The Working-Class Fight Against Fascism: Lessons From Greece.

On October 7th, 2020, in Athens, in front of the supreme court of Greece, thousands of anti-fascists celebrated the landmark guilty verdict against the neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn. Two of the most discussed fascist criminal activities concern the assault against ship repair workers and unionists at Perama (wider Piraeus) in September 2013, and the murder of the anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssas few days later (in wider Piraeus as well).

The victorious story of the shipbuilding workers’ community of Piraeus against the fascist tide is worth telling for three main reasons: it goes against the global current of the (real or alleged) far-right penetration within the working classes; it shows why and how class identity matters; and it highlights the role of agency in contexts of multiple crises (economic crisis, legitimation crisis, local labour market crisis).