Join the protest against the “Day of Honor” 2025 on February 8 in Budapest!
Wanneer: 07/02/2025 - 15:04
Join the protest against the “Day of Honor” 2025 on February 8 in Budapest!
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The protests against the Day of Honor at the start of this year were a major success. For the first time, we were able to march through the Buda Castle with 300 anti-fascists and at the same time prevent the Nazis from holding their commemoration there for the second year in a row!
Furthermore we also created our own counter-events: Saturday morning, there was a commemoration for those murdered during the Shoah, an event that also denounced Hungary’s role in the openly flaunted glorification of National Socialism during the so-called “Day of Honor”. This was organized by five organizations of resistance fighters and victims of persecution from four European countries as well as the international umbrella organization “Fédération Internationale des Résistants – FIR”.
However, Budapest and Hungary remain no easy place for left-wing, anti-fascist protests. While right-wing violence and state repression continue to pose a threat, the Hungarian branch of the Blood and Honour network is once again inviting the global far-right to take part in far-right rock concerts, rallies and the historical revisionist hike “Ausbruch 60” from February 7 to 8.
Given the eighty-year anniversary and the possible involvement of the far-right party Mi Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Homeland Movement), which has recently cooperated with Legio Hungaria on several occasions, we can assume a major mobilization of the militant right in Europe. While we have successfully prevented the historical revisionist commemoration at Buda Castle in recent years, the hike can continue to take place under the protection of the state.
Together with our comrades in Budapest, we want to build on the success of previous years in February 2025. We want to continue to occupy the public space in the castle and will continue to pursue our own counter-program, such as commemorating the victims of the Shoah. One thing is clear to us: we will not be intimidated by the wave of repression that has been going on since 2023 and we will not leave the active antifas in Hungary standing alone! We therefore call on you to join us again this year in Budapest. As long as Blood and Honour, Legio Hungaria, Hammerskins, right-wing extremist parties and their sympathizers want to mobilize internationally and “commemorate” their – fortunately dead – fascist „idols“, there will be anti-fascist resistance.
Get in touch if you need more information about how to get there, the planned protests or the situation in Budapest.
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