Statewatch News Online: Germany: Antifascist camp banned in Dortmund
28 March 2012
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Germany 
Anti-fascist
camp banned in Dortmund
24.08.2012
A summer camp for anti-fascist
activists, where workshops and presentations were planned, has
been banned by local authorities a day before the camp was scheduled
to start in Dortmund. Organisers of the camp were surprised by
the decision because negotiations with local authorities had
been going well. The city of Dortmund has a serious problem with
neo-Nazi organisations. Local authorities cited the fact that
neo-Nazis were planning to march on the camp as one of the reasons
for banning it. [1] Organisers of the camp argue that this amounts
to "giving in to the fascists". A call has been published
on the camp's website calling on people to come to Dortmund.
[2] A first public meeting is planned for Friday at 10 am on
the Friedrichsplatz [3].
Other renowned anti-fascist organisations, such as the Auschwitz Comity, have issued declarations repudiating the banning, and demanding its withdrawal. [4]
Sources
[1] http://www.ruhrbarone.de/dortmund-stadt-verbietet-antifacamp
[2] http://www.antifacamp.org
[3] http://www.antifacamp.org/2012/08/23/alle-nach-dortmund-jetzt-erst-recht
[4] http://www.antifacamp.org/2012/08/24/erklarung-des-auschwitz-komitees
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