- PEGIDA ("Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West") is a racist, right-wing movement, that formed was in the fall of 2014 and continues to hold weekly rallies which have continuously drawn substantial four-figure crowds; peak times saw 20.000+ attendees.
- While similar movements have sprung up in many cities throughout Germany, Dresden remains the only one in which they have managed to gain and maintain a substantial level of support.
- The growing violence in PEGIDA's rhetoric matches the alarming surge in violence against refugees, PoC, asylum seekers' housing facilities, journalists and left-wing politicians during 2015.
- The alliance "Dresden Nazifrei" has been mounting counter-protests throughout the winter of 2015, yet decided in April of 2015 that further weekly protest would be a waste of limited resources.
- Following the rejuvenilation of the PEGIDA-movement as a consequence of the intensified asylum-challenge, "Dresden Nazifrei" came to the conclusion that ignoring PEDIGA any loger would not be a feasible course of action anymore. Instead, it decided to organize a strategy conference to develop lasting protest concepts that are more suitable to counter PEGIDA as a specific saxonian phenomenon.
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Created: Wednesday, 21 January 2015 11:38
During the last weeks, more people of various backgrounds voice and articulate their wish that PEGIDA and its followers should be talked to. We as a Allianz “Dresden Nazifrei” have also been asked what preconditions we would consider necessary to think about a dialogue with Pegida. We would like the opportunity to express a clear opinion on this matter. To do so, a few questions need to be answered and will eventually lead to our point of view.
Read more: Regarding the issue of talking to PEGIDA
Created: Friday, 16 January 2015 17:54
We want to give you a short overview of what to expect on monday, january 19.
Pegida will gather on Theaterplatz at 06.30 pm. Already at 05.30 pm there will be a counter-rally on the neighboring Schlossplatz. You will be informed here of any changes regarding the rally.
From 05.00 pm there will be a german liveticker available: http://ticker.dresden-nazifrei.com/ and http://twitter.com/dd_nazifrei.
The investigation panel will be available at 0351-89960456.
