called over the situation of migrants in the city. The contrast with what peine shortly before is what has infuriated much of the local population: Núcleo Nacional members were barred from the port, while the newcomers have not been moved away from the same space.
Some argue that this difference is not accidental and reflects selective tolerance towards certain groups. Weighing against that is the argument that the police have a duty to guarantee free movement and the right of assembly, whoever the organiser may be. Both arguments coexist in public debate and neither has been resolved.
Police charges and one arrest at the port
The most tense moment came with the 18:45 call at the port, posted in the thread to try to drive out the activists. The result, according to the data being handled: clashes, one arrest and police charges that, according to circulating videos, were directed against the Ceutans gathered there and not against the visitors. One clip has 22.000 views and 938 reactions; another, about the arrests, 6.900 views and 120 reactions. Modest figures in terms of national audience, but relevant for measuring local anger.
Why do people say the left mobilises and the right does not?
One part of the analysis holds that the radical left's mobilisation capacity is explained by its dependence on subsidised structures: trade unions, NGOs and organisations that live off public funds, according to this reading, would have paid staff free to go wherever they are called, while the right-wing voter would be working. Another strand flatly rejects that this is "the left": it recalls that the Marxist tradition never defended open borders. And a third, more sceptical, holds that no one here moves for free and that both sides respond to economic interests that do not appear on the placards.
With these ingredients, the question of whether the right can mobilise like this has an uncomfortable answer for everyone: the only truly solid number from the whole day is one arrest.
Why does the radical left mobilise in Ceuta and the right does not? The question has been doing the rounds in the autonomous city in recent days, after, according to messages circulating in the thread, far-left activists travelled there invoking "unprecedented violence against refugees", a phrase that appears in those messages. In parallel, representatives of Núcleo Nacional were expelled from the port as soon as they set foot there, according to the account circulating about what peine. The asymmetry between the two episodes is the heart of the matter.
What peine in Ceuta with the arrival of the radical left?
The movement of radical left groups to Ceuta came amid a rally called over the situation of migrants in the city. The contrast with what peine shortly before is what has infuriated much of the local population: Núcleo Nacional members were barred from the port, while the newcomers have not been moved away from the same space.
Some argue that this difference is not accidental and reflects selective tolerance towards certain groups. Weighing against that is the argument that the police have a duty to guarantee free movement and the right of assembly, whoever the organiser may be. Both arguments coexist in public debate and neither has been resolved.
Police charges and one arrest at the port
The most tense moment came with the 18:45 call at the port, posted in the thread to try to drive out the activists. The result, according to the data being handled: clashes, one arrest and police charges that, according to circulating videos, were directed against the Ceutans gathered there and not against the visitors. One clip has 22.000 views and 938 reactions; another, about the arrests, 6.900 views and 120 reactions. Modest figures in terms of national audience, but relevant for measuring local anger.
Why do people say the left mobilises and the right does not?
One part of the analysis holds that the radical left's mobilisation capacity is explained by its dependence on subsidised structures: trade unions, NGOs and organisations that live off public funds, according to this reading, would have paid staff free to go wherever they are called, while the right-wing voter would be working. Another strand flatly rejects that this is "the left": it recalls that the Marxist tradition never defended open borders. And a third, more sceptical, holds that no one here moves for free and that both sides respond to economic interests that do not appear on the placards.
With these ingredients, the question of whether the right can mobilise like this has an uncomfortable answer for everyone: the only truly solid number from the whole day is one arrest.
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