Together
in Europe for democracy, against racism, antisemitism and
neo-Nazism !
In Greece like elsewhere in Europe, racism, antisemitism
and neo-Nazism are expanding, without any strong and determined mobilization
from the democrats.
Racist, antisemitic
and denying holocaust speeches as well as the increasing number of violent
behaviours in Greece jeopardize the
fundamental values of democracy, in the very country where it was born.
This must not be considered
as a « natural » and negligible consequence of the economic and
social crisis that cripples the country, not only because it is essential for a
democratic society to respect Human Rights, but also because the crisis will
not end tomorrow.
Given today’s
intolerable situation in Greece, we, leaders of the
civil society, intellectuals, artists, citizens involved in the social and
political life, say together and loud : “Enough !”
Enough racist attacks
! Enough collusion between the police and Golden Dawn’s neo-Nazi thugs ! Enough
racist, antisemitic and denying holocaust declarations ! Enough with the
passivity of the legal system ! Enough permissiveness, protection and support
given de facto to the gangsters of Golden Dawn !
They only thrive on
the democrats’ indifference and weaknesses.
Let us be clear :
fighting racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazism in Greece does not mean
fighting Greece, but fighting this
ideology of hatred spreading across the whole continent.
It means being part of
the great European struggle for democracy. It means supporting all of these
who, elsewhere in Europe, also take part in this struggle
and who need the democrats to mobilize in Greece. It means offering
everyone, and especially young people, both a hope and a future, better than
the unreachable horizon of debt repayment. It means keeping the European dream
alive, the dream of a truly democratic continent, cleared of racism and
antisemitism.
In this great and
beautiful fight, Europe must commit itself, since the
European policies imposed on Greece, particularly in
terms of immigration and austerity, create the conditions for neo-Nazism to
spread.
Greek political
leaders must also commit themselves : the malfunctioning of some state
institutions, the indifference and the support brought de facto to Golden Dawn
feed the permissiveness that make it possible for racist acts and speeches to
multiply.
The whole society must
get involved. All individuals have the responsibility to say “Enough !”, to
make neo-Nazis understand that democracy imposes boundaries and that the
democrats are determined to have those boundaries respected.
This is why we call on
all the individuals fond of justice, freedom and equality to join us and to
express their commitment to democracy and their reject of racism, antisemitism
and neo-Nazism, by walking together and silently, on Saturday, December 15th,
at 3pm, from the Parliament
to the Acropolis.
Benjamin Abtan, President of the
European Grassroots Antiracist Movement – EGAM,Dario Fo, Literature
Nobel Prize, Ahmed Moawia,
President of the Greek Forum for Migrants, Bernard-Henri
Lévy, Philosopher, Younous
Muhammadi, President of the Greek Forum for Refugees, Serge Klarsfeld, President of
the “Fils et Filles des déportes juifs de France”, Konstantinos Tsitselikis,
Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic League for Human Rights, Franca Rame, Actress &
author, Panagiotis Dimitras,
Executive Director of the Greek Helsinki Committee, Dimitris Sotiropoulos,
Professor at the Athens University, Angela
Scalzo, Secretary General of SOS Razzismo (Italy), Radu
Mihaileanu, film
director
Cindy Léoni, President of SOS Racisme
(France), Petros Constantinou, National coordinator
of the Movement United Against Racism and Fascist Threat, Erika Muhi, Director of NEKI
(Hungary), Javied Aslam, President of the
Pakistani Community of Greece and Union of Immigrant Workers, Pakistani
Community of Greece, Lina
Venturas, Professor, University of Peloponnese, Irene Petropoulou, Adjunct Chairperson
of the Lesbian and Gay Community of Greece (OLKE), Jovana Vukovic, Coordinator of
the Regional Center for Minorities & Maja
Micic, Executive Director of Youth Initiative for Human Rights (Serbia), Reza Gholami, President of the
Association of United Afghan Political Refugees in Greece, Kostis Papaioannou, Former
Chair of the National Commission for Human Rights, Tanzanian Community in
Greece, Christina Koulouri,
Chair of the History Education Committee of the Centre for Democracy and
Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, Panteion University, Serdar Yazar, Spokesperson of
