SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - A hearing is scheduled in Springfield District Court over one group’s push to hold a rally on the Boston Common Saturday.

The City of Boston denied a permit for “Resist Marxism: Rally for the Republic” because of a previously scheduled event.

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A free-speech rally in August drew thousands of counter-protesters.

The group holding this weekend’s event posted on Facebook that they would continue without a permit.

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