On May 18, thousands of Ustaša-fascists from Europe
gathered again for the commemoration of their myth of the alleged
massacre on the „Loibacher Feld“ (a memorial place in Bleiburg/Kärnten
of the Ustaša-Fascists). Years of persistent resistance and protest of
antifascists led to the result, that this year thousands of fascists
less than last year marched up at this event. This success also could be
seen at the mood within the counter-protests, which was partially very
combative and as a whole very powerful and decisive to end this meeting
once and for all.
Altogether there were three counter-protests with two
manifestations and one demonstration. The demonstration has been the
most powerful and clear expression of struggling for the prevention of
the meeting. Around 150 antifascists gathered, among them also parts of
the Carinthian-Slovenian population of the neighborhood, antifascists
and revolutionaries from Croatia, Serbia and Austria. The mood was very
lively and with an internationalist spirit, which was expressed through
slogans in Carinthian-Slovenian and German. For example „Uastaše i cetnici, zajedno ste bježali“ (Ustaša and Četniks, you fled together) and „Smrt Fašizmu, sloboda Narodu“ (Death to Fascism, Freedom to the People), as well as „Long live international solidarity!“ was shouted very often.
The fact that antifascists and revolutionaries from
Austria stood shoulder to shoulder with the antifascist forces from
former Yugoslavia against fascism was a good expression of
internationalism. In discussions as well as speeches it was pointed out,
that the struggle against fascism should not only been hold up
historically, but also has to be led and developed further today and
thereby attempted a connection with the upcoming EU-election. The
populations of the former Yugoslavia have seen the warmongering and
fascist face of the EU with the bombardment and fragmentation of
Yugoslavia, as well as the exploitation which is now supposed to be
further advanced by the „EU Eastern enlargemen“. In some of the
contributions the rejection of the EU was pointed out, which shows the
necessity of uniting this rejection also through joint actions against
the EU-election to a joint force! This includes a clearly
internationalist standpoint particularly from the struggling
antifascists in Austria, which found a lively expression at the
demonstration. An activist said: „Despite we have only been around
150 people, rather more in the foreground of the demonstration was a
combative and internationalist standpoint! The struggling antifascists
have shown, that we have to organize and struggle and that this struggle
is connected with the struggle against the capital and against
chauvinism!“
The antifascists have to build upon these good
experiences and achievements of this year‘s protests against the
Ustaša-meeting and to carry them forward! By that it will be succeeded
to go further steps and gain victories in the joint struggle of the
antifascists!
Long live international solidarity!
Long live the partisans!
Smrt Fašizmu, sloboda Narodu!
Death to Fascism! Freedom to the people!
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