via: athens.indymediaTranslated by Act for freedom now!
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Victory for Maja T’s hunger strike
by Marianna Manoura, Dimitra Z.
Responding to the call of the anti-fascist days of action (June 20-22), of the anti-fascist Maja T. who has been on hunger strike since June 5 in Hungarian prisons, we send our own signal of solidarity to their struggle. Two years ago, during the day of honour (anniversary of the mass extermination of Hungarians and German Nazis in 1945), a fascist rally-march took place in Budapest, where hundreds of neo-Nazis and fascists gathered. In response to this call, anti-fascists from Europe decided to return a part of the violence they produce to them.
The far-right Hungarian government began a series of arrests, openly supporting the fascists, with an inflated indictment of criminal organizations and inhumane conditions of confinement. Other European states cooperated, engaging in a series of deportations and persecutions. Germany played a leading role in characterizing the German anti-fascists persecuted by the Hungarian state as dangerous criminals, culminating in the overnight extradition of Maja T. Many of the individuals involved chose to go underground, refusing to surrender their freedom to either the German or Hungarian state. Maja T. was one of these people, until their arrest and extradition.
We are going through a period of sharp rise of the far right and nationalism in the West. More and more people are turning to fascist and nationalist formations. The incompetence of the left and the retreat of revolutionary movements have left room for all kinds of fascist formations to develop and expand their audience. A disappointed audience that found in them the anti-systemicity it was looking for.
Fascism and nationalism have always been the other side of systemicity. Especially in times of crisis, when neoliberalism is rotting, fascism emerges as a solution to the problem. The narrative of national origin, racial superiority and the necessity of militarization is used. Militant antifascism is the only solution to this problem. We have no illusions about educating the descendants of the Blackshirts, nor do we obviously seek their imprisonment. Fascism, after all, is crushed in the streets.
Defending anti-fascism, Maja T found themself imprisoned in Hungarian prisons in conditions of extreme isolation. Conditions that led them to barricade their own body, starting a hunger strike from 5/6. From our own cell, the least we can do is stand by their side, sending strength and solidarity.
Victory for Maja T.’s hunger strike.
Solidarity with those persecuted for their anti-fascist action.
Solidarity with the two persecuted comrades, accused of attacks on the Golden Dawn offices.
Kyriakos Xymitiris present.
Dimitra Z.
Marianna Manoura