On Saturday 27th February the extreme-right PEGIDA are making an new attempt to spread their poison in Amsterdam.
Since a broad campaign successfully countered their first attempt on Saturday 6th February, PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) will make another attempt to come to Amsterdam
to spread their racist and neo-fascist ideology.
They say in their own
words that they want 'revenge' and will teach the capital, and its
residents, a lesson.
'Laat Ze Niet Lopen' calls on everyone to again
mobilise and resist this extreme right gathering. Come to Amsterdam and
let your voice be heard: no to the racists of PEGIDA!
Racists not
welcome here! Laat Ze Niet Lopen!
PEGIDA comes out of the German extreme-right, they pretend to be
concerned upstanding citizens, but appearances are deceptive.
On earlier
demonstrations, in Utrecht and Rotterdam, PEGIDA supporters made the
Hitler Salute and attacked anti-racist activists as well as by-standers.
The demonstrations were largely made up of right-extremists and
neo-nazis from Germany, Flanders and Poland. The small group that makes
up PEGIDA in the Netherlands, almost all, have a long history of
involvement in the Dutch extreme-right and neo-nazi movement.
PEGIDA claims to be peaceful, but they create space for violent racists
and neo-nazis to organise and attack. During their last attempt to
demonstrate in Amsterdam lots of the participants were known neo-nazi's
and fascists. Amsterdamer's with a foreign background were verbally
abused, spat at, and threatened. There were people with white-power and
nazi symbols walking around the city.
LaatZeNietLopen.nl, an initiative against the rise of racism and
neo-fascism, calls again that the space for the extreme-right PEGIDA be
made as small on Saturday 27th Feburary and for action to be taken
against the extreme-right activists.
Chant, whistle, shout, block. Let
them see, by every way possible, that they are not welcome. Ignoring
them is not an option. PEGIDA will still get attention and try and
spread their racist ideas.
Keep an eye on www.laatzenietlopen.nl for the latest news over the
PEGIDA demonstration and actions against it.
You can also follow 'Laat
Ze Niet Lopen' on Twitter and Facebook.
In the run up to, and on the day
itself, we will provide the latest updates, maps and support information.
Come on the 27th February, take action against PEGDIA and stop the rise
of the extreme-right.
Laat Ze Niet Lopen!
