Greece's Neo-Nazi Politicians Are Awaiting Trial—and as Popular as Ever

By Yannis Palaiologos

''What a difference a year makes. Last September, Golden Dawn, the Greek neo-Nazi group that had exploded onto the national scene in the twin parliamentary elections of 2012, was flying high. Its poll numbers were consistently in the double digits, and it had established itself as the third most popular party in the country. In accordance with leader Nikos Michaloliakos’s vow to continue the struggle “inside and outside parliament,” the group’s “activists” were running amuck, beating and occasionally killing immigrants, terrorizing people who did not share their racist-nationalist worldview, organizing food distribution drives for Greeks only—the latter dubbed “soup kitchens of hate” by Athens mayor George Kaminis..''

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