The focus of the campaign around the 9 November is to join forces and build a strong movement capable of fighting fascism in all its forms. Antifascist, antiracist, Jewish and Roma organisations both inside and outside the UNITED network commemorate the “Kristallnacht”, which took place on 9 November 1938. This partly state-organised pogrom against German… Read more »
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Linz
International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism
The focus of the campaign around the 9 November is to join forces and build a strong movement capable of fighting fascism in all its forms. Antifascist, antiracist, Jewish and Roma organisations both inside and outside the UNITED network commemorate the Kristallnacht”, which took place on 9 November 1938. This partly state-organised pogrom against German… Read more »
Prejudice, Genocide, Remembrance
The Summer School combines substantive education with skills training. It employs a multidisciplinary approach that complements Holocaust education with human rights training. In its methodology it combines collective memory workshops with the discussion of relevant cases of human rights violations and the teaching of skills to prevent and counter these violations. The principle goal of… Read more »
International Conference – The Holocaust in Southeastern Europe
The Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania and the Mandel Center are co-organizing an interdisciplinary conference on the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe. This two-day conference will bring together scholars from all disciplines working on the Holocaust in the Southeastern tier of Europe to share their research with each other… Read more »
Commemoration of the February Strike of 1941
The Februaristaking (February strike) is a general strike that started on February 25, 1941, in Amsterdam. It was directed aginst anti-Jewish measures, taken by the German occupiers of the Netherlands.The direct cause were pogroms held in the Jewish neighbourhood in Amsterdam. The strike was struck down the next day already, and did not prevent the… Read more »
Unite Against Racism and Fascism UAF National Conference
Participation fee: 6.00 – 12.00 GBPThis year far right and fascist groups advanced across Europe. The whipping up of racism against immigrants, black communities, increased Islamophobia and Antisemitism has been its cutting edge. The racism of UKIP has been mainstreamed and looks set to worsen with major parties launching a war to outbid each other… Read more »
UAF Protest in Dudley
The English Defence League (EDL) is using the backlash against Muslims to mobilise for its demonstration in Dudley.It says it is objecting to plans for a mosque in the area. But since the Paris killings the protest has become a key event for any racists wanting to march against Muslims. Local activists are organising a… Read more »
No to Fascist Marine Le Pen at the Oxford Union!
On 05.02.2015 Marine Le Pen, leader of the fascist Le Front National will be addressing the Oxford Union. UAF has called a demonstration opposing the Oxford Union’s shameful decision. The invitation should have been rescinded. In the aftermath of the Paris shootings, Le Pen has been whipping up Islamophobia, calling for the surveillance of Mosques… Read more »
After France: Unity – No to fascism, antisemitism, Islamophobia – Defend civil liberties
A public meeting in response to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris in January.Speakers: Diane Abbott MP, Claude Moraes MEP, Talha Ahmad Muslim Council of Britain National Council Member, Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild, Maz Saleem Daughter of the late Mohammed Saleem, Leon Silver President, East London Central Synagogue, David Rosenberg Author, Battle for the… Read more »