[: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 …
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FIR very concerned about political developments in Europe
3. Juni 2018
Austria, Europe, Hungary, Italy, Poland
Government formation in Italy last week clearly underlined the danger of increasing right wing developments in Europe. Meanwhile, four government parties in Europe, Poland, Hungary, Austria, and now Italy have put their campaign and political profile under the motto of xenophobia and nationalism.
For many years, in Hungary, under the government of Viktor Orban, we have …
Communists in the resistance against fascism and capital
26. Mai 2018
Exhibition and symposium in the Netherlands
The Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945 in Groesbeek tells the impressive history of communist resistance in the Netherlands in a fascinating special exhibition “The Communists. In the Resistance to Fascism and Capital”, which will be on view from 2 May to 28 October 2018.
From the first day of the German occupation of …
Commemoration of the liberation
29. April 2018
While in recent weeks we have had repeatedly to warn of historical oblivion and historical revisionism, this time we can name various positive examples of anti-fascist remembrance work.
In recent days, commemorative events honoring the liberation from fascism and war took place in concentration camp memorials and other places in Europe. The prelude was traditionally the …
Appeal of the Russian Union of Veterans (RUV) to peoples, veterans and all antifascist forces – forces of good will in the world
22. April 2018
For RUV, veterans of Russia of all generations, the sudden massive missile strike inflicted by the NATO clique led by the US on April 14 at 4.00 Moscow time on the objects of Syria vividly revived the historical memory on June 22, 1941, when also at 4.00 the fascist regime of Hitler suddenly attacked the …
Parliamentary election in Hungary, 2018
14. April 2018
FIDESZ, Hungary, right wing populism
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 …
[: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 …
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 …
