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Home | Friday 5th December 2008 | Issue 658

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SPIT AND POLISH

On November 11th the Polish far-right organisation ONR (Radical National Camp) – known for its extreme nationalism, anti-semitism and violent attacks on homosexuals – staged a march in the polish capital Warsaw. In response, anti-fascists decided to protest using non-violent civil disobediance - blocking the street in front of the march to prevent the neo-nazis passing. Police formed a cordon around the protesters preventing them from taking any further action.

Following the protest several young people were summoned to police stations and, after refusing to testify, were threatened with court cases if they did not agree to accept unusually high fines – several times the normal amount.

Anarchist Solidarity is preparing to help with legal aid. People wishing to make contributions should contact them to obtain bank details: solanarch@gmail.com or anarchistsolidarity@yahoo.com

It is also calling on people to send a letter to the Interior Ministry and the President of Warsaw asking them not to repress the anti-fascists for their action of conscience. Send your letters, faxes or emails to...

* Grzegorz Schetyna, Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, Ministerstwo Spraw WewnÄtrznych i Administracji, ul. Stefana Batorego 5, 02-591 Warszawa. fax (0-22) 845-00-20 minister@mswia.gov.pl

* Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, President of Warsaw, UrzÄ…d m.st Warszawy, pl. Bankowy 3/5,00-950 Warszawa, Fax: 022 595 30 52 biuroprezydenta@warszawa.um.gov.pl

Keywords: fascism


 

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