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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

   Gwynne Dyer: Greek raid lesson from Germany's past

The actions of the far-right Golden Dawn party led to the arrests of several leaders, including Christos Pappas. Photo / AP
The actions of the far-right Golden Dawn party led to the arrests of several leaders, including Christos Pappas. Photo / AP
By Gwynne Dyer
Wednesday Oct 2, 2013


nzherald.co.nzNew Zealand Herald

Two governments did bold, brave things last week. One of them quit and called a new election even though it had a viable majority in Parliament. The other arrested the leaders of a neo-fascist party on charges of heading a criminal gang. And you can't help wondering if things would have turned out a lot better if a couple of other governments had had the courage to do the same thing.