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This Is How Greek Neo-Nazis Deal With Confrontation On Live TV

Thursday, June 7, 2012 14:58

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Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of the Greece Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn spokesman after he attacked two Woman Members of Parliament on Live TV

Staggering economic depression, repeated banker bailouts, and ever increasing austerity measures have led to the rise of extremist elements from both the left and right ends of the political spectrum in Greece.

The political chaos has left the country without a government as the violence on the streets from a nation on the brink of civil war spreads into the government.

In the latest escalation of the tensions members of the fair-right party, who are calling for the far-left Neo-Nazis to be “sent to the dustbins of history” were attacked on live television.

Zero Hedge reports:

The video below is a great a preview of things to come in Greece. Per Bloomberg, Greek police on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman of far-right party Golden Dawn for assaulting two left-wing politicians on live television. Ilias Kasidiaris was shown on a live morning show jumping out of his seat and slapping Communist Party member Liana Kanelli three times after throwing a glass of water at leftist SYRIZA party member Rena Dourou. Golden Dawn, which was elected for the first time to parliament in a May 6 election, is accused of carrying out violent attacks against immigrants. Surely, being captured on live national TV beating up women will do wonders for restoring the party’s image as that encouraging pacifism and peaceful resolution of problems.

And from IBT:

Greece: Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Spokesman Attacks Two Woman MPs on Live TV

The spokesman for Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party has assaulted two woman MPs in a live broadcast from a television studio by slapping one and chucking water at another.

Ilias Kasidiaris, who is already facing accusations that he was an accomplice in the mugging of a student, threw his water at Rena Dourou of Syriza (the Coalition of the Radical Left) and then slapped the Communist Party (KKE) member Liana Kanelli three times.

Police have issued an arrest warrant for him.

“When you’re slapped by a beast, it’s a slap on the cheek of every citizen,” Kanelli said after the attack.

A spokesman for the New Democracy party said: “The people must send them [Golden Dawn] to the dustbin of history.”

Kasidiaris reportedly threatened journalists and technicians offscreen also.

Golden Dawn, which obtained 7 percent of the vote and 21 seats at the parliamentary, is considered a neo-Nazi party in Greece.

Leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos has rejected claims of affiliation with Nazism, even though the party’s emblem, a squared spiral, and its colours recall closely the swastika. Michaloliakos made a Hitler-style salute when he was elected in 2010 to Athens city council.

A video published on YouTube showed muscular supporters of Golden Dawn urging journalists to rise from their seats as a sign of respect for Michaloliakos when he took the stage. Those who refused were expelled from the room.

The European Jewish Congress has called on European governments to ban the extremist party, expressing concerns about Michaloliakos’s remarks on Nazi concentration camps.

The party leader claimed that the camps did not use gas chambers and ovens to exterminate Jews.

Well, if one’s country is going down, may as well go down swinging. But perhaps there are worthier targets than women…

Source:Zero Hedge

The IBT has also previously reported on Neo-Nazis in Greece.

Golden Dawn Neo-Nazis: Greek Journalists Union Defies Right-Wing Threats

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The Greek Federation of Journalists warned that they will not tolerate further intimidation by the neo-Nazi party, which obtained 7 percent of the vote at parliamentary elections.

A video published on YouTube showed muscular supporters of Golden Dawn urging journalists to rise from their seats as a sign of respect for party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos. Those who refused were expelled from the room.

“The Greek Federation of Journalists warns Hitler nostalgics [sic] and especially the ‘brave boys in black T-shirts’ that no journalist will be coerced, threatened or above all terrorised,” the union said.

Threats to journalists are not new to the party. Greek journalist Xenia Kounalaki recently wrote an article about Golden Dawn in the German weekly Der Spiegel, which provoked an immediate an attack on the party’s website.

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Source: IBT

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