{"id":5315,"date":"2012-05-09T08:06:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2012-05-09T08:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T13:06:56","slug":"take-action-against-the-greek-nazi-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/take-action-against-the-greek-nazi-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action against the Greek Nazi Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard that in these troubled times in Greece, the Greek Nazi “Golden Dawn” party made an alarming gain in the Parliament, taking about 7% of the seats. Here they are being all Nazi-ish:
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The leader of Golden Dawn, Nikos Michaloliakos, and his Nazi supporters, grabbing a bottle of water. <\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIt isn’t just that they won a few seats in Parliament. This is part of a larger shift towards extremism on the right side of the spectrum, happening in Greece and other countries as well, and it is accompanied by some extreme rhetoric that reminds us of the 1930s.
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\u201cThe time for fear has come for those who betrayed this homeland ... We are coming ... Veni, Vidi, Vici ... Greece is only the beginning ... "<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIn case you were wondering if these guys are “real” Nazis, don’t worry, they really do seem to be, even with respect to some of the finer details of Nazism, such as intolerance of Jews.
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This photograph is alleged to be Golden Dawn members attacking Jews in 2002, but it may be Golden Dawn and anarchists fighting. In any event, Gold Dawn members are believe to have carried out acts of violence against immigrants.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Here is what you can do. Some time in the next month or two, there will be new elections in Greece. The elections that happened a few days ago produced a result (no strong majority or obvious coalition) that likely will result in this happening. Golden Dawn, the Nazis, have a web site they use as a critical component of their campaign. It is hosted on WordPress. <\/p>\n

Shall we sign a petition?<\/p>\n

Change.org has one for you:<\/p>\n

The Official blog of the Greek Nazi ‘Golden Dawn’ political party which recently won an unprecedented 7% in the parliamentary elections is hosted on the WordPress.com platform at http:\/\/xryshaygh.wordpress.com\/.<\/p>\n

In addition to espousing hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric, denial of the Holocaust, and Nazi salutes, Golden Dawn has a history of direct involvement in organized crime and intimidation with many of their.top ranking members having been indicted and convicted of violent crimes against immigrants and political opponents.<\/p>\n

On April 17 behind the cover of anonymity which they always use on their official blog on WordPress.com, they published an article that made thinly veiled threats of violence against Greek reporter Xenia Kounalaki, the editor of the foreign news desk of Kathimerini, Greece\u2019s leading broadsheet.<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/elections\/neo-nazi-greek-party-threatens-journalist-news-512538<\/p>\n

The WordPress.com Terms of Service state that all content submitted ‘does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities’.<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/en.wordpress.com\/tos\/<\/p>\n

We call on Automattic Inc. to stop providing a free platform for Golden Dawn to anonymously threaten and intimidate reporters, immigrants, and political opponents by shutting down their WordPress.com account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to visit and sign the petition. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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