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Anti-fascists will march through Liverpool in protest against a racist rally taking place in the city on Saturday.

The White Man March - organised by far-right neo-Nazis - has been condemned across the city, with Mayor Joe Anderson calling for it to be banned.

If it goes ahead, it could be the largest and most explicit neo-Nazi march to take place in the UK since the 1980s.

Now, the Anti-Fascist Network (AFN), Britain’s largest anti-fascist organisation, has called for a “diversity of tactics” to be used to oppose the protest.

It said the group Unite against Fascism (UAF) will be marching in the city around the same time, but on a different route, to draw attention away from the far right supporters.

Tom Ascaso, spokesperson for the AFN said: “We cannot rely on the state banning the neo-Nazi march to prevent it from happening, the people of Liverpool need to block the streets and prevent the march from taking place.

“We will need to use a diversity of tactics to oppose the march.”

Merseyside’s Jewish community has called on Merseyside police chief Sir Jon Murphy to intervene in the fascist demo.

The Merseyside Jewish Representative Council has asked for the march to be held away from major routes and residential areas and away from any synagogue, Jewish cemetery or Jewish community centre.

Mayor Anderson, meanwhile, has called on Home Secretary Theresa May, the only person with the powers to ban the march, to step in.