Patriotic Alliance
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Patriotic Alliance (Greek: Πατριωτική Συμμαχία ΠΑΤΡΙ.Σ., Patriotiki Symmachia, PATRI.S. "Patris" means fatherland in Greek) is a Greek nationalist political party, founded in 2004. It is a member party of the European National Front.
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[edit] Organisation and activities
In April 21, 2004, members of the neo-Nazi organisation Hrisi Avgi, former members of the Popular Orthodox Rally and a few other members of minor far-right groups, announced the foundation of Patriotic Alliance. The leader of the party is Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos (a former leading member of Hrisi Avgi) and its deputy is Elias Panagiotaros. Other leading members of the party are Nikolaos Michaloliakos, leader of Hrisi Avgi, and Spyridon Zournatzis, formed member of the European Parliament and leader of the far-right National Political Union.[1]
Patriotic Alliance received 10,618 votes (0.17% of votes cast) in the 2004 European Parliament elections. The party also participated in the 2006 Athens municipal elections on the "Athens Greek City" (Αθήνα Πόλις Ελληνική - Athina Polis Elliniki) slate, gaining 3,705 votes, 1.34% of votes cast.
Patriotic Alliance has held two conventions, and has organised many marches, demonstrations and protests.
The party publishes the newspaper Eleutheros Kosmos (Free World).
Anti-fascist groups have accused Patriotic Alliance for being simply the new name of the defunct neo-Nazi party, Hrisi Avgi.[2] However, activities by Patriotic Alliance's members are often attributed to Hrisi Avgi (even by themselves), creating confusion.[3]
[edit] Youth Front
The Youth Front of Patriotic Alliance has organised many activities, including distributing fliers with racist messages in schools of Athens, and organising concerts with White Power music. The Youth Front of the party also publishes a white nationalist magazine, entitled "Resistance Hellas-Antepithesi", which attempts to popularise neo-Nazi ideas among young people through music and sports. The magazine is a sister publication of the US-based National Alliance's Resistance Magazine.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ 11/9/2005 article from newspaper To Vima.
- ^ Article from the Iospress journalist team of newspaper Eleftherotypia.
- ^ An article from the website of Patriotic Alliance, stating that "those who contributed mostly in our political campaign were the youth of Hrisi Avgi".
- ^ According to Shaun Walker, former chairman of the National Alliance
