Paul Krugman (19 Feb 2915): " [...] Germany, on the other hand, is trying to force Syriza into complete abandonment of its election promises right now, today.
Do the Germans really think that’s a likely outcome? I suspect not. This looks to me like an attempt to force Greece out of the euro, right now. German policy is objectively pro-Grexit. It’s also, given the likely fallout, objectively pro-Golden Dawn. [...]" full: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/insert-german-curse-word-here/ This staement is reminiscent of (a) a recent comment The other, dark winner of the Greek elections Antonis Vradis, 29 January 2015 https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/antonis-vradis/other-dark-winner-of-greek-elections " [...] In the previous elections, approximately half of the country's police force voted for Golden Dawn; there is no reason to suspect this time round the results will paint a different picture. A dominant political culture where nationalism, xenophobia and homophobia prevail has formed fertile ground for Golden Dawn to grow, now leading to a great paradox: in spite of being excluded from the same mainstream media that had previously aided its catapulting into the spotlight, and even though it essentially ran its entire electoral campaign while its leadership was in prison, Golden Dawn still won 6.3% of the vote, overtaking even the social-democrats of PASOK and the nationalist Independent Greeks to become the country's third largest party. [...]" (b) of an analysis, written a year ago: Christopoulos, Dimitris (Ed.) (2014): Mapping Ultra-Right Extremism, Xenophobia and Racism within the Greek State Apparatus. Brussels: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels Office. Abstract: http://rosalux-europa.info/publications/books/right-wing-extremism-in-greece/ full: http://rosalux-europa.info/userfiles/file/RightWing_A4_WEB.pdf Spanish edition: Cartografía de la ultraderecha, el extremismo, la xenofobia y el racismo en el aparato de Estado griego Abstract: http://www.dyskolo.cc/cat009.html full: http://www.dyskolo.cc/uploads/2/6/9/2/26923869/cartografia.pdf German edition (abstract and full pdf): http://rosalux-europa.info/publikationen/buecher/rechtsextremismus-in-griechenland/ Greek edition (abstract only) http://rosalux.gr/publication/vathy-kratos-sti-simerini-ellada-kai-i-akrodexia _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
