On Wednesday a meeting about antifascism in Stockholm was attacked by a group of Nazis. The meeting was organised by the Green and Left parties and Mattias Wåg, publisher of anarchist magazine Brand and veteran antifascist was one of the participants. He was singled out by the Nazi attackers. In this article, originally published in Aftonbladet a few hours after the attack, he describes what happened.
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Solidarity across borders with the Budapest antifascists!
While the European Union is considering putting antifascist groups on the list of those designated as terrorists, two comrades have been in prison in Hungary since February 2023.
Ten years since Pavlos Fyssas’ assassination: A turning point in Greek antifascist struggle
Pavlos Fyssas, a musician and antifascist, soon died of his wounds, but his death began the defeat of Golden Dawn.
Neo-Nazi Highland Division outnumbered & driven out of Elgin
The fascists were outnumbered at least 20 to 1, and they were driven out of Elgin in one of the most humiliating defeats anyone could expect.
Anti-fascists confront white nationalist rally in Leeds
Anti-fascists from the Yorkshire branch of Football Lads and Lasses Against Fascism (FLAF) confronted a white nationalist demonstration in Leeds on Saturday, leading to chaotic infighting between the fascists. The demonstration, which began as an isolated callout and was rapidly piggybacked by fascist group Patriotic Alternative, was held outside the Britannia Hotel in Seacroft on
Call to disrupt Patriotic Alternative’s northern conference
Patriotic Alternative are a white nationalist group, founded in 2019. Today, they are having their annual Northern conference at Stirk House Hotel which is north-east of Clitheroe, Lancashire, off the A59. We know the venue have known, at least since yesterday, the nature of the event they are hosting. If you have any views on
The leftists breaking the right’s chokehold on MMA
October 11, 2020. A bus pulls up outside of the Tampa Bay Convention Centre in Florida, USA. Of the suited delegates and bodyguards that emerge, one person cuts an unfamiliar figure. UFC star Jorge Masvidal, decked out in a black and gold tracksuit, walks around the side of the bus to stand in front of
Antifascism, football and skinheads- Interview with ex-member of RASH NYC
This is an interview that originally appeared in Polish in issue #1 of antifascist magazine Alerta, and recently it was translated to English by 161 Crew. While the interview took place in 2017, and there were a lot of political developments since then, we thought to re-post it as an excellent source of antifascist history
OOH ARR ANTIFA!!!! – Fascist demo in Bristol cancelled with a week to go
Faced with mounting community resistance, Tommy Robinson and the political party/support act For Britain have abandoned their planned anti-BLM rally at the site of the famously dethroned Colston statue next Saturday, April 9th. Bristol Against Hate, the coalition formed to oppose them, say their mobilisation is still going, both as a celebration and a deterrent
Review: Post-Internet Far Right
The creators of the essential antifascist podcast 12 Rules For What? have published the first of two books analyzing current tropes of the right-wing political movement and how it has evolved as both a digital and IRL entity. It’s a sharp, shrewd and up-to-the-minute antifa digest that guides the reader down the rabbit-hole of fash ideology and how it has evolved and organised into it’s current form. In a world gone mad, this book provides a much needed opportunity to comprehend how the far-right has become what it is today.