Golden Dawn
Is Golden Dawn Turning to Terrorism to Get Their Message Across?
Greece has had its fair share of far-right nationalists over the past few decades. Operating under slightly more marketable monikers like "patriots" or "anticommunists," they've committed some thuggish crimes—like smashing left-wing figurehead Grigoris...
Meet the Nihilist-Anarchist Network Bringing Chaos to a Town Near You
The FAI is a nihilist-anarchist organization whose members aren't out to protect anybody from the ruthless grip of inequality. They are not Hugo Chavez or Vladimir Lenin—they don’t care that your plight isn’t represented if you're just standing by with...
Immigrants Are Being Stabbed to Death on the Streets of Athens
On Saturday Javed Aslam, the Pakistani president of the Union of Immigrant Workers in Greece, addressed a crowd of about 5,000 people who had marched all the way to Syntagma Square, in front of the parliament building, to protest against fascism and...
The Greeks Just Won't Stop Fighting and I'm Bored
Yesterday saw yet another national strike in Greece, like so many before it. Thousands of people gathered in Syntagma Square to protest a bunch of new austerity measures, Molotov cocktails were thrown in the air, and a man died. I know that should make...
Greece's Fascist Homophobes Have God and Police on Their Side
It's a warm night in Athens, and the nuns have broken the police line. They didn't have to try too hard. The lines of riot cops assembled outside the Chytirio theater are mostly trying to stop the anti-fascists from reaching the neo-Nazis, nuns, and...
