The video depicts a day in the Greek House of Parliament for the Golden Dawn fascist MPs. On this occasion, and in many to follow one guesses, the events of the day are captured by an “unofficial” video camera placed by the Golden Dawn itself in one of the galleries of the House.
In comparison to the official television images broadcast from the same parliament session, the Golden Dawn video strips the event out of its concrete political context. We are not informed of what the discussion is about, of what the speaker is saying, nor even shown of who the speaker is.
The video focuses exclusively on the burst of “rage” by the Golden Dawn MPs directed against an amorphous politician persona. This “rage” seems to be relatively contrived. Out of a largely inaudible cloud of noisy insults, the word “thieves” (κλέφτες) sticks out at regular intervals. Insults are combined with a repertoire of intense, aggressive gesticulation towards the place where the speaker is standing.
About Kambouri Hatzopoulos
Helen Kambouri and Pavlos Hatzopoulos contribute from Athens. Pavlos Hatzopoulos holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics. For several years, he was editor of Re-public. He is currently a senior researcher in the Mig@net Project at the Centre for Gender Studies of Panteion University, Athens and in the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Technological University of Cyprus. He has published several articles on space/time and urban social movements, has co-edited the volume Religion in International Relations: The Return from Exile (Palgrave, 2003) and has authored the book The Balkans beyond Nationalism and Identity (IB Tauris, 2007).
Nelli Kambouri holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. She has worked as a temporary lecturer in gender studies and as a senior research fellow in several research projects including GeMIC. She is currently working as a senior research fellow for the project Mig@net at the Centre for Gender Studies of Panteion University and as a scientific advisor on research in the General Secretariat of Gender Equality, Athens. Her publications in Greek and English focus mostly on gender, migration and social movements.
