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Casalotti, Elisabetta
Eletherotypia, Greece
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Elisabetta Casalotti on new communities after the crisis
The revolts of angered citizens in European capitals are a symptom of the crisis which will produce new types of communities, writes Elisabetta Casalotti in the left-liberal daily Eleftherotypia: "The rebellion means the destruction, the collapse, with which the new economic regimes have made us familiar. It is the answer of a society that apparently no longer has a solid basis or theory to justify its sovereignty, except repression and the use of violence in all its forms. ... Some talk of an incomplete work of art, while for others it's a necessary evil resulting from historical circumstances. There is no doubt that the times have changed and the ideologies of our fathers and grandfathers are obsolete. However for some hopeless romantics who are at the same time realists, the loneliness and desperation of this age and of the rebels will inevitably make way for new forms of collectivity: a new 'we' that will confront the claustrophobic 'I' of those who have lost all trust or hope."
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Success of the Greek far right no surprise
Columnist Elisabeta Kazalotti analyses in the leftist daily Eletherotypia the success and identity of those who voted for the far right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS ) party, which did exceptionally well in the European elections gaining 7.15 percent of the vote: "These are the people who believe in the triptych 'Homeland, Religion, Family'. Xenophobia, conservatism and prudishness are only a few of the characteristics of this particular caste of Greeks whose aesthetics reflect their questionable ethics. To this caste belong the majority of LAOS supporters - a party whose name betrays its populist … origins. Therefore we should not be surprised by the success of these right wingers who represent all those who see Greece as their own property on which they can dispose of their verbal and material refuse day by day. These are the people who see all strangers as enemies, and anything different as a deadly threat to their fragile equilibrium."
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