Battle at Old Market Square
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- Canadian Nationalist Party loses support
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| Date | 5 June 1934 | |||
| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |||
| Resulted in | Police intervention
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The Battle at Old Market Square was an anti-fascist protest on 5 June 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Members of the Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) planned a rally at the Old Market Square, in Winnipeg's Exchange District. An estimated 75 to 100 sympathizers of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini gathered there.[1] The event was "a public provocation aimed at the organized labor movement, Jews, and minority communities".[2] Five hundred protesters from various anti-fascist groups converged on the rally. At least 20 CNP members were injured, and police arrested seven as they suppressed the confrontation.[2]
The battle "demonstrated the successful and deeply rooted popular resistance to fascist provocations" in Winnipeg. After that, the CNP held no further public meetings. The effect was lasting: "no fascist group in the city would ever find itself in a position to mount such public campaigns of discrimination".[2]