"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:
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:
EnglishFrancaisItalianoDeutscheAlbanian – ShqiptarSpanishCatalanRussianBangladeshiUrduFarsiArabic
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