Tomás Ó Flatharta

A major anti-fascist conference, which attracted nearly 7000 people from all over the world, took place in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre From March 26 to 29, 2026.

The ENSU (European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine) and the Fourth International were present.

Two statements – issued by the Fourth International and ENSU representative Alfons Bech, are below.

1. The Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference in Porto Alegre: Great achievements, challenges and opportunities

The first anti-fascist conference for the sovereignty of peoples was a unique experience, nowhere else on the planet has anything like this been achieved. It represented a broad anti-fascist and anti-imperialist front, going far beyond revolutionary organizations. ⁠Nevertheless, it had limitations, stemming from the difficulties faced by internationalist resistance movements. – Manuel Rodriguez Banchs, Penelope Duggan,  Israel Dutra, Antoine Larrache, João Machado, Reymund de Silva and Eric Toussaint, members of the Fourth International Bureau and International Committee.

Nearly 7,000 people took part in the opening demonstration, with a significant presence of Fourth International organizations. We witnessed the militant fervour of the World Social Forums of the heyday and of the 2003 anti-war movement, in which thousands of people from very different backgrounds come together and discuss everything. These are the kind of militant moments in which shared understandings and common objectives are forged, and in which the consciousness of the militant vanguard is shaped.