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Fascists gather to commemorate hardline civil war leader

(18 Nov 2007) 1. Pan right of demonstrators in square giving fascist salute; UPSOUND Spanish National Anthem 2. Men and women giving fascist salute 3. Demonstrators from town of Santander 4. Woman singing fascist song 5. Demonstrators waving Spanish pre-Constitutional flags 6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) demonstrator, no name given, Vox pop: "I think it is a moment for people, especially young people, to come out and defend some principles and interests to find a solution to what is happening in Spain at this time." 7. Man giving fascist salute 8. Old woman giving fascist salute 9. Tilt down on woman holding photo of dictator General Francisco Franco 10. Leaders of far right organisations saluting 11. Leader of far right party Fuerza Nueva (New Force) Blas Pinar speaking on podium 12. Wide of demonstrators listening 13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel Menedez Pinar, Pinar's grandson: "A prohibition of an event like this crashes with the freedom of speech that this system, which I don't believe in, claims to protect. I will come here year after year and I will go to the Valley of the Fallen because they are a church and a basilica and because you cannot stop a Mass for the souls of the dead of not just Franco or Jose Antonio but all the dead from both sides who fell during the Civil War and Crusade." 14. Old couple listening to speeches 15. Italian fascist flag 16. Pan right of demonstration STORYLINE: Hundreds of demonstrators nostalgic for Spain's bygone right-wing past gathered on Sunday to commemorate a hard-line civil war leader among tensions after clashes between politically opposed gangs left one person dead, dozens injured and several detained. The rally, held in Madrid's Plaza de Oriente square next to the former royal palace in the capital's old quarter, was in remembrance of the killing of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1936 by leftist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Tensions were running high after left-wing demonstrators had gathered on Friday in many Spanish cities to protest the death of a teenager stabbed to death by a right-wing activist on November 11. While protests in Madrid and Zaragoza took place peacefully, one in the northern port city of Barcelona led to clashes between leftists and police which left 22 officers injured and seven protesters detained, police said. Primo de Rivera founded the Falange, the political movement linked with dictator General Francisco Franco's regime, which held onto power from 1939 to 1975, following victory in the civil war. Blas Pinar, the aging leader of a dwindling far-right party called New Force, hailed the memory of Primo de Rivera and Franco and called the civil war a glorious crusade against communism and atheism. His grandson, Miguel Menendez Pinar, also attended the demonstration. "A prohibition of an event like this crashes with the freedom of speech that this system, which I don't believe in, claims to protect," he told AP Television. The crowd roared its approval when several speakers at the rally called King Juan Carlos a traitor for favouring democracy in Spain instead of backing a continuation of Franco's hard-line regime. Among right wing banners and flags an Italian flag from the Benito Mussolini era could be seen waving in the crowd. Chants praising Franco and Mussolini were heard several times as many of those at the rally gave the stiff-arm fascist salute. Some demonstrators had walked to the Valley of the Fallen, a massive monument housing the tombs of Franco and Primo de Rivera 54 kilometres (34 miles) northwest of Madrid. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...