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Battle of Szewczyk Square

The Far-Right Neo-Fascist Organization, known as the Galicyjskie Bractwo Patriotów, clashed with Anti-Fascist Protestors in the city of Katowice today as Incumbent President Urban Moraczewski held a rally at the city's infamous Szewczyk Square to promote his campaign in the upcoming election against the newly formed Popular Front.

The Galicyjskie Bractwo Patriotów, or the Galician Patriotic Brotherhood, are a well known far-right militant organization with strong ideals of Polish Nationalism and a hardline anti-hungarian, anti-galician and anti-"other" rhetoric. The group believes that galicia should rejoin the polish state and that the Hungarian and german minorities in the nation are illegal settlers, who should be displaced and eliminated in order to preserve the "Polish spirit". The GBP have long been vocal supporters of Urban Moraczewski since his early days, and although Moraczewski has denied any official affiliation or support of the group (especially in regards to their more radical ideas), he has certainly not stayed clear of revelling in that support leading many to believe that official links between the two may exist.

The group supposedly has historical ties to the old Camp of National Unity from the 1940s and believes that Poland was only conquered by the Germans because they were "weak" and only through a reclamation of national pride and polish militarism can the polish people reclaim the glory of the old kingdom and commonwealth. The group has been widely condemned as terrorists, traitors and Nazi worshipers, even by more conservative politicians and activists within Galicia, but they have remained a strong force in Galician Politics since the formation of the republic.

The city of Katowice has become a stronghold for the Popular Front and has acted as the headquarters of the party throughout the campaign. As with many rallies, there was a sizable counter protest against the incumbent president; launched by left-wing activists, anti-fascist organizations, local minority rights groups from all over the Silesian state. However, in a rather extraordinary circumstance members of the GPB had become aware of this protest beforehand and had gathered en-masse to disrupt the counter protests and "protect their leader from the "enemies of Poland". The Anti-Moraczewski protestors quickly organized to defend themselves from the fascists, leading to a large clash between the groups, with gunfire reported throughout the city and numerous (both involved in the battle or innocent bystanders) were killed or seriously injured.

After hours of fighting the GBP were forced into a mass retreat from the city, leading to anti-fascist forces celebrating in the square throughout the night. This is the first time the GBP have been so publicly shamed and defeated by a rival protest and their actions have seemingly fired a new wave of anti-establishment ideas in the Galician Populace with many more now singing up to support the Popular Front, especially as more and more question whether the above claims that
Moraczewski may have ties to the group rise as the security detail of his rally made no attempt to stop the GBP and many even joined in with them, while the same security detail attacked and harrassed the anti-fascists even before the fighting began.

The election now draws ever closer, with only a couple of weeks away until the Galician people go to the polls.
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