Progressive Politics Goes GLOBAL

[GoLeft TV]

Populist ideas are not only becoming mainstream in the United States, but we’re seeing populist ideology beating out conservative ideas all over the globe – just like we saw when the citizens of Greece voted against conservative austerity measures.

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

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1. Everyone forgets they ARRESTED the far right in power in Greece...

[font size=6Greek police arrest leader, lawmakers of far-right Golden Dawn[/font]

Greek police arrested the leader and more than a dozen senior members of the far-right Golden Dawn party early on Saturday after the killing of an anti-fascist rapper by a party supporter triggered outrage and protests across the country.

The arrests, which are the most significant crackdown on a political party in Greece since the fall of a military dictatorship in 1974, are the biggest setback to Golden Dawn since it entered parliament on an anti-immigrant agenda last year.

"Nothing can scare us!" shouted a handcuffed Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman of the party, as he was transferred to the prosecutors' office flanked by hooded anti-terrorism police officers carrying machineguns.

Kasidiaris and the party's leader, Nikolaos Mihaloliakos, three other lawmakers and 13 other members of the party were arrested on Saturday on charges of founding and participating in a criminal organization.

Police also confiscated two guns and a hunting rifle from Mihaloliakos' home, saying he did not have a license for them.

Ranked as Greece's third most popular party, Golden Dawn is under investigation for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fissas, who bled to death after being stabbed twice by a party sympathizer last week.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/28/us-greece-goldendawn-idUSBRE98R02Q20130928