APPEAL by the Executive Committee and the Political Council of the United International Anti-Imperialist Anti-Fascist Front on June 22 - International Day for the Struggle against Imperialism, Neo-Fascism and War
June 22, the day the fascist Germany attacked the Soviet Union, in the former Soviet republics, as well as in many countries of the world, is traditionally celebrated as the Day of Remembrance and Grief. On this day, paying tribute to those who died during the bloodiest war in the history of mankind, to those who gave their lives in the name of saving humanity from Hitler’s fascism, people lay flowers at the monuments and at the graves of the victims and heroes of the past war.
However, the victory of the Soviet people and the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in 1945 did not save the world from the fascist threat. The ideology and practice of fascism is again entering the political arena, it is currently called neo-fascism. The intensification of reactionary, nationalist, militaristic and neo-fascist forces leads to an increase in the threat of World War III.
The full-scale Third World War unleashed by neo-fascists, which, if it develops into a nuclear war, can lead to the death of all human civilization, is a real danger. The general crisis of imperialism leads to extreme limits the contradictions between labor and capital, aggravates the imperialist struggle for markets, sources of raw materials and communications, for seizing foreign territories, for world domination. As long as imperialism exists, the danger of war remains. A looming global catastrophe can be stopped only by the united efforts of the working people of all countries, peace-loving peoples and states.
Therefore, by decision of the Constituent Conference of the United International Anti-imperialist Anti-Fascist Front (EMAA), held on May 25, 2017 in Moscow, the day of June 22 was declared the International Day against Imperialism, War and Fascism.
In order to combat the danger of war, to prevent the spread of man-hating fascist ideology, to counteract the onset of the reaction to the democratic rights of workers, the Executive Committee and the Political Council of the EMAAF appeal to all anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-war organizations, as well as to progressive people of the world to show solidarity and stand united front against the forces of militarism, war and fascism.
We call on June 22, 2019, on the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against German fascism, in the capitals and cities of different countries to hold not only events of grief and memory, but also, above all, anti-imperialist anti-fascist actions in the form of processions, pickets, rallies, meetings against modern militarism, modern wars, neo-fascism, and humanity’s slide into World War III.
We are confident that, as historical experience shows, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY is a tremendous force capable of stopping the most reactionary apologists of war and fascism.
Down with imperialism!
Fascism will not pass!
No to the Third World War!
05/16/2019
