Dimitris
Christopoulos presents his latest study „Mapping Ultra-Right Extremism,
Xenophobia and Racism within the Greek State Apparatus” that has been
commissioned by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Despite the
general esteem of Greece as “Cradle of Democracy” the country looks back on a
long history of right-wing authoritarian regimes, whose convictions are deeply
rooted in parts of the Greek culture. Today, 2014, the dismantling of the
criminal right-wing party “Golden Dawn” has indeed begun. Dimitris
Christopoulos uncovers the complex interrelations between right-wing extremism
and the Greek church, police, army and justice. These interrelations reveal the
imperative need and remaining challenges to democratize the Greek state and
society.
