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Gousetis, Dionisis
Kathimerini, Greece
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Greece menaced by general strikes
The tenth general strike this year against the Greek government's austerity policy will be staged today, Wednesday. The strikes endanger the country in many ways, writes Dionisis Gousetis in the conservative daily Kathimerini: "Until now despite their anger most people have not fallen into the trap. They sense that the demands being made during these strikes are aimed at bringing the country to the brink of catastrophe. ... Nevertheless I fear that our peaceful cohabitation is in jeopardy. ... It is the government's duty to protect and implement the laws. But it has proved unable either to command obedience for the law or to inspire people with the policies it is committed to."
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Dionisis Gousetis on neo-fascism in Greece
Several thousand Greeks on Wednesday commemorated the bloody quelling of a student uprising against the military regime on 17 November 1973. But fascist attitudes are far more widespread in Greece today than in 1973, writes Dionisis Gousetis in the conservative daily Kathimerini: "At that time the tone was set by the dictatorship. Today ... it has become customary to break the law, which is a predominantly fascist form of behaviour. Public buildings are occupied, laws are ignored, tolls go unpaid, fascists demonstrate and burn workers. ... They adopt the fascist principle of collective responsibility with slogans like 'cops, pigs, murderers' or 'bums, informers, journalists'. Groups that need protection like minorities, Roma, immigrants and refugees are targeted. ... History has shown that anger at the financial crisis hasn't pushed people into the leftist camp, as those who advocate this theory so naively hope, but to the right, to fascism."
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Trade unions hurt Greece
The strike called by Greek trade union association GSEE is entirely unjustified in the eyes of conservative daily Kathimerini: "The GSEE is striking today against measures that basically 65 percent of the population agree with, without making any proposal as to where the money for the workers is to come from if the government's tough measures aren't implemented. ... It's clear that even the union leadership doesn't believe its own statements, or in the need for or effectiveness of the strike. It has called this strike because it was its duty to do so. The strike is not directed at the working class but at the different interest groups. ... It doesn't care about how much the strike will cost. They haven't considered the damage this will do to production ... and the country's reputation ... with potential lenders."
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