“Anti-fascist” student protesters at Columbia University shut down a speaker on a different continent Tuesday night.

The university’s College Republicans chapter was hosting Tommy Robinson, a prominent but controversial European critic of Islam and immigration, for a lecture over Skype. Robinson’s speech was set to focus on the impact of mass immigration on Europe.

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