Anti-fascist research group Kafka

Anti-fascist research group Kafka is a Dutch anti-fascist and far-left research group. Its name was said to be an acronym for Kollektief Anti-Fascistisch/-Kapitalistisch Archief (English: Collective Anti-Fascist/-Capitalist Archive) before 1994, but the research group has since indicated that they named themselves after the writer Franz Kafka.

Background

The research group finds its origins in the squatters' movement. It conducts research into groups and individuals in the Netherlands whom it considers to be far-right, and the developments related to them. The results are published on Kafka's website and in the quarterly magazine Alert! of the left-wing activist group Anti-Fascist Action (AFA). Kafka is funded by donations, rather than direct subsidies. Jaap van Beek is one of Kafka's spokespersons.[1]

Groups investigated include New Right, the Nederlands Zuid-Afrikaanse Werkgemeenschap, the Unification Church, Voorpost, the Dutch People's Union and the Party for Freedom (Dutch: Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV).

Research into the PVV

In February 2011, in the run-up to the Dutch provincial elections, the anti-fascist research group Kafka published a report in which it stated that various PVV candidate members and party supporters (who signed the “Declaration of support for a list of candidates”) had ties to the far-right. Among them were former Centre Democrats and members or candidate members of the Dutch People's Union.[2][3]

AIVD

In the 2008 annual report of the General Intelligence and Security Service (Dutch: Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst, AIVD), under the heading 'left-wing extremism', Kafka was also mentioned as information supplier of Anti-Fascist Action.[4] In 2010, the AIVD wrote in its report Afkalvend Front that Kafka and AFA would strive to "keep everything that is considered right-wing out of the public space." Kafka and AFA would pursue this anti-democratic goal through undemocratic means, such as (inciting) violence and intimidation.[5]

References

Selevcek, Miroslav (24 October 2010). "Storm op komst" (in Dutch). Art.1. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
"Rechtsextremisten actief bij de PVV" (in Dutch). Anti-fascist research group Kafka. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
Heijmans, Toine (16 February 2011). "PVV krijgt steun extreem-rechts" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
ter Horst, Guus (21 April 2009). "AIVD Jaarverslag 2008" (in Dutch). General Intelligence and Security Service. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
"AIVD-publicatie: Afkalvend front, blijvend beladen" (in Dutch). General Intelligence and Security Service. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

External links

Official website

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[1] Selevcek, Miroslav (24 October 2010). "Storm op komst" (in Dutch). Art.1. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[2] "Rechtsextremisten actief bij de PVV" (in Dutch). Anti-fascist research group Kafka. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[3] Heijmans, Toine (16 February 2011). "PVV krijgt steun extreem-rechts" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[4] ter Horst, Guus (21 April 2009). "AIVD Jaarverslag 2008" (in Dutch). General Intelligence and Security Service. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[5] "AIVD-publicatie: Afkalvend front, blijvend beladen" (in Dutch). General Intelligence and Security Service. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2022.