WORKERS in Bolivia staged mass demonstrations today against an anti-government “bosses’ lockout” organised by far-right forces.

Footage showed armed fascist gangs asking God to take their side as they started the action in protest at the Movement Towards Socialism-led government.

But thousands of counter-protesters took to the streets in the Plan 3000 area of Santa Cruz, vowing to remove any roadblocks set up by opposition groupings that called the 24-hour strike.