Demonstration National Piggies Front in Arnhem

Noooo, it wasn't easy at all to join any demonstration in Arnhem, Saturday, January 30th... Our train was late, so we couldn't join an official walk organised by local socialdemocrats. The better alternative left was joining the neo-nazi's from the NVU. And that's what we did or at least that's what we tried to do as 'National Piggies Front'.

Nederlandse vertaling volgt / Dutch translation will follow

The neo-nazi's had some fake reasons to demonstrate, that's why we would like to add the real issue of our time: "Pigs rule - Stop the sheeps! - Stop the goats!". Because it's obvious Dutch national pigs should need protection against the real enemy - which are off course sheeps and goats.
Too many of these beasties are taking over places who should be for pigs. That's why one of our lines we shouted was: "Pigs only - Sheeps out! Pigs only - Goats out!"

Around 14.00 we left to reach the ultimate goal; the neo-nazi route. The NVU (Nederlandse Volks Unie / Dutch Peoples Union) was served by loads of police in a large forbidden zone. For many people it was almost impossible to enter that area. Not for the National Piggies Front. 'Unfortunately' they shortened the route, that's why we had to adapt the way we were going. Now the plan was to enter from one of the sidestreets of the Zijpendaalseweg. Guess it was the Pallandtstraat or the Burgemeester Weerssstraat.

It was 14.30 and everything looked very well. We were really close by... With 2 minutes earlier we should have succeeded - but at the moment we were walking down in the direction of the nazi-demonstration riot police were leaving their busses to catch us. So we run - which didn't make sense because they alarmed another police van which came from the other side of the street. Now the National Piggies Front was completely surrounded bye tens of riot police (from Flevoland)...
People in and outside the houses saw this wonderful game of police trying to catch pigs. They applauded and showed their sympathy for the pigs (don't mean the police!).

After they catched pigs who tried to run in different directions, the police brought us together at one spot. Off course with full cooperation of the National Piggies Front - cheerfully singing and marching:

"Right - left - right
Piggies wanna rule!
Piggies wanna fight!

We want pigs national power
We can miss - everyone else!

Nooo - we're not born equal,
don't you think?

Everyone's skin,
Everyone's tail
should be pink!

Yeahhh!!!
National Piggies Front!!!"

What to do with these pigs? The police boss apologised he was not in charge and had to call the commander in chief: "We have surrounded 7 piggies and what should we do now?". Off course this was a very important question - so it took a while. More than 45 minutes.

In the mean time police and pigs killed time with ID checks, making jokes, eating chocolate and exchanging marching exercises.
Finally the Boss of bosses answer came: in a joined operation pink and blue coloured pigs should march out of the forbidden zone together. And that's what we did. It felt really safe going north that way at the Zijpendaalseweg! We passed police vans where they kept activists (their greetings were nice!) and somewhere in Zijpendaal we were released with a serious warning not to re-enter the forbidden zone.
As pigs we are lazy and took the shortest way through Sonsbeek (yeahhh, sorry it's in the forbidden zone) and around 17.00 we arrived at our guesthouse.

After the neo-nazi's had left Arnhem, the only thing we could do, is show our solidarity with the people who were kept in the policestation. So we made several rounds around that building and used our megaphone with lines like: "This is the National Piggies Front speaking - Restore the order in this country!: all arrested people immediately free!"

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