Violence against migrants in Greece: beyond the Golden Dawn

Karamanidou, Lena

doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1124124

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“…The urgency of much anti‐fascist praxis can take on new forms as contexts and discourses change, often quite rapidly (Merrill & Pries, ), whereas it may also take on a slower and more deliberative approach when the threat is an everyday one linked to the geopolitical specificities of place (Mott, ). In the midst of everyday crisis in Greece, scholars have addressed how instabilities have been mobilised differentially by multiple political tendencies, especially the far right (Dalakoglou, ; Karamanidou, ). Conversely, Arampatzi () outlines how networks of solidarity created through community assemblies across Greek cities also serve as anti‐fascist hubs.…”

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Fragments of an anti‐fascist geography: Interrogating racism, nationalism, and state power

Ince

2019

Geography Compass

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Extensive research exists in geography concerning racism and nationalism, yet there has been surprisingly little written on the far right, and even less on their anti‐fascist opponents. In the context of a resurgent far right, this paper draws together disparate work on this topic within geography to investigate the possibilities for the development of anti‐fascist geographies. While fascism and anti‐fascism have been chronically under‐researched in geography, I argue that there remains an insightful body of research in existence and that geographers are well positioned to undertake substantial work on the subject. Three connecting dimensions of an anti‐fascist geography are identified, namely, investigating not only racism but also the more‐than‐racist dimensions of the far right; their intersections with one another; and the development of anti‐fascist rationalities in geographical scholarship. Through this discussion, I suggest that the field of anarchist geographies offers a useful framework for these tasks, not only for empirical study but also for developing agendas to embed anti‐fascist principles into academic practices. By focusing in on the spatialities of far right and anti‐fascist politics, political geographers can position themselves at the forefront of this important area of work.

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Fragments of an anti‐fascist geography: Interrogating racism, nationalism, and state power

Ince

2019

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“…Yet, Golden Dawn is still represented in the Greek Parliament (elected as the third most popular party in the recent elections of January 2015) and in the European Commission (in the elections of May 2014). Supporters of Golden Dawn advocate for a nationalist homogenous state in which nationality is defined in terms of 'race, blood and ancestry' (Karamanidou 2016). Golden Dawn initiated a number of 'cleansing' operations, including brutal pogroms as well as the establishment of food and blood banks 'only for Greeks' (Ellinas 2015; Human Rights Watch 2014).…”

Section: The Years Of the Refugee Crisis: Racism Legitimization And Nmentioning

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“…Another component of racism naturalisation is the failure by the state and judiciary to respond to hate speech and racist attacks. As Karamanidou (2016) observes, violence has been legitimised through these authorities by denying its racialized nature and minimising the attacks to 'isolated' events that involve regrettable but understandable defence to the migration threat. Examples of such injustice are evidenced in court decisions made in 2014, when attacks on Pakistani men and the murder of a 27-year-old worker from Pakistan in Athens were not classified as racially motivated, whilst farmers who admitted shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers who requested months of back pay they were owed, in Manolada (southern Peloponnese), were acquitted.…”

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La crisis de los Refugiados en Grecia: El desarrollo del racism. Respuestas antirracistas e implicaciones para el Trabajo Social

Dedotsi¹,

Ioakimidis²,

Teloni³

2019

Comunitania

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El racismo en Grecia se ha venido construyendo a lo largo del tiempo a través de divisiones sociales y su legitimación se ha producido a raíz de políticas punitivas y violentas: Reflexionar acerca del desarrollo histórico del racismo poniendo el énfasis en la actual crisis de los refugiados es la clave del presente artículo. Junto a ello se reflexiona acerca del papel ambiguo que en ocasiones desempeña la profesión del trabajo social en este ámbito cuando a menudo sin pretenderlo contribuye a implementar políticas injustas y a reproducir desigualdades sociales. Basado en los paradigmas antiracista y de solidaridad que han emergido especialmente en los tiempos de crisis, la discusión de este artículo apunta a la urgente necesidad para el trabajo social de resistir contra el racismo por medio de una acción antiopresiva tanto a nivel macro como a nivel micro.Racism in Greece across time, has been constructed through social divisions and legitimized via violent and punitive policies. Reflecting on the historical development of racism and with a special focus on the current refugee crisis, this paper provides insights into the profession’s ambiguous role that is called to undertake in the implementation of unjust and oppressive policies and reproduction of social inequalities. Based on the anti-racist and solidarity paradigm that has risen especially during the crisis, the discussion indicates the urgent need for social work to resist and struggle against racism via anti-oppressive action both at micro and macro levels.

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“…Although research conducted in Greek street markets regarding migrant discrimination is absent, scholars have looked at the immigrant experience in Greece in general (Karamanidou 2016; Kirtsoglou and Tsimouris 2018; Lawrence 2005; Lefkaditou 2017; Triandafyllidou and Kouki 2014). Their studies challenge a popularly held belief in Greece that Greek society is neither xenophobic nor racist, because of the country’s lack of a colonial past and the greater region’s “mixed” ethnic character.…”

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“… 1. The Golden Dawn (Greek: Chrysi Avgi ) is a nationalist and xenophobic organization akin to the British National Front (Gemenis and Nezi 2012, 6) with neo-Nazi and fascist ideologies (Xenakis 2012, 457) although the group denies such labels. For a more comprehensive discussion of the Golden Dawn, see Dalakoglou (2013), Ellinas (2013, 2015), and Karamanidou (2016). …”

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Black Athenians: Making and Resisting Racialized Symbolic Boundaries in the Greek Street Market

Papadantonakis

2019

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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In this article, I show how groups and individuals maintain racialized symbolic boundaries at the micro-level of personal interactions. Using data collected during an ethnographic study in Athens, Greece, where I worked as a fruit vendor in a street market, I detail how local Greek vendors and immigrant workers use language, gesture, olfaction, along with their interpretations of faith and sexuality to reproduce patterns of social distance that allow for racialized stigma and discrimination. I apply the framework of symbolic interactionism and draw from literature on symbolic boundaries to explore how immigrant street market workers experience and resist racialization throughout the interaction order. I show that racialization underlies perceptions of the immigrant “other,” especially in the case of Greece where race is often ignored as a crucial factor.

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Violence against migrants in Greece: beyond the Golden Dawn

Cited by 26 publications

References 21 publications

Fragments of an anti‐fascist geography: Interrogating racism, nationalism, and state power

Fragments of an anti‐fascist geography: Interrogating racism, nationalism, and state power

La crisis de los Refugiados en Grecia: El desarrollo del racism. Respuestas antirracistas e implicaciones para el Trabajo Social

Black Athenians: Making and Resisting Racialized Symbolic Boundaries in the Greek Street Market

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