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Is Greece turning into Nazi Germany?

8 July 2013

Thug Politics – Greece: The rise of the Golden Dawn political party, they claim they are saving modern Greece, but are they preaching a neo-nazi ideology?

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Greece must cut 4,000 jobs to earn its next bailout payment. But with each cut the government’s control in the country is weakening, as the desperate populace turn to vigilante governance, Golden Dawn style.

As cuts bite ever deeper in Greece, many Greeks feel that the government can no longer provide the protection and services needed for a strong civil society. And in this frightening power vacuum the people have turned to another power: “If I get burgled or I have a problem and I call Golden Dawn, in zero time they are here,” says local shop owner, Mathina. But Golden Dawn aren’t just an over-active neighbourhood watch: “We are ready to open the ovens! We will turn them into soup.”

It’s statements like these, from a Golden Dawn member running for parliament, that has immigrants in Greece living in fear. And their threats are not idle. Immigrants dragged out of A&E, businesses ransacked and racially-segregated soup kitchens have become commonplace. The checking of people’s papers on the streets is scarily reminiscent of Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Russia. “Greeks are hungry, foreigners are hungry. In the end one will eat the other,” Mathina says simply. As more locals like Mathina turn to Golden Dawn for support it begs the question; at what cost is Greece’s tough economic medicine coming?

Chilling documents emerge from the court case against Golden Dawn: the blood-thirsty oath of storm troops, initiation of children, black propaganda and plans of mass murder of opponents: here.

From I Can’t Relax in Greece blog:

School exclusion for Roma students

Posted on 12/12/2013 by icantrelaxingreece

20/11/13

DIMAR’s MP Maria Giannakaki and the Greek Helsinki Monitor have lodged a complaint against the principal of a primary school in Spata who has denied the acceptance of children from the Kiafas settlement and has furthermore mislead the minister of Education.

New disturbing information – in addition to an already grave collection of evidence – has been made available to Court of Appeal investigative judges Mesdames Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou, who have taken over from special investigative judges Messrs Spiros Georgouleas and Charalampos Papakostas in putting together charges against the accused Golden Dawn members [for involvement in various alleged crimes including the murder of Greek musician and anti-fascist Pavlos Fyssas in Greece in September]: here.

Indictment of Coast Guard officers for torture of refugee: here.

From Dawn of the Greeks blog about this video:

New evidence found regarding the paramilitary activities of the nazi party, after police investigation of the personal laptops of Golden Dawn leaders. Today the newspaper Kathimerini has published a video on youtube with the nazi MP Ilias Kasidiaris firing a rifle at a street sign.

Fake police IDs found in the hard disk data of Ilias Kasidiaris: here.

Shehzad Luqman (27) was stabbed seven times as he made his way to work on his bicycle in the early hours of January 17. Two Golden Dawn supporters will stand trial for his murder on December 18: here.

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