Venezuela hosts main Antifascist Congress, leading to new faculty and committee

CARACAS — A promotional committee for the Antifascist International For a New World! was put in in Caracas final Wednesday, with over 400 worldwide delegates in attendance. The occasion, held on the Simón Bolívar Park Convention Center, was overseen by Foreign Minister Yván Gil and Rander Peña, a consultant of the interior affairs of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). The committee’s formation follows the World Congress in opposition to Fascism held in September, aiming to implement the congress’s motion plan.

Delegates spent two days at seven working tables, collaborating on methods to fight fascism. The committee’s work is split amongst seven teams, every specializing in a particular space. Grecia Colmenares, Minister for Youth, leads a bunch addressing youth and pupil mobilization. Deputy Gustavo Villapol heads a workforce centered on communication and counter-narratives on social media.

The position of People’s Power within the battle in opposition to fascism will probably be examined by a bunch led by Pedro Infante, first vice chairman of the National Assembly. Deputy Blanca Eekhout will lead discussions on human rights, peace, and worldwide justice. Clara Vidal, Minister for Indigenous Peoples, will head a bunch centered on cultural and symbolic resistance. Diva Guzmán, a National Assembly member, leads the group addressing ladies’s participation within the anti-fascist wrestle. Finally, the group addressing the working class’s defence of labour rights in opposition to fascism will probably be led by Venezuelan parliamentarian Francisco Torrealba.

Venezuela to Establish World Antifascist School

Separately, President Nicolás Maduro introduced the institution of the Antonio José de Sucre National School of Venezuelan Youth, which is able to function the headquarters for a World Antifascist School. The announcement got here through the World Congress of Antifascist Youth and Students. Maduro highlighted the significance of integrating coaching strategies from numerous nations, together with China, India, and Mexico. The proposal to create the varsity emerged from the congress’s closing session, together with the suggestion for assume tanks on fascism and the activation of an anti-fascist coaching faculty in Caracas.

Maduro famous that over 1,000 younger college students from 72 nations participated within the congress to debate confronting fascism, neo-fascism, and related ideologies. He said, “We committed ourselves to fight against all forms of oppression, recognizing that fascism and Zionism arise from the same source of hatred.”

Maduro emphasised Venezuela’s dedication to combating cyberfascism, defending its sovereignty, and defending the human rights and dignity of oppressed peoples worldwide. He described fascism as a persistent, evolving phenomenon, stating, “Fascism feeds on the hopelessness of those who feel dispossessed or threatened, offering a false sense of control and belonging through exclusionary ideologies. The challenge today is therefore to recognise and combat these harmful narratives, fostering inclusive and constructive dialogue that addresses the underlying causes of hopelessness rather than succumbing to polarisation and extremism.”

Maduro additionally expressed his approval of the congress’s proposals. At the closing ceremony on Saturday, he said, “After the world anti-fascist meeting and the third congress that culminates a founding cycle to build this great movement of youth and students in the anti-fascist world, this force that was born from Caracas demonstrates the main contradiction that moves the world today – I say it in prophetic words. It is absolutely possible as well as necessary to overthrow what the Yankee empire is trying to impose on the world. We must create new forms of community and create our own strategies of resistance to turn destiny into consciousness. That is why Venezuela will continue to fight for the creation of a multipolar world, but it is not around the corner.” He additionally referenced earlier conferences on fascism that led to the creation of this new Great Antifascist Youth Movement.