[artinfo] MAPPING RIGHT WING EXTREMISM

[by way of Janos Sugar]

Workshop  MAPPING RIGHT WING EXTREMISM:
02.08 - 03.08.04.
12:00 - 16:00h
New Media Center - kuda.org, Novi Sad
Brace Mogin 2, Detelinara

Workshop and joint action between youth from Brandenburg and Novi Sad 
will point out the problems that youth from former socialist East 
Germany and former socialist Yugoslavia are confronted with.

MAPPING RIGHT WING EXTREMISM

Brandenburg, Germany - Vojvodina, Serbia

In Serbia in the last six months was recorded more racist and 
nationalist assaults than in the last five years. In the first six 
months of 2004 official records count 44 assaults on ethnic basis, 13 
fights and 17 assaults on Roma people. In all these events one 
national- chauvinist discipline was more prominent than the others: 
there were 32 cases of grave desecration. Number of incidents is 
increased, and actors of these violent actions, which is absurd, are 
mostly young people, grown up in isolation, war environment and time 
of social insecurity. Lack of adequate reaction from the state is 
more than visible and main question is how can the public influence 
the prevention of this evilness. Especially sensitive region is 
Vojvodina which still has very heterogenous population.

Verbal violence, suspiciousness and mistrust, national ghetoisation 
sustain the atmosphere of awkwardness where one frightens the other, 
the other are afraid of someone third, the third are in terror from 
the first ones and distant from the second and they all together do 
not trust themselves.

In Brandenburg, former East Germany situation is similar. In the time 
of transition and social crisis the number of attacks on immigrants 
and members of different races is increased, explicit critique of 
nazi times is fading and because of remission of decisive state 
anti-fascism and confrontation with the past, youth identify 
themselves with past myths and nationalist pseudo-heroes. That's the 
reason that in Brandenburg are active many organizations that are 
fighting racist and chauvinist tendencies. They are involved in 
education, organization of demonstrations against right wing 
extremism, street protests, concerts and workshops.

What can you do about this?

Will you defend, in informal conversation, the ones attacked because 
of their skin color, religious beliefs, nationality or sexual 
orientation?

Will you share your positive experience in relations to the Other 
with the ones that don't have it?


Workshop MAPPING RIGHT WING EXTREMISM:
02.08 - 03.08.04.
12:00 - 16:00h
New Media Center - kuda.org, Novi Sad
Brace Mogin 2, Detelinara

Street action
05.08.04 at 18:00h
Trg Slobode, Novi Sad

Screening program and public debate MAPPING RIGHT WING EXTREMISM
Thursday, 05.08.04 at 21:00h
Student's Cultural Center
Izba, Zeleznicka 4, Novi Sad

Organizers:

New Media Center - kuda.org, Novi Sad
Democratic Youth of Brandenburg
Alternative Culture Organization, Novi Sad

Links:
www.dizalica.org
http://www.nshc.org.yu
http://zelle79.info
http://www.dosto.de/ajl/index.html
http://www.aktion-analyse.org/english.html
http://www.aktion-noteingang.de/
http://www.btfi.de
http://inforiot.de