Anarchists are set to stage protests at next weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival over ‘police brutality’ against black people – sparking fears for the safety of one million revellers.

Hard-left activists plan to ‘celebrate black resistance’ at Europe’s biggest street festival. Veteran anarchist group Class War is promoting the protests.

There will also be a march in memory of black people killed by police in both the UK and the US, where the Black Lives Matter movement emerged.

Notting Hill Carnival: Hard-left activists plan to ‘celebrate black resistance’ at Europe’s biggest street festival (file picture)

One British offshoot of Black Lives Matter has called for a ‘lively intervention’ at the carnival.

The London Black Revolutionaries – blamed for violent clashes at Downing Street after last year’s Election – is also calling for a ‘fight against social cleansing and gentrification’.

It said: ‘Carnival is one of the last bastions of black Caribbean culture and resistance. Rise up, learn and defend what our grandparents and parents created.’