Pour la France, pour l’Europe, le choix de la démocratie Suite aux attaques terroristes de mars 2012 en France, en particulier les ignobles assassinats antisémites de Toulouse, les dirigeants de la société civile européenne antiraciste ont souhaité s’exprimer et appeler à la mob

published in Le Monde, (France), 14/10/2011 By Benjamin Abtan, Secretary General of the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement – EGAM For the pas two weeks, Bulgaria has witnessed violent racist demonstrations against Roma people. Organized by the far right, mostly by the Ataka party

published in Libération, (France) 2/09/2011 One year ago, numerous Romanian and Bulgarian citizens were brutally deported from France because they were Roma. These acts of violence happened live on TV and yet under the complete indifference, not only of the European politicians, but a

published in Le Monde, (France), 9/08/2011 Utoya’s massacre highlights the spirit of a European Civil War, which animates those who pretend to « fight against the islamization of Europe ». In many ways it is the Bosnian War that marks the beginning of this internal crusade. At that ti

published in Mediapart, (France) 21/03/2011 Alors qu’une étude récente révèle que dans toute l’Europe, l’accès à une soirée sur deux est réservé aux «whites only», le Secrétaire général de l’European Grassroots Antiracist Movement, Benjamin Abtan, décrit «un re

published in Le Monde, (France) 02/11/10. Our assessment is clear: while racism and antisemitism continue to spread in Europe, civil and political resistance has so far been limited and helpless to stop the scourge. The recent elections in Sweden, Hungary and Bulgaria, as well as the