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Post by Babylon Enigma on Dec 24, 2013 15:09:21 GMT -5
Marian Kotleba: Slovakia’s New Neo-Nazi Governor Only Latest of Right-Wing Extremists Emerging In Eastern Europe
An extreme right-wing political candidate has gained high office in the Eastern European nation of Slovakia, a member of the European Union and NATO. Marian Kotleba, chief of the ultra-nationalist Our Slovakia (LSNS) party, won election as regional governor of Banska Bystrica in the central part of the country, by polling 55.5 percent of the electorate in the second round of polls against the incumbent Vladimir Manka, who represents the Smer-Social Democrat party of Prime Minister Robert Fico. In Slovakia’s other self-governing regions, the ruling Social Democrats won six districts, while the opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union Party (SDKU) retained the capital of Bratislava.
Kotleba, whose organization has long agitated against Slovakia’s Roma (Gypsy) minority, branding them as “parasites,” once belonged to the now-outlawed Neo-Nazi Slovenská Pospolitosť (Slovak Community) movement that praised the Nazi puppet government that ruled the country during World War II. Bloomberg reported that Kotleba openly admires praised Jozef Tiso, president of the Nazi satellite state in Slovakia during World War II, which dispatched thousands of Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Kotleba, a 36-year-old former high school teacher, has been notorious for sporting Nazi-style uniforms in public, and also repeatedly arrested and sued for spreading racism and hate (no such charges have ever stuck, however). BBC reported that, with respect to foreign policy, Kotleba has called for Slovakia to cancel its membership in NATO, which his party considers a "terrorist" organization, gain more independence from the EU and establish a national currency. PressEuropa also noted that Kotleba once vowed to "end the unfair preferential treatment accorded to parasites, and not just the gypsies." According to Bloomberg, Slovakia’s Roma community, which account for about 7 percent of the population, has become a scapegoat for an economic slowdown and the likelihood of increased government austerity measures to satisfy the EU’s deficit targets. SME, a Slovak daily newspaper, said Kotleba’s triumph was sparked by “a mixture of hatred, powerlessness and outrage against the elites.” Pavol Freso, the SDKU candidate who won in Bratislava, characterized Kotleba’s victory as “a huge blow for democracy.” However, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that Kotleba’s victory came as a surprise since he lost in the first round of the election, did not campaign much and participated in only one debate. RFE/RL added that less than one-fifth (17 percent) of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots in the election, suggesting that Kotleba’s performance reflected voter apathy and hardly represents a mandate by the public.
Nonetheless, some Jewish figures in Europe are alarmed by Kotleba’s gaining a regional seat of political power. Moshe Kantor, the head of the European Jewish Congress, has asked European officials to “launch an action plan to reverse the momentum achieved by neo-Nazi political parties in Europe. “ “The neo-Nazis are gaining many political victories and are using the democratic system against democrats,” Kantor said in a statement. “Democracy has to fight back and European officials should immediately create a plan of action, including the proscription of neo-Nazi political parties, to deal with this phenomenon before it is too late.” Kantor proposed that the Greek model of suspending state funding for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, and the revocation of parliamentary immunity for its members will be enacted elsewhere in Europe. Kantor added: “We need to stem the neo-Nazi momentum and reverse the tide of hate which is sweeping parts of Europe.” (There are reportedly fewer than 2,000 Jews living in Slovakia.)
Indeed, extreme right-wing parties, likely aided by economic malaise, have made some gains across Eastern Europe in recent years. In Hungary, the far-right Jobbik party has openly assailed Jews and Roma. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledged that anti-Semitism is increasing in Hungary but said that his government would not tolerate such hate, BBC reported. "Anti-Semitism is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated," Orban declared. “[We have a] moral duty to declare zero tolerance on anti-Semitism.”
