Day of the Disappeared Global Day of Action

Enforced disappearance is not an isolated crime but a deliberate policy of state terror aimed at demobilizing, silencing, and eliminating popular organizations and the people in general.

This reality reflects the cruelty of state terrorism as a tool for the ruling class to maintain control in a capitalist system that thrives on exploitation and oppression. Forced disappearance is an extreme expression of class struggle, where state forces acting in defense of bourgeois interests, resort to repression and enforced silence to crush the organization of working people and democratic resistance.

They are part of a systematic policy to eliminate all resistance to imperialist hegemony. Enforced disappearances exemplify fascism–a violent mechanism imperialist powers and their client states use to maintain control. The struggle against enforced disappearances is inseparable from the struggle against imperialism, fascism, and all forms of class exploitation.

The ILPS urgently calls on all peoples to unite against these crimes, demand justice, and hold perpetrators accountable. Only through collective resistance, truth-seeking, and solidarity can we end enforced disappearances and build a world founded on dignity, justice, and genuine freedom.

On the occasion of August 30th 2026, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (also known as the Day of the Disappeared) we call for a global day of action in commemoration and mobilization for victims of enforced disappearances as a part of the struggle against fascism and imperialism.

Conduct

Events and actions are being called for on August 30th or on days around that date. Actions can happen whenever they are most relevant for the organizations involved, but the key mobilization days will be called from ILPS on the Day of the Disappeared itself.

This will be an open call where any organization can initiate their own actions or activities related to the theme and objectives. Each major activity, both decentralized and joint, on August 30th or on surrounding days, will be propagated as part of the day of action.

Action Calls

(Click here to download all printable placards of each call. Placards are in A4 format.)

Types of Activities

✊ HOLD ACTIONS in front of key government or police installations of fascist regimes that are committing enforced disappearances. Actions can also be held in front of US or other imperialist embassies to bring attention to the imperialist backers of these regimes.

📸 TAKE A PHOTO of yourself or members of your organization holding signs with the action calls above.

  • Printable placards can be downloaded by clicking on the calls above
  • Footage of mobilizations along with photo actions should use the hashtag #FightBackFascism. Email footage to [email protected]

📝 WRITE AND PUBLISH STATEMENTS commemorating the crimes of forced disappearances and celebrating the fight for peoples’ rights against fascist regimes and the imperialist system.

📚 HOLD POLITICAL EDUCATION sessions publicly or within your organizations on current cases of desaparecidos in your country or local communities, and local anti-fascist campaigns. Hold education sessions on the historic development of fascist regimes, their connection to imperialism, and the fight of the people against these regimes.

  • Watch recordings from our education series, Fightback Fascism, which lasted from August 2025 until December 2025, to learn more about the history of fascism and the current fight against fascist regimes and the imperialist system that backs them. Stay tuned to the ILPS social media and email list serve on announcements for the upcoming activities and calls to action.

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