Long Beach community rallies against nationalist group

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"Gay, straight, black white, all unite to fight the right!" Today a coalition of activists including the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Party for Socialism and Libertarian (PSL) and ANSWER Coalition came together to oppose a nationalist rally expected to occur at Long Beech.

The nationalists, who called themselves "United Patriot Nation Front" were expected to rally at Bluff Park, but never showed up.

"They decided not to show up," one activist with PSL told News2Share. "We think that's largely because of the hard work that was done by organizers in Long Beach to mobilize community self-defense against the white nationalists."

"Cops go home! We can handle this alone!" was among the coalition's chants. A big theme of the event was the concept of community defense rather than relying on the police, who they largely see as siding with the right wing.

Without any nationalists present to oppose, the group used the time and platform to host their own speakers.

"You can't come to Long Beach if you're a white nationalist... no way in hell!" said one speaker, who described white nationalism as a "remix of white supremacy."