Hat tip to ICSR's Insight article 'Who are Greece’s new fascists?' after the electoral success by Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn):This passage struck me as rather odd, particularly that such information was gained in exit polling:which gained 7% of the popular vote and 21 seats in parliament.
Golden Dawn is a fascist political party and a street movement with an occasionally violent history....Golden Dawn, therefore, is ingraining itself into the social fabric of the country and its success must not be written off as a temporary protest vote. Though its share of the vote remains small, its infrastructure and presence on the street is extensive.Link:http://icsr.info/publications/newsle...ewfascists.pdfMost disturbingly, exit polling shows that more than half of the country’s police officers voted for the party.
Surprisingly there is no mention of an active extreme left-wing, violent minority, who are not averse to attacking the centre left-led trade unions and of course the police - as seen in newsreel for months. IIRC the Greek Communist Party polled more votes than Golden Dawn.
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