Via Kathimerini I am not at all surprised that the racist chanting that occurred during the Independence Day march was condemned by all the political parties except LAOS. The extreme right-wing party is showing what lies behind the respectable suits and reasonable speeches. They have become popular by keeping their racist views out of the [...]
Via Kathimerini RACIST MARCHERS Coast guard suspends head of special forces over chants The coast guard yesterday suspended the head its special forces after some of its members were videotaped shouting racist slogans during Thursday’s Independence Day parade in the capital. The coast guard has ordered an internal investigation to determine exactly who was involved [...]
Via Kathimerini Residents of Hania as well as teachers and students staged a demonstration in the Cretan port yesterday to protest a string of racist attacks in the area in recent weeks, culminating at the end of last month in an attack on a teacher who had swastikas carved into her skin. “We are marching [...]
Via Kathimerini Masked vandals early yesterday broke into a building in the Cretan port of Hania that accommodates a center for immigrants, set fire to furniture and painted swastika symbols on the interior and exterior walls, according to witnesses. The fire set by the vandals was small and fizzled out before firemen arrived at the [...]
Via Athens Plus Are Greeks racist? It’s a simple question but it does not have a simple answer. Twenty years ago, when Greece was a monolithic society, in which 97 percent of the population called itself both Greek and Orthodox, the question would have been met with a unanimous “No!” That was before a million [...]
There was another anti-immigrant gathering in Aghios Panteleimonas square in Athens yesterday. There were the typical “concerned” citizens spouting their usual “We are not racists but…” and a very vocal group of neo-nazis chanting “Foreigners out of Greece” and “Greece for Greeks”. I really want to say something eloquent and intelligent to the racists but [...]
Via Kathimerini The Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) yesterday issued a statement alleging that groups linked to the extreme right-wing Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) have been attacking immigrants in the Aghios Panteleimonas district of central Athens over the past week. According to SYRIZA, the groups have been patrolling the area at night and have [...]
Via the Bangkok Post Panathinaikos striker Djibril Cisse on Monday threatened to report Greek fans to European football governing body UEFA following racist insults he received in a friendly in northern Greece at the weekend. Panathinaikos striker Djibril Cisse, on Monday threatened to report Greek fans to European football governing body UEFA following racist insults [...]
From Kathimerini Immigrants holding banners saying ‘Stop racist attacks; no to Islamophobia’ staged a passionate but largely peaceful demonstration in central Athens yesterday. The rally came exactly a week after a similar demonstration degenerated into violence when a small group of protesters vandalized storefronts and traffic lights. Hundreds of immigrants and leftist sympathizers took part [...]
I know it’s a cliche to say that “children are the future” but they are. And if these kids are in any way representative of the future in Greece, then there is some hope. They are able to see the reality of racism in Greece (something that is often vigorously denied) and are expressing concern [...]
No. There is no racism in Greece and those of us who see it, hear it or read it are paranoid or worse. We are deliberately trying to make Greece look bad to the rest of the world. So what’s this then ? Oh, a racist leaflet doing the rounds in Patras ? Translation of [...]
The 13th Anti-Racist Festival will take place this weekend (4th, 5th and 6th of July) at Goudi park (entrance from Katehaki metro station). From the festival organisers Three days against racism, with migrant communities, anti-racist organizations, concerts and migrant music groups, discussions, dance and theatre, playground, multicultural cuisine This is the first year, I think, [...]
Via Abravanel A while back, I wrote an angry post about the racist attacks against the Pakistani community in Rendi. Right now I am so angry that people are still denying racism in Greece. Why aren’t more people outraged that this is going on ? How long are we going to ignore this hatred ? [...]
I apologise for being late with this issue. I was caught up with various other problems on this blog and actually forgot that I had meant to post it. From the Open Society Justice Initiative Athens, February 5, 2008 Human rights groups today denounced as racist a statement by Greece’s top prosecutor suggesting that certain [...]
An article by Spyros Karalis in Kathimerini looks at the humanitarian crisis in Arta for some 3000 foreign workers. Photo by Yiannis Bardopoulos Following the revelation in Kathimerini earlier this month of the degrading living conditions being experienced by foreign workers in Arta and their exploitation by human traffickers and some citrus farmers, as local [...]
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