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 Zagreb murdered a fan of AEK Greece in Athens. We can only imagine what will happen if groups of neo-nazis are allowed to wander in Athens.
We demand that the Greek government and the Municipality of Neo Heraklion (where the gathering is meant to take place) cancel the neo-nazi plans before it’s too late. If they refuse to do so, they will be responsible for the violence that the neo-nazis
will unleash.
In any case, we are determined to stop the neo-nazi plans with a mass mobilisation of the-fascist movement.
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Workers International Network says – The fascists shall not pass!
We are outraged at the plans of a number of fascist organisations to hold a pan-European neo-Nazi gathering in Athens on November 1st. We send our solidarity to the Anti-fascist Coordination of Athens and Piraeus, and fully support their effort to cancel this unacceptable event.
In recent years we have seen a lurch to the far right all over Europe and the world. We believe that this is a reflection of the crisis of the capitalist system, which cannot provide either a decent standard of living or a stable social environment to the mass of the population. The capitalist crisis has created conditions of social turmoil which, in the absence of a clear working-class alternative, leaves room for far right and even openly fascist forces to gain momentum.
We consider the battle against the far right to be of crucial importance. That’s why we will do whatever we can to help prevent the November 1 neo-Nazi gathering. We strongly protest to the Greek government and the Municipality of Neo Heraklion, where the gathering is set to take place, for their refusal to take action to protect their citizens from fascist violence.
Image – “Stop the Golden Dawn gangs” by K. Gerontis is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.