Vol. 76/No. 28      July 30, 2012

Several thousand people attended the three-day festival, organized by the Coordinating Committee of Immigrant and Anti-Racist Organizations.

The event took place following a spate of physical attacks against immigrants, many by members of Golden Dawn, a fascist party that won a few seats in parliament in recent elections.

Some 25 workers and students took part in the book meeting.

“We live in the opening stages of the deepest economic and social crisis of capitalism in decades,” said Georges Mehrabian from Diethnes Vima. “The revolutionary example of Malcolm X has greater importance than ever before.

“What road did Malcolm chart in the struggle? An understanding that the capitalist system cannot be reformed and must be overturned. That the oppressed and exploited must chart our own political course, in opposition to the capitalists’ parties. That our struggle is international. That in the course of our struggles we will become conscious of our own worth.” These are lessons that must be considered by working people in Greece today, Mehrabian said.

“The rulers don’t want to expel immigrants,” said panelist Eraj Nobakht, an Iranian refugee and a member of the Immigrants’ Network, one of the groups organizing the festival. “They want to frighten them, to keep them unorganized. This will allow them to also better exploit Greek workers.”

“Golden Dawn carries out violence against immigrants every day, yet they are not being condemned or stopped,” noted Nobakht. “Malcolm X called on African-Americans to defend themselves when attacked.”  
 
 
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