At a rally last year against the World Jewish Congress in Budapest, Reuters reported, Jobbik chairman Gabor Vona told the crowd: "The Israeli conquerors, these investors, should look for another country in the world for themselves because Hungary is not for sale.” Hundreds of people attended the demonstration, with many wearing the black garments of Jobbik's outlawed paramilitary wing, the Hungary Guard, which have reportedly attacked Roma camps over the years. Another Jobbik official at the rally, MP Marton Gyongyosi, warned that Hungary had "become subjugated to Zionism, it has become a target of colonization while we, the indigenous people, can play only the role of extras.” Gyongyosi, like many top Jobbik members, has a long history of making anti-Semitic statements. Last year, he demanded that the government release a list of Jewish MPs and cabinet members who might pose a “national security risk” to Hungary.
Ironically, last year, it was revealed that the former leader of Jobbik, Csanad Szegedi, is himself Jewish and that his grandmother was a Jewish Holocaust survivor. In a bizarre interview with the Hungarian press, Szegedi tried to downplay the revelation by declaring: “I think that what counts is not to know who is a pure race Hungarian, the important thing is the way one behaves as a Hungarian. To be Hungarian for me has always been a responsibility [toward my country], that has nothing to do with racial supremacy.” Szegedi was eventually forced to resign from Jobbik.
Meanwhile, in another part of Eastern Europe, The Ukraine, a neo-Nazi group called the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union, which espouses a virulently xenophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-gay, and anti-Russian agenda, has gained seats in parliament. European and Israeli leaders expressed shock in October 2012, when Svoboda gained more than 10 percent of the electorate in parliamentary elections, entering the legislature for the first time ever. (In some western regions of Ukraine, Svoboda gained as much as 40 percent of the vote.) As recently as the 2007 parliamentary elections, Svoboda only garnered 0.76 percent of the total vote. It is now one of five major parties in the Ukraine.
Founded in 1991 as the Social-National Party of Ukraine, Svoboda has apparently appealed to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians weary of economic woes and rampant corruption in government. Recent reports suggest that the party has derived significant support from the well-educated and the young. Among other things, Svoboda (which means ‘freedom’) seeks to end all immigration and ensure that all civil servant jobs are filled by ethnic Ukrainians.
Anti-Semitism appears to hold a core position in Svoboda’s party ideology. In 2004, the party’s charismatic leader Oleh Tyahnybok delivered a speech in parliament in which he alleged that a "Muscovite-Jewish mafia" was controlling the Ukraine and threatened the country’s very existence. Tyahnybok also claimed that “organized Jewry” dominate Ukrainian media and government, have enriched themselves through criminal activities and plan to engineer a “genocide” upon the Christian Ukrainian population. Extreme far-right groups have also sprouted in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania.
www.ibtimes.com/marian-kotleba-slovakias-new-neo-nazi-governor-only-latest-right-wing-extremists-emerging-eastern
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Dec 24, 2013 15:12:32 GMT -5
Some videos of Mariam, and his portrayal in the Slovak mainstream media. The image the media plays there is reminiscent of how the Greek media portrays Golden Dawn.
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Post by Краљ Ватра on Feb 21, 2014 4:12:41 GMT -5
the only interesting thing here is his surname. reminds me of some surname from my home land, a sign that reconfirms what we already know, that most of Greece used to be A SLAVIC LAND.
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Post by Balkaneros on Feb 24, 2014 15:15:51 GMT -5
the only interesting thing here is his surname. You must be a genius then.
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Post by Краљ Ватра on Feb 24, 2014 23:59:33 GMT -5
compared to you or vlahvylon enigma , definitely.
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Oct 6, 2014 21:34:35 GMT -5
Yankees Go Home! Anti-NATO protests erupt in Slovakia
Bratislava - Slovak regional governor Marian Kotleba, who heads the far-right People's Party - Our Slovakia, today displayed a huge banner saying "Yankees go home! Stop NATO" on the regional office building in Banská Bystrica, central Slovakia, Slovak daily Sme writes on its website.
The 70th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising is marked today, and it is celebrated in particular in Banská Bystrica, where the uprising started. Politicians and diplomats from several foreign countries take part in the celebrations.
Kotleba is known for his negative stance toward NATO and the European Union. He has previously labeled NATO a terrorist organization. Along with Miroslav Belička, the head of his press section, he hung the banner from the office.
