In our capacity as President and Secretary General of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists, we take the opportunity to congratulate you cordially on your election as future President of the United States of America. Even if there are still some legal points of contention, we are nevertheless confident that …
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FIR condemns the terrorist attack in Vienna
3. November 2020
With disgust and indignation, the FIR had heard about the terrorist attack in Vienna. Based on the statements of the Austrian ministry of the Interior fanatical Muslims should be responsible for this action. It does not actually matter which group of perpetrators is responsible for this attack. It is and remains a despicable crime.
The coordinated …
Carla Nespolo, President of the partisan association ANPI deceased
5. Oktober 2020
With deep mourning, the Italian partisan federation ANPI and the international federation of the resistance fighters (FIR) must announce the death of Carla Nespolo. She was elected 2017 as the first president of the Italian federation.
Born in 1943 in Novara (Piedmont), she came from a communist family that fought actively in the Italian resistance against …
[:en]Message from Vilmos Hanti, President of FIR, on the present epidemic situation[:]
30. März 2020
[:en]Today, amid a volatile and unpredictable global situation, our vulnerable world is facing an unprecedented new challenge, the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading accross the world uncontained and has a deep impact on the everyday life of ordinary citizens.
This time, joining forces at a global level against this invisible enemy of our civilization has become …
[:en]FIR recalls the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948[:]
25. Juni 2018
[:en]Last week, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported that nearly 70 million people around the world are currently fleeing war, persecution and hunger. Eighty-five percent of the refugees lived in low-income or lower-income countries. UNHCR leader Filippo Grandi appealed to the humanitarian responsibilities of rich states. “Nobody becomes a refugee voluntarily, but we others can …
[:en]FIR criticizes historical revisionism in the Baltic States and Poland[:]
7. April 2018
[:en]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 …
[:en]75th Anniversary of the victory of Stalingrad[:]
1. Februar 2018
[:en]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 …
[:en]FIR condems the desecration of Soviet memorial in Plovdiv[:]
11. November 2017
[:en]In a letter to the president of the Bulgarian Antifascist Union Simeon Ignatov FIR underlined its solidarity:
Today we received the information that in the city of Plovdiv the well-known monument of the Soviet soldier – to the liberator «Alesha» – was desecrated by neo-fascists. These barbarians left swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the walls.
We condemn …
[:en]”L’Antifascismo in Marcia” – letter of solidarity[:]
27. Oktober 2017
[:en]FIR sent a letter of solidarity to the Italian organization ANPI and all antifascist organizations because of their protest against a neo-fascist provocation.
Dear comrades
Dear Italian antifascists,
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Antifascists and its member federations would like to express solidarity with your important event “L’Antifascismo in Marcia” Oct. 28, …
[:en]FIR concernd about current political development in CentralEurope[:]
25. Oktober 2017
[:en]The FIR is very concerned about the current development in Central Europe. Various developments show that this Europe is evolving into a reactionary political direction. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the extreme right “alternative for Germany” (AfD) reached over 12% of the electorate votes and will go with about 90 deputies to the German …
