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Anti-fascist
musician, Pavlos Fyssas, was stabbed by Georgios Roupakias, member of
the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn, at that time. The incident forced the
neoliberal government to prosecute Golden Dawn members, while until
then, Golden Dawn was doing the "dirty job" hunting
migrants under police tolerance.
The
assassination triggered a dangerous situation in Greece, creating an
explosive climate between the far-Right supporters and the Leftist
anti-fascists.
The incident
gave also the opportunity to the systemic establishment to regain
control of the neo-nazi party whose power was increasing dangerously
and was about to get out of the system's control:
“Within
less than a month, all settled as they wanted. They knew Golden Dawn,
they expected such a murder. As long as GD was murdering immigrants
and doing the "dirty work", was quite useful. Just after
this political assassination of a Greek citizen, the "local
representatives" found the excuse to cut the unacceptably high
rates of GD and restore them to a more "manageable" level
of about 7%. Small enough to be able to control GD and big enough to
be a threat against "democratic stability" to spread the
fear again if necessary and a factor of breaking the anti-Memorandum
electoral tank, which contains various ideological colors. It was not
very difficult, as they control banks, media, poll companies, the
government itself.”
After
the assassination, Golden Dawn was put under investigation and soon
was characterized as "criminal organization" according to
various findings connected to its action. Its leadership and top
executives were arrested
(http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2013/09/golden-dawn-leader-has-been-arrested.html),
while its power reduced to previous levels. A latest poll has shown
that Golden Dawn retained its percentage at 6.5%.
(http://www.tvxs.gr/news/ellada/dimoskopisi-safes-probadisma-syriza-kai-proores-ekloges)
Various
antifascist groups and movements have organized a demonstration in
Keratsini today, where hip hop artist and activist Pavlos Fyssas was
murdered. The demonstration is scheduled for 6pm, with the groups
reporting that they will rename street where the murder occured from
Panagi Tsaldari to Antifascist Pavlos Fyssas Street.
On
Friday, 19th of September, friends of Pavlos Fyssas and members of
various antifascist initiatives have organized a concert, which will
take place at 5pm on Syntagma Square.
An
antifascist meeting will take place at the Selepitsari Park in
Keratsini on Sunday, followed by a concert on the grounds of the
nearby high school. Many more groups and collectives from all over
Greece have also announced similar political, cultural events and
actions.
As it
happened one year ago:
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