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The Greek election – Syriza goes down, but so do the nazis
Syriza has been punished for abandoning its insurgent politics to become another managerial centre-left party. KEVIN OVENDEN analyses what the result means for working people
In great news for the anti-fascist movement everywhere, the neonazis of Golden Dawn are out of parliament, losing all the seats they first won seven years ago

THE conservative right are back in government in Greece following Sunday’s general election.

But in great news for the anti-fascist movement everywhere, the neonazis of Golden Dawn are out of parliament, losing all the seats they first won seven years ago.

The centre-right New Democracy party took just under 40 per cent of the vote against nearly 32 per cent for Syriza, once the party of the radical left.

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