Far-Right Greek Party Rides Wave Of Economic Anger
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Enlarge Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Greek ultranationalist Golden Dawn Party, sing the national anthem outside the party's office in Thessaloniki in June. The party's support has been boosted by anti-immigrant anger. Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Greek ultranationalist Golden Dawn Party, sing the national anthem outside the party's office in Thessaloniki in June. The party's support has been boosted by anti-immigrant anger. When German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens last month, a few Greek Army reservists in fatigues greeted her with chants of "Get out, Nazis!" Like other Greeks, they are furious over the drastic budget cuts Germany and other eurozone countries are demanding in exchange for billions in bailout loans. The protesters compared the situation to Nazi Germany's brutal occupation of Greece during World War II, when more than 400,000 Greeks died. But investigative journalist Dimitris Psarras hears other echoes of the past.
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Ilias Panagiotaros
Overall Sentiment: -0.111144
Relevance: 0.35336
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| 0.0475129 | "Every day we are growing," Panagiotaros says. ... |
| 0.0964181 | "Every day we are growing," Panagiotaros says. "And very soon we're going to be ruling this country, and laws are going to be enforced." |
| -0.0212153 | "Greek society is ready to have a fight, a new type of civil war," he said. ... |
| -0.0905959 | "Greek society is ready to have a fight, a new type of civil war," he said. "On the one side there will be nationalists like us, and Greeks who want our country to be as it used to be, and on the other side illegal immigrants, anarchists and all those who have destroyed Athens several times." |
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Dimitris Psarras
Overall Sentiment: -0.166324
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| -0.149721 | "The economic crisis that Greece is facing today is similar to the one faced by Weimar Germany," he says. ... |
| -0.146089 | "The economic crisis that Greece is facing today is similar to the one faced by Weimar Germany," he says. "Just as Germany struggled to pay reparations imposed by the victors of World War I, Greece is now struggling to pay off giant debt racked up by its own corrupt political system." |
| -0.400369 | "They consider it violence against the system," he says. ... |
| -0.196949 | "They consider it violence against the system," he says. "I've heard many people say, 'Yes, I know they're Nazis. I know they're violent. But I voted for them so they could get into Parliament and beat up lawmakers and government ministers.' " |
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Angela Merkel
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Boukouras
Overall Sentiment: 0.149805
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| 0.154052 | "If some kid decides to wear a Golden Dawn T-shirt and beat up a Pakistani, that's not our fault," Boukouras says. ... |
| 0.147063 | "If some kid decides to wear a Golden Dawn T-shirt and beat up a Pakistani, that's not our fault," Boukouras says. "We didn't order him to do it." |
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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
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Issa Ahmed Agboluaje
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| -0.0613931 | "They beat him so much, but they stabbed me," he says, ... |
| -0.127948 | "They beat him so much, but they stabbed me," he says, lifting up his shirt to reveal a scar on his stomach. "When I escaped from them, I saw my body was full of blood." |
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Adolf Hitler
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Giorgos Germenis
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Nikos Dendias
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Organization: Golden Dawn Party
Overall Sentiment: 0.22051
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Organization: Greek Parliament
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Country: Greece
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City: Athens
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Source Webpage: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/06/164407096/far-right-greek-party-rides-wave-of-economic-anger?ft=1&f=1014
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Far-Right Greek Party Rides Wave Of Economic Anger
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When Golden Dawn arrived on the political scene three years ago, many Greeks dismissed the party as neo-Nazi thugs. But in June, Golden Dawn won 18 of the 300 seats in Parliament, after campaigning on an anti-immigrant and anti-establishment message. Polls now show the party would double its share of seats if elections were held today.
Source Webpage: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/06/164407096/far-right-greek-party-rides-wave-of-economic-anger?ft=1&f=1014
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