European-wide
Action Week Against Racism
16-24
March 2002
MEDIA RELEASE
15/03/2002
UNITED
for Intercultural Action
European network against nationalism, racism, fascism
and in support of migrants and refugees
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More than 150 different activities are organised in more than
31 countries. People all over Europe stand united against racism
and intolerance!
Voices without
Frontiers
More than 500 community radio stations Europe-wide and more than
2000 stations world-wide are broadcasting anti-racist programmes
via satellite on 21 March 2002.
During the European-wide Action Week Against Racism thousands
of people will set a counter-trend against institutionalised
intolerance and for a more open and just world. The variety of
activities includes demonstrations, discussions, round tables,
conferences, radio shows, press campaigns, anti-racist education
programs, theatre, cabaret, films and concerts. Organisations
from Georgia to Ireland and from Portugal to Russia aim to improve
possible practices against racism, organise discussions on problems
that exist and protest against the persistance of racism in our
societies.
UNITED co-operates this year especially actively with
AMARC-Europe and the "Voices Without Frontiers"
event. Local community radio stations will broadcast anti-racist
programmes via satellite all over the world.
It is the variety and creativity
of many different simultaneous activities all over Europe that
make the campaign unique:
- In France the nation-wide project "Week of Education Against
Racism" takes place in many cities during the whole month
of March
- In Norway a huge "Concert Against Racism" is organised,
where around 25.000 people are expected
- In Ireland, the Netherlands and Poland dozens of demonstrations,
festivals, discussions and showing of films and radio-shows against
racism take place during the Action Week.
Many organisations work against the increased intolerance in
the aftermath of 11 September. Discussions and round tables on
that theme will take place in Albania, Great-Britain, Germany,
Romania, Russia and other countries.
To get an idea of the variety
of activities all over Europe and for general campaign information
take a look on the UNITED website http://www.unitedagainstracism.org,
click "new on this site"
A full list of activities is available, with activities
in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Great-Britain,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and Yugoslavia as well as international activities.
UNITED for Intercultural Action
co-ordinates activities on a European level. UNITED is the European
network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of
migrants and refugees. It brings together over 500 organisations
from 49 countries and aims to strengthen cross border co-operation
between a variety of groups working against intolerance.
For latest anti-racist news we recommend the Internet Centre
Anti-Racism Europe: http://www.icare.to
For more information, please
contact: Saskia Daru, +31-20-6834778 or in emergency +31-6-24503415
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UNITED
for Intercultural Action
European network against nationalism, racism, fascism
and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus
413, NL-1000 AK Amsterdam, Netherlands
phone +31-20-6834778, fax +31-20-6834582
info@unitedagainstracism.org,
www.unitedagainstracism.org
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