Kotleba has been the governor of the Banská Bystrica region since November. He removed the EU flag from the regional office building after his election, calling it "an occupational blue rag."
"Not even Hitler dared to do what the European Union does now. The German flag was flying only at the German Embassy in Bratislava, but not at other offices in the country," he has said, referring to the wartime Nazi-controlled Slovak state.
Before he took up the governor's post, Kotleba was infamous for his extremist speeches and wearing Nazi uniforms.
www.sott.net/article/284778-Yankees-Go-Home-Anti-NATO-protests-erupt-in-Slovakia
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Oct 6, 2014 21:38:06 GMT -5
Banská Bystrica mayor, councillors takes action against Kotleba banner
Banská Bystrica regional governor Marian Kotleba on the public holiday marking the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) on August 29 displayed a “Stop NATO! Yankees Go Home!” banner on the façade of the regional authority building. The Banská Bystrica city hall and members of the regional parliament on September 2 condemned this move.
“The celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the SNP were spoiled by the placing of the banner on the façade of the BBSK building,” press office of Banská Bystrica Mayor Peter Gogola wrote. “Mayor Gogola notified the Banská Bystrica Office for Preservation of Historical Monuments which acted immediately. The mayor approached the office head on the same day, despite being a public holiday.”
The Office for Preservation of Historical Monuments called on Kotleba to remove the banner, as the BBSK headquarters is listed as a historical monument and thus, banner cannot be placed there. The city police attempted to deliver the call on the same day, but due to the public holiday, the following weekend and another public holiday (Constitution Day) on September 1, they succeeded as late as on September 2. The banner was then removed, the TASR newswire wrote.
Regional representatives condemned Kotleba’s act at their session on September 2 and issued a statement to that matter, calling on Kotleba not to abuse the property of the region’s citizens, meaning the building, to promote a political party by displaying insulting signs. “We also distance ourselves from the steps and acts of Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region’s (BBSK) governor, and we apologise to BBSK citizens for the governor’s abuse of his position to promote and present the views of one political party; his Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko / People’s Party Our Slovakia,” the statement reads, as quoted by the SITA newswire. Of the representatives present, 38 voted for the statement, two abstained and nobody voted against.
Kotleba, when asked by TASR how he perceived the adopted statement, said: “I have not understood its sense somehow. That’s all I have to say.” About whether the banner had any connection with the SNP celebrations in Banská Bystrica, Kotleba reacted: “It was connected with the exhibition and it was adapted to fit it, so that people become aware of what is going on in this world; what is going on in Ukraine.”
spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/55130/10/banska_bystrica_mayor_councillors_takes_action_against_kotleba_banner.html
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 7, 2014 7:39:50 GMT -5
Nice jewish job of connecting the free Slavs of eastern Ukraine to the NAZI's. More ammunition for the jewish channels of confusion. Slovakia needs no more "patriotism" than restoring relations with Russia and of course first of all business with Czech rep. Those two countries should re-unite. Same with all Yugoslavia + Bulgaria together.
That is the correct interpretation of the word patriotic. Yelling "NATO go home", (or wearing NAZI clown outfits) will not do much.
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Oct 7, 2014 18:33:45 GMT -5
Martin is the only Slavic politician that calls NATO a terrorist organization. Even your mighty Putin, does not step that far out of NWO's speech boundaries. lol
As to your typical complaints, unification without sovereignty is meaningless.
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 10, 2014 5:38:37 GMT -5
Martin is the only Slavic politician that calls NATO a terrorist organization. Even your mighty Putin, does not step that far out of NWO's speech boundaries. lol
As to your typical complaints, unification without sovereignty is meaningless. It is Marian not Martin for God's sake. As far as "my typical complaints" there are only in your brain. Crying out about bad NATO gets unnoticed. Lifting borders checks and constraints with Czech rep will get very much noticed, to the point it will bring NATO to "restore/adjust" the "correct" status, which coincidentally always involves splitting Slavs apart, in case you were so devoted in understanding how global politics work that you didn't notice
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Oct 10, 2014 21:22:49 GMT -5
Marian is showing his politics, and wants to influence his people, the basis why he acted the way he did. I personally liked it. I'm sure the Slovaks get bombarded with the same pro-EU, pro-NATO TV garbage as anyone in Europe.
