Since the II International Conference of Communist Women in 1921, 8 March has been celebrated as an International Day of Action for Equal Rights for Women. As early as 1910, at the suggestion of Clara Zetkin, the International Women’s Congress in Stuttgart had decided on an annual day of agitation for women’s suffrage. This was …
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Message from Vilmos Hanti, President of FIR, on the present epidemic situation
30. März 2020
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]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 …
Successful congress of FIR in Reggio Emilia
5. Dezember 2019
“Together with today’s generations, we preserve the legacy of the fighters and persecuted, we fight against neo-fascism, racism and the roots of fascism, and for democracy, humanism, social justice and “a new world of peace and freedom.” This was the message of the XVIII regular congress of the International federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR), held …
The FIR in preparation for its XVIII regular congress
13. November 2019
From 29 November to 1 December 2019, the XVIII regular congress of FIR will take place in Reggio Emilia. Three years after the Prague congress, the member federations will make a balance of the political work and the changes of the framework conditions. The three core messages of FIR work are: “Never again war!”, “Never …
A bad message from the European Parliament
23. September 2019
European Parliament, historical revisionism
On 19 September 2019, the EU Parliament in Strasbourg passed a resolution that allegedly dealt with the “significance of the European past (or European historical consciousness) for the future of Europe“. 535 MEPs voted for this resolution, 66 against and 52 abstained.
The FIR and its member federations can in no way agree with this resolution. …
Commemorating September 1st, 1939 – 2019
25. August 2019
Disarmament instead of armament – We need a new international peace policy!
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the attack of Hitler Germany on Poland on 1 September 1939, which marks the military beginning of the Second World War, the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists calls for initiatives for …
No pasaran! – We will not let the extreme right through!
31. Mai 2019
On the one hand, the result of the elections to the European Parliament confirmed the concerns of the anti-fascists and democrats, but on the other hand it also underlined the different political balances of power in the respective countries.
Some characteristic features can be seen in all the results:
Voter turnout rose in almost all European countries. …
Call of FIR (for the European parliament electoral campaign)
26. April 2019
The next elections to the European Parliament will take place in May 2019. For the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists, its member-federations in almost all European countries and Israel, veterans of antifascist struggle and antifascists of today’s generation, these elections are very important for a variety of reasons:
In recent years, …
The FIR cautions: No nuclear armament in Central Europe!
3. Februar 2019
At the beginning of February 2019, the US administration put its threat of last autumn into practice and cancelled the bilateral treaty with Russia on the destruction of nuclear medium-range systems (INF) concluded in 1987.
This decision was linked to the assertion that Russia had not adhered to the treaty because it had developed a missile …
