{"id":8815,"date":"2023-01-05T23:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=8815"},"modified":"2023-01-07T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T01:19:09","slug":"to-remember-is-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/01\/to-remember-is-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"To remember is to fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Against imperial aggression in Ukraine and political terror in Russia!<\/em><\/p>\n

F<\/span>or over a decade, Russian antifascists have commemorated January 19 as their day of solidarity. This is the date when, in 2009, in the center of Moscow, the human rights and leftist activist Stanislav Markelov and the journalist and anarchist Anastasia Baburova were gunned down by neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n

The murder of Markelov and Baburova became the culmination of the ultra-right terror of the 2000s, which killed hundreds of migrants and dozens of anti-fascists. For many years, while it was still possible, Russian activists held antifascist demonstrations and rallies on January 19 under the slogan “To remember is to fight!”<\/p>\n

Today, when the Putin regime has invaded Ukraine and unleashed unprecedented repression against its own citizens who oppose the war, the date of January 19 takes on a new meaning. Back then the danger was posed by neo-Nazi groups, often acting with the connivance of the authorities.<\/p>\n