Remigration Demonstration 2024

by Andrej Sekulović

Andrej Sekulović argues that the new youth of Europe is determined to defend its ancestral heritage against the onslaught of mass immigration and liberal insanity.

It’s completely inappropriate to see ourselves, in the nostalgia of despair, as a rearguard, a last outpost, that struggles with panache for a lost cause. No, we have to see ourselves as the vanguard of the resistance, whose lucid spirit exudes a certain optimism.

— Guillaume Faye, Why We Fight

Clouds were hovering over the city which was once the proud queen of Central Europe, an occasional raindrop falling from the sky on an otherwise warm summer day. Once the heart of an empire, Vienna was known as the home of knowledge, art and culture. It was also at her gates that the ferocious hordes of the star and crescent were stopped a few centuries ago by the common efforts of different European armies. If once Vienna mirrored the multiethnic composition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as one of its two main centres, it currently mirrors in a more sinister way the inclusive politics of those who are at the helm of the European Union, reminding us of the great demographic replacement that we, as Europeans, are facing in our homelands. The old and majestic architecture, reflecting the rich past of the city, is contrasted with the ugly small fast food stands with “exotic” food prepared by Middle-Eastern, Turkish, Albanian and other migrants, the “new Europeans” of a darker variety walking on the streets, the women in hijabs, and the obligatory rainbow flags hanging here and there from windows and buildings.

But there is more to this city. It still has some of the authentic European strength left. The “progressive” leftists and multiculturalists, who would like to see Vienna and the rest of the old continent turned into some kind of an egalitarian multiracial utopia, were reminded once again on Saturday, July 20th, that they are not unopposed in their endeavours. On that day, Identitarians from all over Europe took to the streets of Vienna. They showed to the public that they will not idly stand by as their homelands are being flooded with the “diverse” masses of the third world, while their people are being poisoned by the perverted egalitarian globalist agenda. A crowd of determined and proud European patriots gathered in the centre of Vienna to attend this year’s Remigration demonstrations, organised by the Austrian Identitarian community, whose most recognisable representative is Martin Sellner. Many of the activists were armed with the symbolic plain yellow or black flags, reminding everyone that censorship and repression are very much alive in the supposedly democratic “freedom-loving” European Union, whose leaders and policymakers pride themselves as the guardians of freedom of speech and champions of human rights.

While the Greek letter Lambda, which shone from the shields of mighty Spartans in the days of the youth of our civilisation and was adopted in our age by Generation Identity, was banned in Austria, the activists of the movement still stand under their flags, fighting their own metapolitical and cultural Battle of Thermopylae. Symbols and names can be banned, but the idea lives on and manifests itself through the actions of the youth of Europe. The prohibition of symbols that are an important part of our heritage, history and culture because they are supposedly adopted by the “far right” is nothing new. They ban everything that they perceive as a threat to their hegemony, with no regard to historical importance. We can only “keep” those parts of our heritage that don’t jeopardise the liberal order.

Still, the resistance is growing. It cannot be stopped by the efforts of those who are brainwashed or bought by the globalists. It seems that with the help of social networks and alternative media, the Identitarian and right-wing ideas are steadily moving in the direction of what, for lack of a better term, may be called the Overton window. The Identitarian movements are marching forward in defiance of all the persecution and censorship. The ideas that were once only whispered about are now making their way into the “mainstream” political conservative discussions and are being more openly discussed by a growing number of people, from conservative politicians to well-established commentators, online and in “real life”. A good example of this is Tucker Carlson talking about the great replacement. This shows us that the Identitarian tactics of metapolitics are working. The metapolitical right has pierced the bubble of “mainstream discussion”, and the Identitarians are bringing this metapolitical change to the next level, as the things that were once considered “hard right” are now being normalised within the broader right-wing and conservative circles, which means that they are also becoming the subject of the general public discourse.

