What links organised crime with the radical right?
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Italy was plagued by a spate of violence and deadly terrorist attacks – the so-called “Years of Lead” (anni di piombo). While the violence…
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The remnants of Golden Dawn are winning support in Cyprus
With former MPs and members of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn currently behind bars, it is easy to forget that the group’s offshoot in Cyprus has been growing steadily for…
CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part IV – The Future of Greece’s Radical Right
On October 7 2020, the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation. For years Golden Dawn had made international headlines for blatant references to historic fascism through…
CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part II – The Women of Golden Dawn
“Golden Dawn Girls,” Håvard Bustnes’ 2017 documentary on the lives of three Golden Dawn women, is a great example of the difficulties in navigating the issue of gender in far…
CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part I – The Years of Purity
On October 7 2020, the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation. For years, Golden Dawn had made international headlines for blatant references to historic fascism through…
In Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage
‘Greeks for the Fatherland’ seems to be here to fill the gap left by the legal troubles of Golden Dawn. The emergence of a new party was announced by Elias…
The dusk after the dawn: fall of a Greek Neo-Nazi party
What can we learn from the rise and fall of the Golden Dawn party in Greece? Golden Dawn began as an ideological movement that managed throughout the years to evolve…
From Dawn to Dusk: The End of Parliamentary Neo-Nazism in Greece
It seems like a political nightmare found its end in Sunday’s snap elections in Greece: the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn did not make it to the national parliament again.…
3 years on: What the trial against Golden Dawn tells us about Greek society
©Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters On 20th April 2015, a trial began against the neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn – one of the largest and most controversial trials in post-dictatorial Greece. A total of…