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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Brussels, Antifascist city - Europe-wide day of action


Solidarity to Athens 19/1
L'Initiative de Solidarité avec la Grèce qui resiste soutient l'action du 19 janvier

In an echo of the events that led to World War II, Europe is once again facing the rise of fascism. As in the 1930’s, when the economic crisis and austerity policies allowed Fascist forces to rise to power, parties that spread racist ideology are gaining a foothold throughout Europe. Nowhere is this frightening trend more apparent than in Greece. Last year, the Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn (GD) party received 6.9 percent in the general election of June garnering 18 MPs, managing to institutionalize their message of hate. GD, now third in opinion polls, routinely organizes street raids in areas with dense Immigrant population, often beating up or even killing people. Their members-MPs included-have been openly committing hate attacks but very rarely convicted. Their MPs, protected under the parliamentary immunity, never miss an opportunity to threaten with violence all those deemed race traitors.

How did we get there?