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Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker arrested for attempting to assault Athens mayor
Greek police fired tear gas to break up an event staged by neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn in Athens Thursday and one lawmaker tried to assault the city’s mayor for banning the gathering, police said. Golden Dawn MP Giorgos Germenis verbally abused and attempted to hit Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis inside…
Hundreds rally against spread of Neo-Nazi influence in Greece
Hundreds of people held a rally against racism and fascism in central Athens on Saturday as mourners gathered to pray over the body of a man killed in a suspected racist attack. Nearly 3,000 people, according to state broadcaster NET, joined the peaceful protest that ended with a concert and…
‘White Student Union’ founder compares club to neo-Nazi Greek party
The founder of a “White Students Union” at Towson University cited Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party as a model in an interview explaining his intentions to RT on Friday. In the interview, Matthew Heimbach outlined his plans for the organization becoming a positive influence on the school, saying it was…
Greek schools ‘fertile ground for neo-Nazis’
Schools in crisis-hit Greece are proving fertile ground for Golden Dawn, the neo-Nazi group suspected of orchestrating attacks on migrants whose popularity is on the rise, anti-racism activists warn. Once a secretive group on the fringe of Greek politics, Golden Dawn picked up over 400,000 votes in a June election…
Arrested Greek anti-fascist protesters claim ‘Abu Ghraib-style’ humiliation
Fifteen people arrested in Athens says they were subjected to what their lawyer describes as an Abu Ghraib-style humiliation Fifteen anti-fascist protesters arrested in Athens during a clash with supporters of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have said they were tortured in the Attica General Police Directorate (GADA) – the…
Greek police send crime victims to neo-Nazi ‘protectors’
Far-right Golden Dawn party filling vacuum for those neglected by state after MPs elected to fight “immigrant scum” Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is increasingly assuming the role of law enforcement officers on the streets of the bankrupt country, with mounting evidence that Athenians are being openly directed by police…
Greek state tries to stem neo-Nazi rise
Following its unprecedented election to parliament, Greece’s neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn has been engaged in ‘law and order’ crackdowns and solidarity gestures that have boosted its popularity, alarming the state. In recent weeks the once-fringe group has organised Greeks-only food handouts and blood donations, and has twice ousted migrant peddlers…
Greek neo-Nazi threatens to sue left-wing politicians he assaulted on live TV
The spokesman for Greece’s ultra-right Golden Dawn party, who went into hiding after he threw water in the face of a deputy from the radical leftist Syriza party during a live television debate and then slapped a middle-aged Communist party deputy three times across the face, has now threatened to…
After electoral gains, Greek neo-Nazis warn ‘the time for fear has come’
By Will Vassilopoulos ATHENS — Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn warned rivals and reformers Sunday that “the time for fear has come” after exit polls showed them securing their entry in parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years. “The time for fear has come for those who betrayed…
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