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Nationalism and Its Effects on Peace in Europe
With global crisis, unemployment, dissatisfaction, poverty and intolerance has increased and with it also nationalism. Political parties with nationalist platforms are rising and gaining more support around the world and Europe is no exception.
In Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom and across Europe we can see the rise of the right. The financiaI crisis in the Eurozone and beyond has triggered rising of nationalists and far-right political parties.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on 9th of July released a report about the dramatic increase in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, online hate speech and xenophobic political discourse as the main trends in 2014.
Nationalism can be positive with legitimacy, promotion of nations and inspiration for citizens or negative by creating tensions between different ethnicity and groups in or outside the country. Some negative aspects of ideology or political movement can be seen in the latest football matches in the Balkans, where supporters of team groups have burned many national flags and hooliganism that is the result of long lasting hatred and nationalism on the ground. Every country has its own history and different positions, but still similarities could be found.
The country all news is regarding to in recent times is Greece. A known slogan “Greece for Greeks” is well known in its anti-austerity party. Attacks against minorities and immigrants with racism are seen in one of the European Union (EU) members. Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party is linked to hundreds of violent attacks against minorities.
It is known for anti-immigration, racist-nationalist worldview. With elections being held this year in January the party captured 6.3% of the vote and 17 senate seats in Hellenic parliament and become the country’s third largest party. In 2014 the party won 9.4% of votes in European parliamentary election and with it 3 seats out of 21.
The party has been put on a trial this year for its criminal activity.
Nationalism in Greece has divided citizens and noncitizens to us and them and created the gap between both. With the economic crisis, Greeks debt, overall economic meltdown, unemployment and increasing number of refugees from different countries, the party led by Nikos Michaloliakos has gained more support and caused even greater intolerance to foreign people in need. Unfortunately, they are not the only one spreading intolerance. Many politicians have a stance against immigrants, which shapes the Greeks’ attitude towards nationalism.
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What's everyone doing to help the cause today then?
How can you vote for these parties?
These are supposedly respectable elected representatives of large parties. They were vetted by their parties and their parties typically have not even reprimanded them, in some cases even approving of their actions. Yet people honestly feel they have a clean conscience after giving these people and their organisations democratic approval.>Glasgow SNP deputy leader charged with homophobic offence
http://www.kaleidoscot.com/glasgow-snp-deputy-homophobic-1790
>Tory councillor sorry for saying travellers should be executed
http://www.itv.com/news/2014-10-22/tory-councillor-sorry-for-saying-execute-travellers/
>Resort's former Conservative mayor in court facing child indecency charges
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Resort-s-mayor-court-facing-child-indecency/story-21081963-detail/story.html
>Fraudster Lib Dem councillor from Tiverton is forced off committees by disgusted colleagues
http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/Fraudster-councillor-Tiverton-forced-committees/story-21101893-detail/story.html#ixzz3Mei8r68i
>Brent Labour councillor charged with three offences
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/brent_labour_councillor_charged_with_three_offences_1_3746655
>Wrexham Labour councillor stripped of executive role after making serious allegations 'without evidence'
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexham-councillor-stripped-executive-role-7679332
>Jailed former Stoke-on-Trent Labour councillor Andy Lilley ordered to pay back £1 - after stealing £10,000
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Jailed-Stoke-Trent-councillor-Andy-Lilley-ordered/story-20370823-detail/story.html
>Liberal Democrat councillor stole £1,200 from Poppy Appeal
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/03/lib-dem-councillor-stole-1200-from-poppy-appeal-charity/
>Calls for Labour councillor to resign after 'racist' Eva Braun jibe
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Eva-Braun-storm-rocks-town-council/story-22852141-detail/story.html#ixzz3Mek6Ypjz
>Tory Councillor found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/asif-ayub-spelthorne-borough-councillor-7368567
>Brighton Green Ben Duncan apologises for 'hired killers' tweet on Armed Forces Day
>Green party cllr calls soldiers "hired killers" on Armed Forces day
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-mcsmiths-diary-brighton-green-ben-duncan-apologises-for-hired-killers-tweet-on-armed-forces-day-9573735.html
>Green party cllr is banned from council offices after having had "erupted, blew up"
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/thesource/11528452.Housebound_councillor_s_banning_orders_farce/
>Green party peer arrested over illegal protest
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/jenny-jones-arrested-occupy-london-protest
>Green party's Rochester & Strood by-election campaign sets up anti-war stall on rememberance sunday
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/11/09/green-party-accused-of-disrespect-over-remembrance-sunday-protest/
Enoch here, Enoch there, we want Enoch everywhere
Why was Enoch such a great man?
Bans for posting non-UKIP scandals
http://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/2q3ock/spate_of_articles_about_nonukip_councillors/Ivashkin:
>It's fair game to post scandals as and when they happen. But if you post 11 from the last year or so in the space of minutes. the reply to each with "Another UKIP scandal!!!!!" then you will probably end up being banned for spamming.
So people in r/ukpolitics get banned for posting what the Glorious Leaders don't like, and what they don't like is having the hypocrisy of the anti-UKIP brigade shoved in their face.