TENS of thousands of people attended a protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as it held its national convention in the eastern city of Erfurt on Saturday. Some 31,000 people attended the anti-fascist protests, the police said. Lena Raupach, spokesperson for Widersetzen, an anti-fascist alliance whose name translates to “Resist,” said the group had hoped to block the convention. “The AfD pursues fascist policies: it wants mass deportations and terror on the streets. At