Cyprus: Golden Dawn Inspired Nationalist Party ELAM Rises In Polls

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Cyprus: Golden Dawn Inspired Nationalist Party ELAM Rises in Polls

July 2021



Last October, the Greek government imprisoned the entire  parliamentary bloc of Golden Dawn, due to their growing electoral  success but Cyprus' "Golden Dawn" is quickly rising.

The decision to sentence leader Nikos Micholiakos and multiple others to 13 years in prison just  for belonging to the nationalist party was received with applause by  "human rights" groups and the global media, but it continues to stand as  one of the most brazen acts of political repression in recent memory.   But it appears that their political program lives on in Cyprus, where ELAM (National People's Front) -- which was founded by a Golden Dawn  member and was considered its sister organization until the crackdown --  is poised to become the country's 4th largest party.  Mass immigration, renewed Turkish aggression, and local corruption  have almost doubled ELAM's base of support from 3.7% in the 2016  parliamentary election to polls registering them at 7%. Mainstream parties have been forced to try and keep up.

Jewish non-governmental organizations, such as George Soros' Open Democracy, have been complaining over  ELAM being allowed to freely compete in elections for months now. European media often characterizes them as "Neo-Nazi" or even  "alt-right" and have also been lobbying the Cypriot state to crack down  on their increasingly popular opponents despite its ongoing public  confidence crisis.  Outside observers are hoping that a number of American-style  "populist" groups that have suddenly cropped up, such as "Awaken  Cypriots," can split ELAM's vote and limit their parliamentary gains.  The Greek nationalist group has supported COVID restrictions as a means  for keeping immigrants from the Middle East out on public health  grounds, while "Awaken Cypriots" have in contrast been campaigning as  supporters of Q Anon and in opposition to COVID restrictions and  vaccines. 

Why would Greeks who created civilization wish to have their own destroyed by negroes?

In 2019, following an impressive showing by leader Christos  Christou in the 2018 presidential race, the Cypriot government opened up  a politically motivated investigation into ELAM -- which has existed since 2008 -- as a "criminal organization," a template similar to the one the Greek government used to stop Golden Dawn's momentum after 2013. News of this investigation does not appear to have had much of an effect on the group's popularity or outreach, which centers  around providing services and solidarity with working class Cypriots,  exposing local corruption and forcefully confronting Turkish  harassment... ELAM lost its  twitter account last month and struggles to use its Facebook to  campaign, even though its competitors on the left and right do not  suffer such restrictions.

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