Marek Mach (activist)

Marek Mach (born 2001 or 2002)[1] is a Slovak activist,[2][3] entrepreneur, co-founder and chairman of civic association Mladí, an organization known for leading the Youth Against Fascism initiative (Mladí proti fašizmu, founded in 2016[4][5]).

In 2018, Mach was awarded the 'Novinárska cena' Journalism Award[6] for an article he wrote and published[7] on the Youth Against Fascism website.

With Ondrej Vrábel, Mach established the civic association Mladí, which currently runs various charitable projects, including Dúhy.sk (Slovak social network for queer people),[8] Youth Against Fascism (Mladí proti fašizmu), Youth For Climate (Mladí za klímu) and Youth News (Správy Mladí).[9]

References

  1. ^ "How EU elections have seen far right rise in Slovakian politics". euronews. 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  2. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Presviedča mladých, aby nevolili fašistov: Kotlebu volia, lebo sa najviac odlišuje". fici.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. ^ Expres, Rádio (2020-06-17). "Cirkev zhoršuje postavenie LGBTI ľudí na Slovensku". Rádio Expres (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  4. ^ "Marek Mach – RomaSpirit" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (2017-04-05). "Má len 15 a svojich rovesníkov varuje pred fašizmom: Mladí veria tomu, čo je na Facebooku". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  6. ^ a.s, Petit Press (2019-05-03). "Kuciak gets the national journalism award". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  7. ^ novinarskacena.sk (2019-06-19). "Víťazi 2018". Novinárska cena (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  8. ^ "Mladí Slováci vyzbierali tisíce eur na vznik projektu, ktorý v našej krajine podporí LGBT komunitu". StartItUp.sk (in Slovak). 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  9. ^ redakcia (2020-10-02). "Na Slovensku funguje unikátna sociálna sieť pre LGBT komunitu | mediahub.sk - správy o médiách, marketingu a reklame" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-03-13.