Seba Damani
  • Blog
  • Distorted Truths
    • About the Book
    • Excerpts
    • Buy Book
  • Watch Videos
  • Seba's Bio
    • The Way Here
    • Biography
  • Black Papers
    • Rethinking Kemet: A Cosmological Perspective
    • Through Ethiopian Eyes: Evolution of Rastafari
    • A History of Hip Hop in Perspective

Black Panthers’ Rise Up in Greece: Warn Racist Gangs: ‘Don’t Mess With Black People

6/13/2013

4 Comments

 
PictureMichael Chege, a member of Greece's Black Panthers
A group of Black and immigrant Greeks have banded together to form a self-defense group to counter the attacks of a gang that targets citizens of color in the country. Nicknamed the “Black Panthers,” the group uses cell phones, social media, and neighborhood patrols to record any activity perceived as a threat from the far-right neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party.

Regarding the massive economic crisis in Greece, the Golden Dawn Party has risen in power and blame immigrants for the high unemployment and crime. According to reports, more than 150 hate-fueled attacks occurred over the past year alone. Michael Chege (pictured), a 28-year-old of Kenyan descent, told Britain’s Channel 4 that he and his Black Panthers are taking on the Golden Dawn faction without fear.

“You cannot be living your life in fear because of some stupid neo-Nazi group,” said Chege to Channel 4 reporter Jamal Osman. “In WW2, they were crushed. In WW3, we will exterminate them out of the face of the earth.”

Chege added, “And me personally? I am a member of the Black Panthers and everybody knows that. And I am giving them [Golden Dawn] a straight warning – don’t mess with Black people, anyhow.”

Chege said he has warred with the Golden Dawn 10 times in a “kill or be killed” battle in his words. Osman asked if the encounters with the gangs are random, to which he replied, “They mostly target Black people.”

Even more shocking? According to Chege, the police do not intervene in hate crimes because they secretly support Golden Dawn.

Channel 4 also showed that immigrants are seized and searched far more than native Greeks — even when Greeks are seen openly using drugs.

Native Greeks feel that the 3 million immigrants who land in Greece on their way to the richer countries in Greater Europe are sucking the country dry. One Golden Dawn supporter said he’d turn the immigrants “into soap” before insultingly saying the soap would give him a rash.

The same man even threatened to make lamps of their skin shortly after.

However, Chege welcomes the challenge of stopping Golden Dawn in their tracks.

“They want to try what Hitler did, let them try it,” said a defiant Chege, a trained martial artist. “They will have the same fate and even worse.”

4 Comments
Jane
6/15/2013 01:17:02 am

Am not surprised that indigenous Greeks are protesting that they cant get jobs. Is it the fact that they cannot compete with foreigners? I guess they are too lazy and as a result foreigners who work really hard are preferred by most employers. Most westerners are lazy and they are often threatened by hard working foreigners. The same thing is happening in Britain as well. Maina is a very courageous young man and he knows his worth for sure.

Reply
Felix
6/25/2013 05:23:19 am

It is nice to know that there is a Kenyan playing an active role in fighting white racists far off in Greece. The problem with the right wing adherents is that they are lazy. They are not active enough to take up the jobs in their countries. When immigrant come in and take up these jobs, the natives start complaining. If all the native residents took up those jobs, there would be nothing to attract immigrants. Chege and the rest should not allow themselves to be targets of frustrations arising from a failed white economy.

Reply
David
7/2/2013 05:46:53 am

As Greece reels in their financial problems, what I am most amazed of is the power of technology. It seems that it is a force to reckon with. This is the same technology that put most of the people in leadership and it is technology that gets out the people out of leadership. The government of the day must work quick to avert a crisis that might take years if not decades to rebuild.

Reply
Kimani Muhia
9/30/2013 09:01:29 am

It is quite reassuring that the black community is looking out for their own. For far too long have we been subjected to oppression both at home and away. This is a good sign and the fact that it is in a foreign place makes it even better. Now the Africans can continue making money without any fear. However, I am worried of what might become of the group in the future.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    December 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

    Categories

    All
    Anthropology | Archaeology
    Beauty | Self Image
    Beauty | Self Image
    Biography
    Continent
    Diaspora
    Economics
    Education
    Entertainment
    Entertainment | Sports
    Health | Diet
    Health | Diet
    History
    Holidays
    Politics | Power
    Popular Culture
    Racism | White Supremacy
    Racism | White Supremacy
    Religion | Spirituality
    Science
    Sexuality
    Worldview
    Worldview And Culture
    Worldview | Culture
    Worldview | Culture

    RSS Feed

Events
Where to Buy
Contact
About
✕