Excerpt from Austria’s Norbert Hofer and the rise of fascism and the far right across Europe, Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin, Dream Deferred
We believe the situation in Europe today shows a growth and development of [...] [fascist and far right racist populist parties] that is without parallel since the 1930s. And after the experience of fascism in power in Europe and the Holocaust, we know just how dangerous that can be. The need to stop history repeating itself could not be more important.
This means that fascist and racist organisations need to be opposed on all levels – political, ideological and organisational. None of them is yet unstoppable. In much of Europe, there is a desperate need for large-scale, broad-based campaigns against the fascist and far right racist parties, both electorally and on the streets.
See also:
- Fascism and the far right in Europe: country by country guide, part one – Austria to Greece, Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin, Dream Deferred
- Fascism and the far right in Europe: country by country guide, part two – Hungary to Ukraine, Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin, Dream Deferred
- As Far Right Violence Against Immigrants Explodes in Europe, Antifascism Spreads (Media Report) | Jennifer Baker, Revolution News
- Refugee rhetoric echoes 1938 summit before Holocaust, UN official warns, Sam Jones, The Guardian
On Cultural Synergy:
- Michael Löwy: 10 theses on the far right in Europe
- Against austerity and racism: London, 16.04.2016
- London, 19.03.2016: for migrants and refugees, against racism and fascism
- Solidarity with Calais migrants against borders, racism and fascism | 12 September
- No room for fascism in Greece and everywhere: London rally, 19.04.2015
- #M21: Stand up to racism and fascism in London
- Antifascist demonstration in London, 29.11.2014
- Stand up to racism and fascism: 22 March 2014
- Stand up to racism and fascism: London
- Never again: fascism in Ukraine and Europe
- Not turning a blind eye: fascism in Ukraine
- The struggle against neo-Nazism is not over
- Against neo-Nazism in Greece and everywhere
- Racist violence, impunity, and neo-Nazism
- Democracy and the eurozone crisis: quotes #12
- International day of protest against fascism and racism: Athens Antifascist City, 19 January 2013
- The Guardian: anti-fascist protesters 'tortured by police' in Greece
- Actual fascists: on the far-right in Greece
- Amnesty International: Greece must bring an end to racist and xenophobic attacks
- Hate on the Streets: Human Rights Watch on racist violence in Greece
- For a European opposition to neo-Nazism
