Twenty-one persons who were arrested during a motorised antifascist demonstration, in one of the most publicised incidents of recent years, are to appear before an Athens court.… Read more “Antifascists to stand trial on testimony by Golden Dawn members and police officers accused of torture”
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New Democracy Needs to Sort Out Its Relationship To The Extreme-Right
New Democracy’s positions on a variety of issues are solidifying into a hard right-wing stance, sometimes even reversing a previous moderate outlook. Along with this unfolding shift… Read more “New Democracy Needs to Sort Out Its Relationship To The Extreme-Right”
Former “New Right” party leading member among arrested extreme rightists
One of those arrested appears to be a Piraeus based lawyer, who was also described as a founding member of DIESY (the Hellenic Conservative Network), a right… Read more “Former “New Right” party leading member among arrested extreme rightists”
Greek Police Officers to Stand Trial for Brutality and Torture
The trial of seventeen police officers, accused of bodily harm and torture against detained antifascist protesters in 2012, will begin on February 28th 2018. By Mariniki Alevizopoulou… Read more “Greek Police Officers to Stand Trial for Brutality and Torture”
What Is the Price of Freedom? A Debate
What Is the Price of Freedom? A debate. Thursday, October 3rd 2013, 7.00pm, Free Thinking Zone, Athens. A debate on “tolerance” at an interesting juncture: The leadership… Read more “What Is the Price of Freedom? A Debate”
Progressive Populism and Social Change
Populism as a term reappeared in everyday public discourse in Greece with the first protests against the memorandum with IMF, EU and ECB and its concomitant austerity… Read more “Progressive Populism and Social Change”
The Problem Is the Greek Government, Not Only Golden Dawn
A torrent of world-wide publicity has followed the murder of leftist musician Pavlos Fyssas by Golden Dawn supporter Giorgos Roupakias, two nights ago. In Greece, understandably, the… Read more “The Problem Is the Greek Government, Not Only Golden Dawn”
Golden Dawn, 1980-2012: The Neonazis’ Road to Parliament
425.000 Greek voters sided with a neonazi political party in the last election. Though Golden Dawn is implicated in a surge of violent attacks, and while its… Read more “Golden Dawn, 1980-2012: The Neonazis’ Road to Parliament”
The “Two Extremes” of the Greek Crisis
Among the many narratives that seek to regulate public discourse on the Greek crisis, a particularly persistent one is that which posits that there are two “extremes”,… Read more “The “Two Extremes” of the Greek Crisis”
Their Hands on Our Face
There aren’t any “rules”, really. There are not even any perverted rules, something to go by. All they care about is submission. Total submission of whoever stands… Read more “Their Hands on Our Face”
Reports from the Edge of Borderline Democracy 