2007-05-22

International Antifascist demonstration against the German Nationalist Party

Antifascist Alliance Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Tuesday, 22nd of March

Press release

• march on June 2nd 2007 in Schwerin

With the slogan, “Against Fascism and Capitalism – For a World without
Borders!”, antifascists from Germany and beyond will protest against the
planned right-wing extremist march on June 2nd 2007 in Schwerin. On this d
ay, the regional leader of the German Nationalist Party (NPD), Stefan Koester,
previously convicted for grievous bodily harm, has registered a march with
over 1000 Neonazis from the whole of Germany.

The reason for this right-wing extremist demonstration is the the G8 Summit
from 6th – 8th June in Heiligendamm. For some time now, Neonazis have been t
rying to jump on the bandwagon of the alterglobalisation movement. During the
regional elections last year, the NPD, supported by right-wing thugs, took
up the theme in their flyers and pamphlets. “With simplistic explanations an
anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the right-wing extremist party sought to
diffuse the fears of the population about globalization in their own interest.
Over 7% of the population voted the NPD into the Schwerin Parliament”, says
Gerhard Hahn, spokesperson for the “Antifascist Coalition Mecklenburg-Pommerania”. Also, the first right-wing extremist demonstration after their formal entry to Parliament, which took place on May 1st in
Neubrandenburg, had this thematic focus.

“This development has to be stopped. On June 2^nd we will hold a resolute
demonstration to prevent nationalists, anti-semitists and Holocaust
revisionists from spreading their misplaced anticapitalism to a broad public”,
explains Gerhard Hahn. Further he says, “Our aim is to make visible the
anti-fascist character of the alterglobalisation movement and our ideas for an
emancipatory society in which there is no room for right-wing perspectives
to have a presence on the streets.”

Meeting point for the antifascist demonstration on June 2nd is 10am at the
Spieltordamm (the north shore of the Pfaffenteich).

contact Antifascist Alliance Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

0176-76067918

www.demo-schwerin.tk
aag@systemausfall.org

contact International Press Group “Media G8way”

g8-press-int@nadir.org
+49 16092437902 (Alex Smith)

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