Published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 14:44
by
Editor
in Debate (301 views and 2 comments)
Yesterday, the 11th of November, Europe marked the 90th
anniversary of the end of the First World War. The same day, the
Socialist Group in the European Parliament condemned Facebook for
hosting on their social networking site seven Italian fascist
groups.
Martin Schultz, president of the PES Group, said: “The existence
of these groups is repulsive. I call upon Facebook to remove them
immediately.
It is shameful that on the day Europe marks the deaths of those
who fell in war, Facebook is helping those who want to take us
back to those dark days.
I call upon other Facebook users to join me in demanding that the
networks owners act now. These sites must be closed down.”
Give your support on Martin Schulz’s Facebook profile!
Here there are the links to those groups:
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Published Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 09:21
by
carl0s 
in Debate (928 views and 3 comments)
With the far-right on the rise across the EU, as socialists we need to look at ourselves in the cold light of morning. History tells us that fascism and its derivatives are fuelled by anger and disillusionment. What have we all done to contribute to this situation? Don't get me wrong - there's no justification for racism, violence or intolerance. But the current flaring of these sentiments across the EU may have causes to which we have contributed...
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