by New Worker
correspondent
ANTI-FASCISTS
gathered in Ballards Lane, Finchley in north London last Friday night to
protest at the opening of the “Thor Viking” clothes shop which sells the “Thor
Steiner brand of clothing favoured by neo-Nazis.
Finchley
is at the heart of London’s Jewish community and the Thor Steiner store there
calls itself the Thor Viking Shop.
Jewish
and Islamic groups in the multicultural suburb have expressed concerns that the
shop will attract far-right supporters and inflame tensions, but there are
additional fears shoppers may be oblivious of its right-wing roots.
Thor
Steiner shops in Germany have been closed down because of the chain’s links to
the far right extremists. One of the shops called itself “Brevik” after far-right
mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.
The
arrival of the shop was welcomed by the white power website Stormfront, where
users posted that "London gets its first white nationalist clothing
shop". A number of users of the website pledged to visit the store.
One
poster responded: "I hate north London. It's full of Jews", while a
number of users made comments about shooting Jewish people.
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