On the morning of the day after the elections, it seems that the ruling coalition party, FIDESZ-KDNP has won a two-thirds majority in the parliament; its leader Viktor Orbán will be ruling the country for the third time consecutively and overall it being his fourth cycle of governing. From 2010, he transformed the country from …
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FIR criticizes historical revisionism in the Baltic States and Poland
7. April 2018
For several years now, the FIR protested against state efforts of historical revision in the Baltic republics and in Poland.
This year again, under the protection of the state organs and with the participation of representatives of the state in Latvia, the veterans of the SS-associations and their friends marched in Riga. Anti-fascists, on the other …
Peace movement today more important than ever!
30. März 2018
The FIR welcomes the various activities of the German peace movement and the peace forces in other countries on these Easter holidays. As United Nations “Ambassadors of Peace”, the FIR and its member federations have been working for decades to overcome the East-West conflict, to achieve comprehensive disarmament and to eliminate the causes of war. …
FIR supports activities for the International Day against Racism
17. März 2018
Demonstrations and other events in several European countries, March 17, 2018
The UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was inaugurated in 1966 to commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, which saw 69 anti-apartheid protestors killed and 178 wounded for taking to the streets against the regime’s racist pass laws. In commemorating the massacre, the …
80 Years of the German annexation of Austrian – Never forget!
11. März 2018
These days we have to remember the political and military occupation of Austria by the German Wehrmacht on March 12, 1938. After resign of Bundeskanzler Schuschnigg, he was a right wing politician, forced by Austrian Nazi-groups one could see swastika-banners in several Austrian cities and the German Wehrmacht crossed the border.
The “Anschluss” marked the final …
FIR protests against neofascist Lukov-March in Sofia
17. Februar 2018
This weekend again several hundred neo-Fascists from Bulgaria and other European countries held a public event in Sofia. They showed again Nazi uniforms and fascist symbols. In slogans, they offended refugees, foreigners and Turkish minorities in the country.
The protest against this march was wide. More than 175.000 person supported an online-petition to ban the …
75 years “White Rose” – FIR remembers the German antifascist resistance
11. Februar 2018
In all from German fascism and its allies occupied countries, resistance fight is well known. Also in fascist Germany one can find resistance groups they sacrificed their life for freedom and peace. One of the most popular groups is the clandestine student group “White Rose” at the Munich University.
The members of the group came together …
75th Anniversary of the victory of Stalingrad
1. Februar 2018
On February 2, 2018 the International Federation of the Resistance fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory of Stalingrad. The way to Stalingrad was signed by murdering, homicide, exploitation, suppression and destruction – done by German fascism and its allied. Coventry, Rotterdam, Warsaw and Belgrade are the …
Fascism is not an opinion, but a crime!
27. Januar 2018
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Antifascist Association and its member federations commemorate every year the January 27, 1945, the Liberation-Day of extermination camp Auschwitz by soldiers of the Red Army. To remember the end, it is also needed to face the beginning and the roots of these crimes. That is why we …
FIR celebrates its President Vilmos Hanti on his 60th birthday
16. Januar 2018
The International Federation of Resistance FIR – Federation of Anti-Fascists arranges its regular leadership meeting in Budapest from 19 to 21 January 2018. On the agenda are the annual planning for 2018, initiatives against historical revisionism and the International Day Against Racism of the United Nations. The current situation in the Middle East will also …
