The far-right wants to force through its hate-filled ideas of a society that would exclude all its hate objects: Jews, national and ethnic minorities, people with dark skin, punks, gays and lesbians. In fact, anybody the extremists do not like… and that is why they resort to violence. Fortunately, more and more people in Russia are refusing to submit to this and there is a growing movement to resist it. So far, the resistance is led by small groups or individual activists. Sometimes, they come from the human rights movement, such as the SOVA Center, which systematically observes the activities of the extreme right-wing but, mostly, resistance comes from young people who have had enough of being attacked by nazis and racists and simply want to defend themselves and live free of fear. The connection between music and youth culture is now very strong and very important in Russia. |
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