The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
Athens trials highlight the neonazi threat
KEVIN OVENDEN looks at the perils of underestimating fascists’ danger to democracy

MAJOR developments in three trials in Athens concerning Golden Dawn this week have shone a spotlight on the specific nature of the neonazi threat.
They provide important lessons for the anti-fascist movements internationally.
On Monday the Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of the two racist murderers of Pakistani retail worker Shahzad Luqman.
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