Today was the funeral of Marek Edelman. At the funeral was an
antifascist placard in English and Polish reading "Make Antisemitism
History. Enough Fascism and NeoNazism. No Pasaran 11.11 in Warsaw" with
a black flag. The reference was to the fascist march planned for Nov.
11 in Warsaw which will be blocked.
Marek Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising and an outspoken opponent of fascist and neonazi groups in
Poland. He died last week.
His public funeral was attended by
over 2000 people, including many dignitaries. The antifascist placard,
which was left at the monument to the heros of the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising, drew lots of attention as it is not typical to manifest any
ideas at a funeral. Many people were happy to see it but some people
demanded it be put away because they claimed that a funeral is "no
place to manifest politics". A few people claimed that Edelman would
have supported the saying and defended it.
The planned action Nov. 11 will probably be much bigger than last
year . Although last year the action was repressed and the court cases
(for about 200 people) are just starting now, the action was very
successful in the sense that it was very much discussed and gained a
lot of sympathy.
see also:
about marek edelman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Edelman
about the 11.november in warsaw last year
http://dokmz.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/no-pasaran-anti-fascist-blockade-in-warsaw/
anarchist news portal from poland
http://cia.bzzz.net/
