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The “March Against Hate” was held in St. Petersburg for the second time.
was held in St. Petersburg On November 6, 2005 , a "March Against Hatred" , dedicated to the memory of N. Girenko and all the victims of racists and nationalists. This action is being held for the second year . The whole action took a little about two hours (the first half - a march, the second - a rally).
About 400 people took part in the march. Representatives of the parties "Yabloko", SPS, "Workers' Democracy", "Memorial", "Our Choice", "Soldier's Mothers of St. Petersburg", "United Civil Front", supporters of Garry Kasparov came. The rally was attended by black students, members of the organization "African Unity" - about 15 people. As well as university professors and students.
Compared to last year, the number of left-wing antifascists has increased significantly. Of these, the most numerous and organized group (at least 20) was the "Workers' Democracy". The action was also attended by the Resistance Movement. P. Alekseeva (DSPA) and the Vanguard of the Red Youth (AKM) (each of these groups brought out 10 people). About forty anarchists took part in the march and rally (from the St. Petersburg League of Anarchists, the Association of Anarchist Movements, the Punk Renaissance and Food Instead of Bombs groups, the Black Alliance, the Russian Indymedia Collective, Autonomous Action, CRAS (Yaroslavl) and other associations, as well as supporters of anarchists who are not members of any organizations.
Radio Liberty's report that representatives of the NBP allegedly participated in the march does not correspond to reality.
along the way The participants gathered at the metro station "Sportivnaya" and walked along Dobrolyubov Avenue and Birzhevoy Bridge to Academician Sakharov Square, chanting "Fascism will not pass", "Fascists out of Russia" .
A rally was held on Sakharov Square, which was attended by African Unity activist A. Tumkara, human rights activists Yu. Rybakov and E. Polyakova, UCF activist O. Kurnosova, deputy of the Legislative Assembly, M. Amosov, deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Yu. Nesterov (former) and S. Popov (real deputy), as well as the organizer of the action A. Vinnikov. The speakers called on the audience to fight against any manifestations of xenophobia.
Speakers also criticized the government, which is not able to resist manifestations of racism and nationalism. "We should be proud of the fact that we have created a life in St. Petersburg that is attractive to the inhabitants of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other countries. And if there are criminal elements among them, then they must be dealt with in the same way as with Russian criminals," said Yuri Nesterov , member of the organizing committee of the rally.
Participants of the "African Unity" recalled their dead comrades. M. Amosov in his speech noted that over the past year, the authorities have become less likely to call crimes on ethnic grounds hooliganism.
At the end of the rally, members of its organizing committee announced their decision to create a public movement "For Russia without racism", whose task will be to combat manifestations of xenophobia, nationalism, and anti-Semitism.
Sources
- Balueva A. Anti-fascists marched against hatred // Fontanka.ru. 2005. November 6.
- Anti-fascist rally November 6, 2005 in St. Petersburg // Independent media center "Indymedia". 2005. November 6.
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