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New Documentary on Golden Dawn’s Chapter in NYC

Greek-American director Richard Ledes released "Golden Dawn, NYC," a documentary film about the neo-Nazi party in Greece known as Golden Dawn and how the New York City Greek Community is confronting it. The short film offers an in-depth look at...

Prominent Greek-Americans Denounce Golden Dawn

Prominent Greek-Americans are speaking out against Golden Dawn, an extreme right-wing party that shows sympathy to Neo-Nazism and racism in Greece. The Party aims to win representation in the European parliamentary elections later this month. The leaders responded to a call...

State Department and AJC Condemn Killing of Golden Dawn Members

In its announcement the American Jewish Committee (AJC) condemned the double murder of the Golden Dawn members in Neo Irakleio, Athens, Greece, on Nov 1, and the serious injuring of a third person. “In a democratic society for the citizens...

Athens Mayor Speaks Immigration and Golden Dawn at the UN

Athens mayor, Georgios (George) Kaminis spoke on Friday October 4th to the UN General Assembly about Athens' experience with immigration and also discussed the Golden Dawn case with other officials. Mayor Kaminis was one of the first Greek officials to...

Samaras: Golden Dawn Voters Not Neo-Nazis

In a speech to the American Jewish Committee on Sept. 30, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who directed the arrests of leaders and members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in the aftermath of the killing of an anti-fascist...

AHEPA Hails Golden Dawn’s Arrests

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), a leading grassroots membership-based association for the nation’s millions of Greek Americans and Philhellenes, hails the arrests of Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party members, including its leader, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, by the Greek...

American Jews Cite Golden Dawn Danger

David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the largest Jewish organization in the U.S., said he believes that the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party " is a clear threat to Greece", adding that "there should be no...

Golden Dawn Goes to Summer Camp

The American magazine Vice published a particularly caustic article on the summer camp that members of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn organized on the Greek island of Crete. In this article, which is full of irony and humor, the...

Golden Dawn Death Threats In N.Y.

Supporters of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party made death threats as they were ousted from a Greek-American documentary screening in New York they tried to disrupt with the use of a megaphone in a post-film discussion, shouting "Commies,...

US Says Golden Dawn Spikes Anti-Semitism

With most of the attention around the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party centered around its anti-immigrant stance, the U.S State Department's annual report on international religious freedom blames the extremists election to Parliament for an increase in anti-Semitism in Greece. The...

Chicago Protest Against Greek Fascist Party Golden Dawn

More than 60 people gathered at the Greek Consulate here, Jan. 19, in protest of the Greek anti-immigrant group, Golden Dawn. Golden Dawn has been accused to carry out violent attacks on immigrants and spouts fascist rhetoric. There were protests in...

New York Demonstration Against Golden Dawn

The branching out of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party into a New York City office triggered protests in the neighborhood of Astoria, a Greek-American enclave, where hundreds of people gathered to show their displeasure the group had come...

Golden Dawn Under Fire in New York

The opening of a New York office by the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, that has 18 seats in the Parliament, has set off a storm of protest by groups ranging from the AHEPA to American Jewish organizations denouncing...

Golden Dawn Opens New York Office

The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party has set up an office in New York City in a bid to bolster its support among expatriate Greek communities and promising to dispense it only to Greeks and not immigrants it blames...

Varoufakis Teams Up with Bernie Sanders for New Progressive Movement

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister, is teaming up with Vermont Senator and former U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders and Varoufakis are launching efforts to re-imagine progressive politics by launching a new movement called Progressives International. This new initiative...