the Turkish Union in Berlin-Bandenburg-TBB (Germany), Greek Center for
Refugees,Froumentios Gadogo Kinya, President of ASANTE, Nassos Theodoridis,
Director of Antigone, Marian Mandache, Executive Director
of Romani Criss (Romania),Maria Moumoulidou, Professor at the Thrace
University, i-Red, Kotsias
Spryos, Former President of the Panhellenic Federation of Railways (POS),
El Rapta - Egyptian Association in Greece, Makis
Leontakianakos, Lawyer, Antidictatorship movement 1967-1974, Dioscuria –
Hellenic Georgian Union, Cengiz
Algan, Spokesperson of Durde ! (Turkey), Stephanos Papageorgiou, Professor of Modern
History, Panteion University, Pan-African Association of Greece, Papachrysanthou Ersi, President
of the Committee against the Offices of Golden Dawn in Pagrati, Kenyan
Community of Greece,Kari Helene Partapuoli, Director of the Norwegian
Antiracist Center, Gazmend
Kapllani, Author, Professor of History at the University of Athens,
Cameroonian Association of Greece, Dimitri
Vorris, Screenwriter, Katarachias
Costas, Member of the Board of the Federation of Unions of Public health
Hospital Doctors, Greek-Indian Cultural Society, Antonis Liakos, History
Professor at the University of Athens, Kasia
Kubin, Director of the Foundation Forum for Social Diversity & Paula Sawicka, President of the
Open Republic Association (Poland), Despina
Papadopoulou, History Professor at the Hellenic Open University, Nigerian
Community in Greece, Fotelli
Peace, Board Member of PSYPERT, Union of Public TV employees, Albanian
Federation of Associations in Greece, Anne
Nielsen, President of SOS mod racism (Denmark), Lena Divani, Writer, Associate
Professor of Foreign Policy at the Law School of Athens, Union of Sierra Leone
in Greece, Makis Kavouriaris,
Professor, President of the Greek Students’ Association 1967-74, Association of
the Moroccon Community in Greece, Aldo
Merkoci, Director of Mjaft ! Movement (Albania), Tasos Karasavvoglou, Professor,
TEI Kavala, Organization of United African Women, Bangladesh Community in
Greece, Miroslav Broz,
President of Konexe & Anna
Sabatova, President of the Czech Helsinki Committee (Czech Republic),
Bulgarian Cultural Center, Orpheus - Hellenic Moldovan Association, Alma Masic, Director of Youth
Initiative for Human Rights (Bosnia), Kyrkos
Doxiadis, Professor of Social Theory at the University of Athens, Syrians
Overseas Association of Greece, Afghan-Greek Community, Krassimir Kanev, President of
the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee &Deyan Kolev, President of the Roma
Center Amalipe for interethnic dialogue and tolerance (Bulgaria), Nikos Theotokas, Professor at
the Panteion University, Rosofilon Trikala – Association of Russian-speaking in
Greece, Vasilis Sylaidis,
Member of the Athens Labor Center EKA, Land of the Stork – Ukrainian Community
in Greece,Claudia Schäfer, COE of ZARA & Alexander Pollak, President of
SOS Mitmensch (Austria), Hellenic Pakistani Association of Greece,
Greek-Sudanese Friendship Association, Anhelita
Kamenska, Director of the Latvian Center for Human Rights (Latvia), Fotini Assimakopoulou, History
Professor at the University of Athens, Society of Arab Maghreb in Crete, Tziva Emy, Union of Bank
Employees, Union of Palestinian Workers in Greece, Maria Velliou, Galerist, Congolese
Community of Greece, Mario
Mazic, Director of Youth Initiative for Human Rights (Croatia), Thalia Dragonas, Professor of
Social Psychology at the University of Athens, Somali Community in Greece,Koukalani
Vasilis, Director-Actor, Ethiopian Workers Union, Hristo Ivanovski, President of
the Alliance for Human Rights in Macedonia, Maria
Giannisopoulou, Social Anthropologist, University of Crete, Libyan
Community in Greece, Dimitri
Zotos, Lawyer, Madagascar Informal Group, Vanu
Jereghi, Director of the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (Moldova), Thanassis Kourkoulas, Sunday
School, Georgios Stamelos,
Professor at the University of Patras, Raba
Gjoshi, Director of Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Kosovo, Evi Manopoulou, High School
Modern Literature and Classics Teacher, Berezka Cultural Association, Theofilos Saltsides, Union of
Employees of TAPA, Ministry of Culture, “Mother Teresa” – Association of
Albanian migrants, Boris
Raonic, President of Civic Alliance (Montenegro), Charalambos Kasimis, Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Agricultural
University of Athens, Alien Migrant Association Karditsa, Network of Migrant
Women of Nothern Greece, Irena
Bihariova, President of Ludia Proti Rasizmu (Slovakia), Kostas Magos, Lecturer,
