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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
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by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
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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