November 16, 2017

Never again: Support Poland's Antifa movement!

tags:	#NEVER AGAIN, #nigdy wiecej, #Poland, #Anti-racism, #antifa Poland, #11th of November, #11.11.2017, #Polish Independence Day
located:	Poland
by:	Deniz Zehra Tavli

On 11th of November, the Polish Indenpendence Day, Fascists and other far-right extremists assembled in Warsaw for a march that has become one of the largest gatherings in Europe for white supremacists. In July this year Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro initiated a critical juridical reform, giving him the right to dismiss and exchange members of the country’s highest court without any further consultations or consent. Poland is spiraling down into facism on all levels.

NIGDY WIECEJ, meaning 'NEVER AGAIN’, is Poland’s leading anti-racist organization. Their mission is to promote multicultural understanding and to contribute to the development of a democratic civil society in Poland and in the broader region of Central and Eastern Europe. Poland's oldest and most organised Anti-racism organisation had existed as an informal group since 1992 and was officially registered in 1996. The association is particularly concerned with the problem of education against racial and ethnic prejudices among the young.

'NEVER AGAIN' closely monitors racism and discrimination on the ground. Through its national network of voluntary correspondents and regular grass-roots contacts with various minority communities, the association has built the most extensive register of racist incidents and other xenophobic crimes committed in Poland, the so called 'Brown Book'. NEVER AGAIN' has provided expertise to institutions such as the Parliamentary Committee on Ethnic Minorities as well as consulted and influenced legislation on issues of racism and xenophobia. Among others, it successfully campaigned for a ban on racist and neo-nazi activities to be included in Poland’s Constitution. It has consulted the National Action Plan against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and many other key documents. 'NEVER AGAIN' has cooperated with international organizations, including the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Support the work of the 'NEVER AGAIN' association, spread their news and contents through your preferred channels and participate in their actions against racism and xenophobia!