This year’s Remigration demonstrations in Vienna are a good example of this. In the first half of the 2010s, when the organised Identitarian activists first gained attention as a movement, at that time mostly operating under the name of “Generation Identity”, and became known through their street actions and community-building efforts, their ideological rhetoric was more moderate. They would rarely, if ever, publicly speak directly about “racial issues” or use the term “white” when identifying themselves in terms of their ethnic background. They would tactically rather use the more acceptable term “European” when advocating for the preservation of their ethnocultural heritage and identity. But the metapolitical struggle is changing this. When Remigration demonstrations took place this year, we could hear the well-known slogans of the Austrian and German Identitarians, such as “Europa — Jugend — Revolution” (Europe — Youth — Revolution) and “Wiederstand” (Resistance) being chanted by the assembled sons and daughters of Europe. We could also hear them chant repeatedly not only “Save our Nation — Remigration” but “White Lives Matter” as well.

Martin Sellner addressed those gathered multiple times during the event, in between speeches of other activists and representatives of various movements. He delivered a powerful speech in English, talking about the great demographic replacement, calling upon those gathered to look around themselves at the majestic architecture surrounding them, and reminding them that it is the work of the great European genius. He spoke of the erasure of our heritage and of the role that the entertainment industry has in this criminal endeavour. But, if in the past the Identitarians would use in their speeches the more general and accepting term “Europeans”, he now specifically used the term “white” as well when talking about the European nations, thus giving the event a clear ethnic and racial dimension, letting everyone know that Europeans are not just “citizens” of various European nations or everyone born on this soil but members of a specific racial family, whose ancestors have lived here from the misty beginnings of history. The message of the Identitarian community, “Patriotism is not a crime”, is thus seemingly joined by another well-known slogan: “It’s okay to be White.”

The rebels are always opposed by the servants of the system, and the demonstration of the determined and confident men and women who do not ask for but demand remigration as the only solution to the problem of mass migrations was no exception. The march of the lions gained the attention of the hyenas, who came to show their rotten teeth. The mob of antifascist counter-protesters gathered safely behind the police and hysterically yelled and made vulgar gestures at the gathered patriots. The difference between both groups was obvious. On one side, healthy youth and decent protesters, conducting confidently and peacefully, exercising their right to freedom of speech, and on the other, a mass of lunatics, having fits of rage, unable to control their emotions. The only reaction that the fanatic hatred of the “tolerant” leftists evoked on the other side of the police line were smirks of those who knew that they were faced with the rabble, unworthy of their attention. They were there for a reason much too important to be distracted by a gang of useful idiots and besides a few chants of “Antifa raus!” (Antifa out!) to the tune of a certain Gigi D’Agostino song, the antifascists were largely ignored. While the Identitarians remained peaceful, the leftists had a few minor clashes with the police. This incident was used by the Lügenpresse (lying media), and both Austrian and German, as well as other European media, produced a few dubious headlines in the next few days, in the style of “Extreme Right marched in Vienna, there were clashes with the police”. A certain leftist mainstream outlet in my country produced a headline on their online website that says: “On the march of the Far Right in Vienna ten people detained by the police”, falsely insinuating that it was the patriots who caused riots and violence.

Such attacks by the media are, of course, expected, as the resurgence of the Identitarian forces is rising and heralding the awakening of a growing number of Europeans. “The Kids Want Remigration” was one of the banners under which the protesters marched, and the other one said in German, “The Last Generation for Remigration”. If so, then this is the last and the first generation of a new Europe, a united and Identitarian Europe that must prevail if we do not want to disappear from this Earth. To paraphrase one of the most influential Identitarian thinkers, whose quote I borrowed at the beginning of this article, we must not see ourselves as the remnants of the past but as a new force of resistance, a community of Europeans who see themselves as the members of the same ancient family, whose natural aristocracy of blood must return to rule once more on this continent and set things right. Many Identitarians gathered in Vienna on July 20th from all across Europe: Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Portugal, etc. They travelled to Vienna to fight for the future of their nations and for the future of our common homeland, to say no to destructive policies of mass migrations and the grotesque, perverse, and unnatural ideologies of extreme egalitarianism and universalism. As the member of the Identitarian group from Italy, who was one of the speakers that day, exclaimed: “The future belongs to us!”