University of Thessaly, Arberia – Association of Albanian Migrants Larissa
Prefecture, Greek-American Democratic Union, Zola
Kundur, President of Chiricli (Ukraine), Stavroula
Lykogianni, Lecturer in National Technical University oh Athens (NTUA), The
Council for Ethnic Minorities of Denmark,Katerina Trimi, Historian,
Athens, René Danen,
President of Nederland Bekent Kleur (Netherlands), Danielle Morichon, Professor
& Translator, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Immigrantenverbande in
Deutschland (BAGIV) – (Germany), Sia
Anagnostopoulou, Associate professor at the Panteion University in Athens, Merle Haruoja, Board Member of
the Estonian Institute for Human Rights, Panagiotis
Kanellopoulos, Associate Professor of Music Education, Department of Early
Childhood Education, School of the Humanities, University of Thessaly,
Minderhedenforum (Belgium), Loukia
Mano – Christidi, Civil Servant, Anita
Ramsak, Director of the Ekvilib Institute, Chari Alexaki, EFL + Drama and
the Creative Arts in Education teacher, , Despina
Karakatsani, Assistant Professor Department of Social and Educational
Policy, University of Peloponnese, National Consultation on Minorities
(Netherlands), Mariam Osman
Sherifay, President of SOS Mot Rasism (Sweden), Evi Gheorvassaki, Chemist,
Doctor in biology, secondary education teacher, Nikolas Tsaftaridis, Music
Teacher, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens, Grigoris Ananiadis, Associate
Professor, Panteion University, Athens, Balias
Efstathios, Associate professor at the University of Patras,Tasos
Karasavvoglou, Professor at the TEI Kavala, Georgios Agelopoulos, Assistant
Professor at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Maria Dermitzaki, artist,Vassilis
Pesmazoglou, Assistant Professor at the University of Peloponnese, Anastasia Dimitriou, Teacher in
a public elementary school of Athens, Athina
Gotsi, Teacher preschool education at the Ministry of Education, Byron Kotzamanis, University of
Thessaly - Department. of Planning and Regional Development Laboratory of
Demographic and Social Analyses (LDSA), Christina
Agriantoni, Historian, University of Thessaly, Athena Athanasiou, Associate
Professor, Panteion University, Tatiana
Koutsougera, Physical Educator at the Ministry of Education, Elpida Rikou, Teaching
Anthropology of Art in the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens
School of Fine Arts. Kallirroe
Linardou, Lecturer in Byzantine Art, Department of Theory and History of
Art, Athens School of Fine Arts, Anna Triandafyllidou, European University Institute,
Florence, Italy & Senior Fellow, ELIAMEP, Athens, Antoniou Evangelia, Lecturer at
the University of Athens, Yannis
Papadopoulos, Adjunct Professor, Panteion University, Dimitris Parsanoglou,
Sociologist, Centre for Gender Studies-Panteion University of Social and
Political Sciences, Sfingos
Dimitris, Musician,Michael Fefes, Lecturer, University of
Peloponnese, Panos
Hatziprokopiou, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Associate Professor, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Ikaros
Mantouvalos, Lecturer of Modern Greek Social History, Democritus University
of Thrace, Despina Andropoulou,
Psychologist,
Anastasia Georgiou, Research Associate
of the Greek Forum of Migrants, Nikolaos
Kourachanis, PhD Student, University of the Peloponnese, Gabriele Wendt, ex Assistant,
European Community, Thanos
Christidis, EU pensioneer, Elli
Droulia, Library of the Hellenic Parliament, Nikos Tzanakis Papadakis,
postgraduate Student at the Free University of Berlin, Saeed Paivandi, Professor of
Sciences of Education, Université de Lorraine - Nancy 2, Anna Manoussopoulou, Official,
European Commission, Koralia
Agapitou, Teacher, preschool education at the Ministry of education, Michele De Trucco, Editor and
video artist, Alice Sotgia,
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Paris-Est & Institut d'Etudes Démographiques de l'Université Bordeaux IV, Anthi Karra, translator at the
Council of the EU, Eleni
Varikas, Professeure Émérite au Centre de Recherche Sociologiques et
Politiques de Paris, Baltsavia
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Private sector, Michael Löwy, Emerited research director in social sciences,
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Teacher, Experimental High School of Saloniki, Dora Tsirepa, Full time
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Nikolaos, Student (Master 2), Univ. Bordeaux University, Paschalidis Adamantios,
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