(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #232 - Fascism: Greek Sursaut after the murder of Pavlos Fyssas (fr)

The murder of Pavlos Fyssas, Greek fascist activist, recalled the violence of the methods 
of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. It caused an antifascist start in Greece, which owes its 
massive character to its link with the ongoing strikes and the labor movement. --- Pavlos 
Fyssas, rapper 34 years under the name of P. Killah, and known for his anti-fascist 
commitment, was murdered with a knife during a raid of a local militia of the neo-Nazi 
party Golden Dawn, September 16, in the working class suburb of Keratsini, west of Athens. 
This crime was first presented in the media as a mere "brawl" that would degenerate, which 
is reminiscent of the media coverage in France for the murder of Clement Meric, refer to 
the "extreme" back to back. ---- Militias ---- This crime is part of a long series of 
aggressions Golden Dawn (several of its eighteen members are also prosecuted for violence) 
against militants or activists of the Greek radical left and especially racist attacks, 
including numerous killings of migrants and migrants often go unpunished. So far, the 
violence enjoyed a manifest passivity of the Greek police, largely plagued by the 
fascists, and the unpopular government of Antonis Samaras, leader of the conservative New 
Democracy party.

Designed to create a climate of social terror, the violence reminiscent methods squadristi 
the Italian Fascist movement and the Nazi party Sturmabteilung, better known as the Storm 
Troopers (SA) [ 1 ]. In the Greek daily To Ethnos [ 2 ], a former Golden Dawn member 
reveals battalions organized assault with complicity in the police. The organization is 
therefore clearly armed wing primarily targeting immigrant es and opponents and far left 
[political opponents 3 ]. In response, concrete actions of solidarity and active vigilance 
have proliferated in the popular neighborhoods for several months, mainly at the 
initiative of anarchists and anti-fascist movements.

Fascism and class struggle

This crime occurs in a context of massive strikes against the case of the public, a new 
stage of "The Shock Doctrine" applied to Greece. The evening of September 18 strikes, 
there are thousands of strikers who then converged in the antifascist protests across the 
country in tribute to Pavlos Fyssas. The latter have mostly led to clashes violently 
repressed with the police.

Sign of awareness of union forces on September 17, twenty Greek unions have called for 
popular mobilization against Golden Dawn, making the link with the anti-capitalist 
struggle. This new crime has caused not only a shock wave of fascism in Greece, but also 
rallies throughout Europe. This shows that the magnitude of the anti-fascist start in 
Greece, is the need to organize a fascist mass movement, articulating fascism and class 
struggle.

Gabriel L. (Paris AL East)

[ 1 ] provides an illuminating mentioned by Daniel Guerin in the brown plague, Spartacus 
Editions, 1996

[ 2 ] A former member of the Golden Dawn testifies on www.courrierinternational.com

[ 3 ] The Black Book of Golden Dawn, Dimitris Psarras, Greek journalist, is currently 
being translated to Syllepse editions.