I'm judging the man by his actions, you demand others judge him by your thoughts and your conspiracy theories. Fact vs fiction.
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 13, 2014 6:55:20 GMT -5
Marian is showing his politics, and wants to influence his people, the basis why he acted the way he did. I personally liked it. I'm sure the Slovaks get bombarded with the same pro-EU, pro-NATO TV garbage as anyone in Europe.
I'm judging the man by his actions, you demand others judge him by your thoughts and your conspiracy theories. Fact vs fiction. you judging the man by his harmless actions. cool. you also contain the terms "pro, EU, NATO, tv" in a sentence eligible to be tagged as "conspiracy theories"-related by some liberal clown, yet one sentence further, you exhibit the very same behavior! LOL. That means you use the "conspiracy theories" argument (a propositional instrument commonly used by NWO liberal "intellectuals") as a means to downgrade your opponent at will, as you judge to make your whatever point get thru. PS One post before you could not even spell his name right, and now you are using his given name like you are best buddies or smth? His surname is Kotleba btw lol
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 13, 2014 9:40:22 GMT -5
Uz, being unable to understand the language of mathematical logic should be no reason to tell people to take pills.
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Post by Jon Do on Oct 13, 2014 9:42:11 GMT -5
Uz, being unable to understand the language of mathematical logic should be no reason to tell people to take pills. can't speak English either. What is it that you're trying to say to me Pyssos?
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 13, 2014 10:00:46 GMT -5
Uz, being unable to understand the language of mathematical logic should be no reason to tell people to take pills. can't speak English either. What is it that you're trying to say to me Pyssos? Uz, are you that old to learn new tricks? I see you keep reiterating over a set of methods proven to fail every each time.
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Post by Jon Do on Oct 13, 2014 10:05:00 GMT -5
can't speak English either. What is it that you're trying to say to me Pyssos? Uz, are you that old to learn new tricks? I see you keep reiterating over a set of methods proven to fail every each time. Your own incoherent bs is your own fail not mine, I just enjoy watching the struggle that's all.
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Post by Kralj Vatra on Oct 14, 2014 4:51:26 GMT -5
grow up. And stop abusing Admin's tolerance.
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Feb 14, 2015 21:17:45 GMT -5
Marian is showing his politics, and wants to influence his people, the basis why he acted the way he did. I personally liked it. I'm sure the Slovaks get bombarded with the same pro-EU, pro-NATO TV garbage as anyone in Europe.
I'm judging the man by his actions, you demand others judge him by your thoughts and your conspiracy theories. Fact vs fiction. you judging the man by his harmless actions. cool. you also contain the terms "pro, EU, NATO, tv" in a sentence eligible to be tagged as "conspiracy theories"-related by some liberal clown, yet one sentence further, you exhibit the very same behavior! LOL. That means you use the "conspiracy theories" argument (a propositional instrument commonly used by NWO liberal "intellectuals") as a means to downgrade your opponent at will, as you judge to make your whatever point get thru. PS One post before you could not even spell his name right, and now you are using his given name like you are best buddies or smth? His surname is Kotleba btw lol
No one reads your garbage. Do you oppose this mans actions? What exactly don't like about him? Get to the point. If you have none, shut up.
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Post by pyrrosveliki on Feb 24, 2015 5:53:55 GMT -5
No one reads your garbage. Do you oppose this mans actions? What exactly don't like about him? Get to the point you Asian trash. If you have none, shut up.
No one reads your garbage. Get to the point you Asian trash. If you have none, shut up. ps just copy pasted admin bro. no insult intended i was just trying to sound like members you personally support, in order to get you to like me as well.
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Post by Babylon Enigma on Jul 18, 2015 22:01:47 GMT -5
Read the comments from the interview. 90% of the people complain about the journalists treatment. Marian Kotleba is treated like Golden Dawn.
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