Posted on 05/02/2013 5:33:39 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Members of Golden Dawn stand outside the party's headquarters near Larissis station Thursday.
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis was on Thursday assaulted by a Golden Dawn deputy after authorities prevented the neo-fascist party from staging a food handout only for Greeks in the capital's central Syntagma Square.
Giorgos Germenis tried to hit Kaminis, who was at the time inside the premises of the municipality's social grocery handing out Easter candles to children, but was stopped by the mayor's security guards. A 12 year-old girl was injured in the attack, according to reports.
During the incident, Germenis tried to reach for his gun, a witness told journalists without identifying himself. Speaking to Vima FM, Kaminis confirmed the allegations.
Earlier on Thursday, Kaminis hailed authorities' efforts to prevent Golden Dawn handing out free food in Syntagma as a “victory for the democratic state.”
Police used tear gas to stop members of the far-right party from using the square. Golden Dawn eventually organized the handout at the party's headquarters near the central Larissis train station. Hundreds of people turned up as party members gave out meat and eggs.
“Syntagma Square will never be used again by anyone to hand out goods,” Kaminis told Skai TV adding that only the municipality can decide how it is used.
“Thuggery will not prevail in this city as long as I am mayor,” he said.
Golden Dawn announced on Wednesday its plans to hand out food in front of Parliament ahead of Orthodox Easter this weekend.
However, Kaminis responded by saying that the charity event was illegal as no permission had been sought from the City of Athens. The mayor said that he would not let the “hate-filled” event take place.
Last year, Golden Dawn held a similar event in Syntagma Square, where it asked to see people’s ID cards before giving them food to ensure that migrants did not receive any of the goods.
Kaminis said that he had warned then that he would not allow such events to take place again.
The mayor said that the City of Athens feeds about 9,000 people a day at soup kitchens.
Kaminis hailed authorities' efforts to prevent Golden Dawn handing out free food in Syntagma as a “victory for the democratic state.”
Would this qualify as a Pyrrhic victory?
Building to a Reichstag Fire. The Golden Dawn is the Nazi Party in Greece.
Why prevent Greek citizens from helping feed their poor brethren? Seems like the powers that be want to demonize Golden Dawn no matter what they do.
It seems as though Golden Dawn wants to give Greek aid to Greeks but Socialists/Marxists demand that food aid be give “immigrants” equally or none at all!
To be clear, the mayor is no less a fascist than those in the Golden Dawn, he just has different goals and methods.
Yup. I’m sure Beck will be all over this as he was one of the first to warn who they really are. It was good to see that today he announced “The Blaze” will be on the tri-state (NY, NJ, Conn) Cablevision service.
Golden Dawn wants to go Nazi on Muslim immigrants. Where’s the downside again?
Nice. Open support for nazis on FR.
The problem is that this extreme rightism is frequently a natural reaction to the massive failure of the leftists. The worst the failure of the leftists, the worse the reaction. History has shown that repeatedly. The only good thing about it is that the extreme rightists do eliminate the leftists before they themselves are replaced with something more moderate.
Actually the european “right” has never been even remotely like the American right. Two very different meanings for the same word.
Nazis didn’t take down the World Trade Center. Greek Nazis aren’t a threat to me. They are a harmless fringe group. It’s easy to treat them as cheap entertainment. The Honey Booboo of International politics.
But they have the people that are a threat to me all poofy-tailed.
I agree they aren’t a threat to us but open support for nazi scum on FR will lead to no good end. Its also important to note that the european nazis of the 1920s were just a fringe group.
Agreed. The Left is to blame for the rise of Golden Dawn in Greece and for Anders Breivik in Norway. Had the Left actually consulted their citizenry regarding massive immigration, multiculturalism, and EU inclusion and allowed debate on these important topics that would transform the nation, then perhaps a reasoned resolution could have been reached. Since the Left never consulted their citizenry and actively stifled debate, it was natural that Greeks would find another way to channel their dissent.
Greece is not alone. We’re seeing and will continue to see anti-immigration, anti-EU parties gaining support throughout Europe.
I don’t think they support the Nazis. I think they just think the Socialists do more harm.
Are there any Greeks alive who remember when the Nazis did control Greece?
Why would these douchebags celebrate the ‘Palestinians’ when Muslim immigrants are one of Greece’s guest problems?
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