Article by Alejandro Alvarez Video contributed by Heather Mullins Right-wing and antifa groups faced each other for a second time in Boston on Saturday, as the "Rally for the Republic" brought out hundreds across both sides to Boston Common. Conservative groups organized the rally, headlined by popular right-wing figures including Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman, as part of an ongoing effort following Trump's election to confront a perceived suppression of right-wing voices in liberal areas. Despite being denied a permit by the city citing traffic complications, organizers Resist Marxism and Boston Free Speech held steadfast, claiming a right to peaceably assemble under the First Amendment. "There's a systematic oppression of people of right-wing thought and ideology, by the city council, the police are involved in it, and the populace is involved in it," Chapman said, referring to cities like Boston and San Francisco as "Marxist enclaves." "We have to keep pushing back, wear our MAGA hats, let these people know we're conservatives, we're libertarians, we're nationalists, we're proud and we're not going to sit and hide in the shadows just because we're in a liberal city." After marching into the park from City Hall, police funneled about one hundred right-wing supporters past a considerably larger gathering of counter-protesters, including local anti-fascist blocs Bay State Red Sentinels and Bash Back Boston. Dual barriers of concentric fencing and a large contingent of police with bicycles separated the two sides during a rally which lasted about an hour. "We hope to disrupt this rally, they don't have anything to say here," said one masked antifa protester affiliated with Bash Back Boston, a group sharing a name with an anarchist queer collective which dissolved on the national level in 2011. "Boston doesn't want them. White supremacists are homophones and transphobes, we don't like them here." There were no clashes during Saturday's event. Boston Police arrested three counter-protesters shortly after the rally concluded. WCVB helicopter footage showed police lifting one protester, dressed in all black, out of the crowd following a brief scuffle. It is unclear what the three protesters were charged with. Over 30 protesters were arrested following clashes at the August free speech rally. Please contact Ford Fischer at fordfischer@news2share.com or call (573) 575-NEWS to license video. Photos and additional footage may be available upon request. Support News2Share on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FordFischer See more at http://News2share.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnkgGMDtjdQ