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Fascism in Greece and Europe?!
After the Greek elections of June 2012 the explicit national socialist party 'Golden Dawn' gained official representation in the Greek parliament. Trough this parliamentary participation of Golden Dawn, Greek Neo-nazi's feel strengthened in their violent practices on the street. These violent actions are often attended by or even in collaboration with the police. The attacks on migrants and shops run by migrants have gone up explosively, just like the attacks on left-wing initiatives. As history taught us, in times of economic crisis, there is a growth of radical right-wing ideology.
Antifascist Patrols
The number of attacks on migrants is still growing every week, fed by the mixed and apathetic stance of the police who do nothing to stop or punish the offenders. In reaction to this, antifascists organized a set of three motor patrols. With 120 people on 80 motorcycles they went trough different districts with propaganda against the racist violence and took direct action to create a safer situation on the streets for migrants.
During the third patrol, on Sunday the 30th of September, a group of neo-nazi's was spotted who at that moment were attacking a migrant-run store. The antifascists took action and successfully stopped the Nazi's and got them out of the district. But after this confrontation the antifascists were attacked by a motorcycle unit of the police, called DELTA. An important fact to note is that a big part of the police unit are active en sympathetic members of the national socialist party Golden Dawn. After a fight broke out, 29 people got arrested of which 14 or 15 were actually detained.
Repression
On the night following the arrests the detained antifascist were severely abused and tortured. People were kept awake for nights and forced to stand up with their heads against the wall, they were structurally beaten, denied of medical care, forced to drink out of toilets, beaten, given electrical shocks and so on. Meanwhile all of the detainees are released on bail; the bail was set on 3000 euro's, and exceptional huge amount.
Besides the emotional and financial damage there is a third issue: all the antifascist are known by name and address by the DELTA police. Due to this, they have the risk of getting house-visits by the cops, bu t also by Neo-nazi's because the latter are closely connected with the police.
Shout out for solidarity
The Greek and international media barely spoke about the events concerning the patrols. The public attention was distracted by a buzzing story about a threat concerning the National Security of Greece, instead of demanding answers for the detaining of the antifascists, the police-violence and the racist crimes.
Actions are taking place all around Europe in solidarity with these people who fight against fascism and racism. Awareness should be raised about issues that takes place outside the scope of the media. Police violence and repression are rising and the State is preparing itself for the upcoming social unrest in different ways (for example, the rise in purchase of new defense material and the expansion of jurisdiction). Migrants and those who support them in their struggle for basic human rights are the first who fall victim State-repression and right-wing violence.
The developments in Greece, specifically the rise the far right-wing, are a classic example of canalization of the social unrest in society. Division is created whereby we, the working class, are played off against each other. We are confronted daily by the effects of the social en economic crisis but we should not be distracted of our revolutionary goals.
There is a call out for international solidarity: for emotional and financial support and an end to the media silence. Here is ours! On the topic we have organised information-evenings, have a bannerdrop and 500 posters are being spreaded across the country.
Solidarity with the antifascist and revolutionary struggle in Greece!
When injustice becomes law
resistance becomes duty!
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