Copenhagen celebration of 50th anniversary of in other European countries.
the Fourth International b) Highlight growth in racist government policies which lead to increasingly restric-
THE REPORT that follows on the upcoming commemoration in Copenhagen of tive immigration laws and the inhuman treatment of refugees, especially from the the founding of the Fourth International has been condensed from the March 10 so-called third world, who seek shelter in issue of Klassekampen, the paper of the Socialistisk Arbejderparti (SAP), Dan-
Europe from terror, persecution and death.
c) Focus attention on the violent and
MANY guests from all over the world are expected in Copenhagen on May 14 criminal activities of racist, fascist and neofor the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
Nazi organizations in Europe who seize on the climate created by state racism to raise
The Copenhagen meeting is an all-Scandinavian the temperature of hatred generally and affair. One of its features will be a presentation of who are closely involved in building the campaign of the Socialist Party, Swedish secterrorist, often armed, organizations.
tion of the Fourth International, for the September
3. To work towards a mass mobilization general election in their country. It expects to do of organizations next autumn before the even better than in the last general election, where
European elections in order to achieve the following goals:
There will be a series of speakers from the Fourth a) Free entrance into Western Europe.
International. One of the best known is Ernest Manb) Equality of rights for immigrants and del, and a Fourth Internationalist from the Middle
East will also speak. There will be speakers reprec) Freedom of movement for immigrants senting some of the hotspots in the world today, and refugees within each country and from such as Nicaragua and South Africa. Likewise, one country to another.
there will be greetings from solidarity organizations d) Full voting rights for immigrants and
Our aim is to show that the class struggle is international. The meeting will not refugees.
be confined just to members of the Fourth International. The affair will reflect
4. To call for a European day of initiatives and anti-racist and anti-fascist mobilithe struggle that is going on throughout the world and its interconnections.
zation, also calling for equal rights in each
Just as much as when Marx and Engels wrote the famous slogan "Workers of
European country on March 21, the symall countries unite!" and just as much as when the Fourth International was bolic date of international action against rafounded, if not more today there is a need for a revolutionary workers
International. Today, we are seeing that even parties that call themselves socism in homage to the victims of South
African apartheid.
cialist are proposing nationalist solutions to the crisis.
Anti-racists and anti-fascists from Swe-
There will also be entertainment during the day, but mainly in the evening, den, Norway, Denmark, France, Belgium, during the "International Festival Against Racism." We chose this theme for the
West Germany and Britain call on trade unfestival because the anti-racist struggle is one of the most urgent questions ion, democratic and minority organizations today and an effort must be made to give a concrete expression to and on all those who oppose all forms of
Tariq Ali, a Pakistani revolutionist, will speak at the festival. The hall Is very oppression to support us in our activities.
We see these actions as only the first step towards a united mass movement against racism and fascism in Western Europe and for a Europe which can be a safe haven for refugees. * ish section of the Fourth International:
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Democracy and the the democratic mass movement, which started proposing this reform in the 1970s. However, the rate of abstention, 40% of registered voters - which means 55% of the electorate - shows that the enthusiasm was less than expected. • What did the election results show?
In the first place, they showed a deterio-