Revisionism In UCD

Thursday February 13, 2003 12:24

by antrophe - socialist alternative

....tear up fascism before it takes root.

In UCD last tuesday, A4 sized text heavy posters appeared all over campus, issued by the Revisionist education Organisation (http://www.geocities.com/david_noone88 email address [email protected]), a thinly described fascist group.

With a heading of 'The media has brainwashed you with propaganda your entire life. Our society is sick. Revisionism is the cure' the leaflet goes on to make a series of arguments against the holocaust ever happening, which apparently merely serves as a 'pretext for the present system of tyranny.'

Undoubtedly, the appearance of these leafletts on campus are linked to the recent vox pop in the University Observer, which posed the question 'which ethnic minority do you hate the most?' causing scandal on and off campus. The incident resulted in UCD SU condemning and calling for the resignation of the papers editor. The issue was revisited in the Times on Sunday, and it is this coverage i think which gave the distributors of the leaflett the idea to target the campus, after the Observor had contributed to and almost legitimised a racist climate in UCD.

Apparently, a number of the sabatical officers in the Union were emailed and asked about the possibility of holding a Revisionist meeting on campus. The result of trying to humourise racism through Vox Pops like that in the observer, has now to be better understand as simply an incitment to racial hatred and an encouragment to the development of fascism and the far right.

The posters seem to be on notice boards in all the arts faculties and were also seen in the student centre, and on the campus concourse. Make a note of where you saw them, the organisation claiming responsibility for them and forward details on to Anti fascist Action Ireland ([email protected] or through their website at http://www.geocities.com/irishafa)

Tear fascism up before it takes root, tear down and destroy any of these revisionist posters you see.