[fse-esf] Re: [attacsem] Solidarity Statement of Attac ESU participants on xenophobia, racism, neofascism, extreme right

[Benyik Matyas]

Thank you Wayne, hoping other Attacees who were not present in Saarbrücken 
ESU 2008 also support us. I agree with you that anti-fascism is not the only 
relevant issue in dealing with relations between ethnic groups.  Our 
struggle must be linked with other issues,too.

Best friendly,

Matyas Benyik
Attac Hungary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Hall" <halva_gr at yahoo.com>
To: <attacsem at listen.attac.de>; "Benyik Matyas" <mbenyik at freemail.hu>
Cc: "ESFeast" <esfeast at yahoogroups.com>; "ESF" <fse-esf at lists.fse-esf.org>; 
<ceesf at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [attacsem] Solidarity Statement of Attac ESU participants on 
xenophobia, racism, neofascism, extreme right


Unless anyone else from ATTAC-Hellas says something to the contrary, which I 
doubt will happen, I think it is possible to say that this statement has the 
support of ATTAC-Hellas.

But it is a statement that needs supplementation, because anti-fascism is 
not the only relevant issue in dealing with relations between ethnic groups.

This is something that needs to be emphasised in relation to the Karadjic 
trial. Undertakings by politicians to grant "immunity from prosecution" in 
return for agreements to retire from political life represent flagrant 
breaches of the principle of an independent judiciary as well as intolerable 
interference in citizens' right to engage in politics.

To that extent it is Warren Christopher that should be on trial for us, not 
Karadjic, and other nationalist politicians, who for us should be dealt with 
through political means, not through complicity in practices that destroy 
the institutional integrity and political independence of the Europe that we 
are trying to construct.

This is a personal statement, but it would be good if it could become the 
basis for collective statements also.

It is not only neo-liberal economic policies but also OUR failure to give 
sufficient emphasis to this aspect of the problem that has led to the
situation in Hungary that is being condemned by our Hungarian comrades.

Any comments?

Wayne Hall



--- On Thu, 8/7/08, Benyik Matyas <mbenyik at freemail.hu> wrote:

> From: Benyik Matyas <mbenyik at freemail.hu>
> Subject: [attacsem] Solidarity Statement of Attac ESU participants on 
> xenophobia, racism, neofascism, extreme right
> To: attacsem at listen.attac.de
> Cc: "ESFeast" <esfeast at yahoogroups.com>, "ESF" 
> <fse-esf at lists.fse-esf.org>, ceesf at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 1:50 PM
> Dear Friends,
>
> I am sending you herebelow the
>
> SOLIDARITY STATEMENT OF ATTACs PARTICIPATING   IN EUROPEAN
> SUMMER UNIVERSITY (ESU) 2008 IN SAARBRÜCKEN. Hopefully it
> will soon also be put on the website of ESU as well.
>
>
>
> Thanking you in advance for your support.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Matyas Benyik
>
>
>
>
>
> "There isn't any place for oblivion and
> forgiveness toward fascists!"
>
>
>                                     Thomas Mann
>
>
>
> SOLIDARITY STATEMENT OF ATTACs PARTICIPATING   IN EUROPEAN
> SUMMER UNIVERSITY (ESU) 2008
>
> IN SAARBRÜCKEN
>
>
>
> Hungary's democracy is threatened by the growth of
> extreme-right wing forces resembling the old drastic
> remedies of racism, neofascism and anti-Semitism as cures
> for dismantling social systems. These worrying developments
> are typical not only for Central and Eastern European (CEE)
> region, but in Western Europe, too.
>
>
>
> After the systemic change in Hungary the introduction of
> the neoliberal policies have plunged broad layers of the
> population into social misery. The most affected group is
> the Roma, who have become scapegoats of the majority.
> Hungary is now the most xenophobic country in CEE.
> Paramilitary organisations, mainly the Hungarian Guard and
> neo-Nazis using Nazi symbols are supported by the
> parliamentary right.
>
>
>
> The Roma face deeply rooted discrimination in education and
> employment. According to the statistical survey of the most
> influential Hungarian antifascist organisation, Party of the
> Hungarian Minorities-Legal Aid Association of Hungarian
> National and Ethnic Minorities (MKP-EKE) at least 1.5
> million Roma are living in social ghettoes and leading a
> hand to mouth existence.
>
>
>
> In Western Europe similar processes are taking place. The
> migrants from the developing world are faced with more and
> more Islamo- and Romaphobia and anti-Semitism.
>
>
>
> We, the Attac participants of ESU 2008 express our
> solidarity with all these discriminated groups and support
> the antifascist fight. We call other organisations to build
> broad alliances against the antidemocratic, antihuman,
> antisocial tendencies and practices of neofascism.
>
>
>
> Saarbrücken, 6th August 2008.
>
>
>
>
>
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