By Yorgos Mitralias Why republish a text on Auschwitz and its meaning, written in Greek in the last century? Because, reread today, at a time profoundly marked not only by the genocide of the Palestinians and the destruction of Gaza, but also by the return in force of the fascist threat - and war - on a global scale, embodied by the Trump-Musk duo, this text takes on a heightened significance … [Read more...]
The fascist threat is becoming clearer as Milei calls for the creation of the Brown International!
by Yorgos Mitralias “It is our moral duty to defend the legacy of our western civilisation. The West is in danger...We must stand together, establishing channels of cooperation throughout the world. We could call ourselves a right-wing international, a network of mutual assistance made up of all those interested in spreading the ideas of freedom around the world". This call for the … [Read more...]
REVOLUTION OR COUNTER-REVOLUTION?
In recent years we have witnessed on the one hand an unprecedented wave of unrest, in protest movements in the USA and Europe and mass uprisings from Latin America to Africa and Asia; on the other, the rise and in many cases the electoral victory of far-right parties, including most recently the return of Donald Trump in the USA. At our weekly zoom meetings over the last five years the Workers' … [Read more...]
Vladimir Putin: godfather and federator of the international far right!
By Yorgos Mitralias The subject of this article is not Putin the warmonger, nor Putin the invader of Ukraine. The subject of this article is Putin, the anti-democrat, the reactionary and the liberticide with increasingly fascist practices. So, after presenting the first pillar of the Brown International in gestation in the person of Israeli genocidaire Bibi Netanyahu, and awaiting the third … [Read more...]
The Continuing Rise of the Far Right
A WIN discussion October 2024. Listen HERE. Recent European elections, both EU and domestic, saw the emergence of individuals and parties campaigning on political policies identified as ‘Far Right’. Some of these were successfully elected and the groupings establishing credible support among the electorate. In many countries violent demonstrations and physical attacks on people and property … [Read more...]
A Quick Comment on the UK Riots and Immigrant Bashing – LBC Radio interview
by RICHARD MELLOR WATCH THE RADIO INTERVIEW HERE James O'Brien is very good here. The caller's mind won't be changed though because he's dishonest about his real feelings and view of the world. He also probably reads the Daily Mail, the Express and other rags that also foster nationalist and racist views. I remember an English woman complaining to me that all these Somalis who come in and … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint Bulletin – The political identity of the far-right or the far-right and identity politics
After more than 10 years of since the start of the economic crisis of ’07-’09 and precisely because of the inability of the bourgeois technocrats to find viable answers to the spiral of economic turbulence, traditional political representation is also in deep crisis. Center-left and center-right parties and government are crumbling, leaving the door open to new parties that emerge. At the same … [Read more...]
Fighting the Greek Far Right
On November 1st, 2023, in Athens, the fascists suffered a huge defeat. Their planned pan-European neo-Nazi gathering was cancelled due to the pressure of the antifascist movement. They were not able to march, but the antifascist movement did. This was the culmination of an important antifascist campaign, led by the Antifascist Coordination of Athens and Piraeus, which was able to corner … [Read more...]
Golden Dawn Gathering in Athens, November 1st 2023
From our Greek comrades - We were shocked to be informed that a pan-european neo-nazi gathering is being organised in Athens, on November 1st. The neo-nazi Golden Dawn that calls for this gathering has been convicted as a criminal organisation and they are responsible for the murder of two people and the attempted murder of several others. In August, a neo-nazi group of fans linked to Dinamo … [Read more...]
MIGRATION AND THE FAR RIGHT
MIGRATION AND THE FAR RIGHT - YouTube A WIN Zoom Discussion June 2023. Huge numbers of migrants are being driven from their homes by wars, civil wars, state repression, climate emergency and other manifestations of capitalist decay. This year alone, over a quarter of a million desperate migrants have sought refuge in Europe, including 26,800 who reached Italy by sea in its first three months – … [Read more...]