Friday, 18 January 2013

International day of protest against fascism and racism: Athens Antifascist City, 19 January 2013


"The rise of racism and fascism in Europe is a clear and present danger – nowhere more so than in Greece," argues the UK-based organization Unite Against Fascism in its statement of  support to the Athens Antifascist City day of protest. A major demonstration followed by a concert will be taking place this Saturday, 19 January 2013, in the center of Athens, in opposition to racism and neo-Nazism

Greece has unfortunately seen the electoral rise of a neo-Nazi party, as well as a horrifying increase in racist violence against migrants; at the same time, it has also seen migrants being rounded up and detained through massive and discriminatory police operations. And just two days ago, a 27-year old Pakistani was attacked as he was riding his bicycle, and was stabbed to death; as Amnesty International argued, this "is a result of the Greek authorities' continuing failure to take decisive action against racially-motivated violence."

A clear and firm public stand against racism and fascism is of vital importance both inside and outside of Greece; and thus, the Athens Antifascist City mobilization has attracted significant international support. 19 January has now become a global day of protest in many cities all over Europe, North and South America, and Australia; further details are available through the following links:

                                                                       Barcelona
                                                                       Berlin 
                                                                       Bilbao
                                                                       Bristol
                                                                       Brussels 
                                                                       Buenos Aires
                                                                       Canberra
                                                                       Chicago
                                                                       Copenhagen
                                                                       Cork
                                                                       Derry
                                                                       Dublin
                                                                       Edinburgh
                                                                       Glasgow
                                                                       La Garriga
                                                                       Leeds
                                                                       London
                                                                       Lyon
                                                                       Manresa
                                                                       Montréal
                                                                       Moscow
                                                                       New York City
                                                                       Sydney
                                                                       Tampere
                                                                       Toronto
                                                                       Vienna
                                                                       Vilnious
                                                                       Warsaw

Poster design by Bart Griffioen athensantifa19jan.wordpress.com

Athens Antifascist City has put forward multi-language material for the 19 January day of protest as follows: 
 
English

Francais

Italiano

Deutsche

Albanian – Shqiptar

Spanish

Catalan

Russian

Bangladeshi

Urdu

Farsi

Arabic


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