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Greece: Nightmare at Thermopylae
http://glykosymoritis.blogspot.ie/20...pylae.html?m=1
Quite disturbing...
Mobilizing the local organizations in Greece and on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, Golden Dawn was able to gather at the monument of Leonidas hundreds of its supporters who had performed the military-type ceremony exactly with typical commands, torches, summoning of the dead, laying of wreaths, etc.The neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn had organized a real spectacle of nationalistic kitsch which was reminiscent of the ceremonies with lighted torches, bonfires, etc. of the famous American racist Ku Klux Klan.
Particularly impressive are the videos uploaded by the organization on its official website. They show how dozens of members of the youth’s organization of Golden Dawn are forming the typical Greek meander ornament with their bodies, holding in their hands lighted torches which, according to the official version of the far-right party, are "the symbol of the souls of the heroes".
The ceremony took place to the sounds of drums and military commands with references to ancient Greek texts. It ended with Golden Dawn’s anthem (which, by the way, says "we, the young men, we are Spartans") and members of the party lit fireworks.
The cult to antiquity
A similar event was organized in the same place not only a year ago but also earlier, as the cult to antiquity has always occupied an important place in the ideological "showcase" of Golden Dawn. Within the preparation of this year's ceremony, it was planned for the local organizations to organize the bus transportation of people across the country to the place of the event.
The plans, of course, do not stop there, as the neo-Nazi organization is preparing a new "show of memory", which will take place in the village of Meligalas, Messinia area, next Sunday.
The speech of leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos
During the ceremony at Thermopylae, Golden Dawn’s leader delivered a speech filled with excessive populism and with far-right calls and threats to the country's political system. All the time the party's supporters chanted "scoundrels, traitors, politicians", "we will return and the earth will tremble", "people, army, nationalism"...
A photo from the event at Thermopylae showing the leader of Golden Dawn, Nikolaos Mihaloliakos, with his right hand raised in the Nazi salute
The leader of the far-right organization spoke of "Grekilistan", "pseudo Romans" and "pseudo Greece" where "nightmares are ruling and the supporters of the enemy are respected".
Mihaloliakos talked about "the miserable statelet we want to destroy in order for the new Greece of nationalists, the new Greece of Golden Dawn to be born", pointing out that the public is in the grip of a "historical consciousness" and that it has been taken over by "professors of disasters".
He did not hesitate to point out that Golden Dawn would produce "new Thermopylae" in an era of "denial of nationalism". Nikolaos Mihaloliakos’ speech was full of direct threats such as "we will tell all those who have ceded the sovereignty of the country 'I have not forgotten'." There will come the day of the court of history and it will judge, and, hopefully, this time will be the time of Golden Dawn. Let them finally understand that they will not easily deal with us"...
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So whats with the summoning of the dead that the article mentions? What role does the occult play in their ideology?
Man is but a goat in the hands of butchers
Nazis have some weird ties to the occult, even though they often have the support of religious institutions. I think it has something to do with making bonds between the individual Nazis in order to create a feeling of unity between themselves.
I believe they have ties with ancient Greek religion (Hellenismos, the Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Ellenes) rather than the occult. They're invoking the glory of ancient Greece to support their jingoist beliefs, just as Hitler did with the Arian thing.
Last edited by argeiphontes; 13th September 2013 at 17:48. Reason: jingoism, arianism
"This is my test of character. There you have the despotic instinct of men. They do not like the cat because the cat is free, and will never consent to become a slave. He will do nothing to your order, as the other animals do." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
"The intellectual and emotional refusal 'to go along' appears neurotic and impotent." — Herbert Marcuse.
"Our blight is ideologies — they are the long-expected Antichrist!" — Carl Gustav Jung
Yeah pretty disturbing
Not surprising though, Golden Dawn has been organizing bullshiting events for some time.
Prominent Nazis were a mixed bag religiously, but the basic point is correct, religion was ultimately to be used as a means of advancing Nazi racial and nationalist thought. The degree to which germanic paganism was to be a part of that is sort of wishy-washy though since fascists seem to tend more towards pragmatism on religion. There were certainly avowed pagans in top Nazi positions like Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler, and Alfred Rosenberg. On the other hand Hitler himself mocked their paganism in private and expressed admiration for Islam and Shinto. In the short-term of course the Nazis decided to be practical and operate largely within Christianity while attempting to "Aryanize" it.
Forget the KKK, it looks like they went all out Nuremberg torchlight rally here.
All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake “public opinion” for the benefit of the bourgeoisie. - Lenin
they have to go back so far to find something they can rally around? i mean the battle is like 2500 years gone. thats pretty lame.
exactly, that was my first though when i saw the pics as well.
All i want is a Marxist Hunk.
It is true that labor produces for the rich wonderful things – but for the worker it produces privation. It produces palaces – but for the worker, hovels. It produces beauty – but for the worker, deformity. It replaces labor by machines, but it throws one section of the workers back into barbarous types of labor and it turns the other section into a machine. It produces intelligence – but for the worker, stupidity, cretinism.
Wer hat uns verraten? Sozialdemokraten!
Interesting, I didn't know it even went that deep. I would have thought it was more a superficial appropriation of symbols on the one hand, and mythologizing rhetoric on the other. Thanks for the post.
"This is my test of character. There you have the despotic instinct of men. They do not like the cat because the cat is free, and will never consent to become a slave. He will do nothing to your order, as the other animals do." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
"The intellectual and emotional refusal 'to go along' appears neurotic and impotent." — Herbert Marcuse.
"Our blight is ideologies — they are the long-expected Antichrist!" — Carl Gustav Jung
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