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 …
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 …
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 …
25. Januar 2020
On 27 January 1945, the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front whose Commander-in-Chief was Marshal I.S. Konev, succeeded in liberating the Auschwitz extermination camp.
Auschwitz stands until today as a symbol for the incomprehensible monstrosity of the fascist extermination policy. Between the summer of 1940 and January 1945, more than 1.3 million people from all …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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, …
