Just wanted to share some new photos of the Neo-Nazi march that went through Leipzig on the "Day of Germany Reunification" holiday. The march consisted of 200 Neo-Nazis from around this part of the country protected by 2100 riot police (from all over the country). They were being protected from the 3000 or so Lefties (anarchists, antifascists, etc.) that wanted to lure the police away so some of them could attack the Neo-Nazis. Everything was very organized (as we've come to expect from Germans) and under control, until a few hundred of the Lefties started destroying public and private property to lure the police away from the march.

They burned whatever they could find on the streets, smashed police cars and vans, and threw rocks, bottles, etc. at the police. A few of them obviously did well in their high school PE class because they were able to lob rocks about 100 m over police barricades and managed to successfully hit Christian Worth, the march leader, in the arm. Susanne and I followed much of the action with our camera, so you can check out a short video of the protest at www.putfile.com/warrenduplooy and photos at www.flickr.com/photos/wduplooy.

We're headed for the town of Rathen (on the Czech border here in Saxony) for a quieter weekend. It's considered Saxon Switzerland because of the geography. Google or Wiki it if you have time. There was a fortress on 300m rock pillars, and they would cut the ropes of the bridges when attackers were close enough. Once again I wish I was alive in the 1300s.

Bye for now.