GATE 32
A notorious Albanian terrorist organization based in Greece. Gate 32 started out as a supporters club for Albanian rapper Antirevizionistis (aka Anti aka Undi). Anti has conquered the underground greek hip-hop scene in recent years and has drawn intense media attention due to his radically anti-conformist and anarchy-focused lyrics. Following countless demonstrations which were often accompanied by acts of brutal vandalism, Anti's main followers gradually gained a reputation as one of the most feared anarchist groups in Athens. Gate 32 has now become a household name in Greece, to the point where its name
is occasionally used in a metaphorical sense, referring to anyone who possesses an insatiable appetite for destruction.
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Ideology
Gate 32 is mainly an anarchist, antifascism group. But, controversially, its ideological core is characterized as "anti-greek". Gate 32 focuses its action against the oppression delivered to the Albanians (approximately 1 million in Greece) by the Greek government and the Greeks as a whole. The vision spread by Anti fans all around Greece has been baptized as The Albanian Revolution. According to Anti followers, the fascist Greek people will be forced to face the consequences of their tyrant ways, and this nemesis will come in the form of a violent Albanian coup d'etat.
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Controversy
Many debates have taken place in the media but also in political circles concerning the true nature and goals of the gate 32 movement. Many have characterized them as "a bunch of hooligans that hide behind an ill-minded anarchist pseudo-ideology" (Iordanis Papadopoulos, professor of Political Science in Sallonica Aristoteles University). Intellectuals affiliated to the G32 organization retort : "the acts of vandalism occasionally performed by the gate 32 members should not be viewed as hooligan actions but rather as urban guerrilla warfare. They are simply sporadic strikes that constitute the build-up to the Albanian Revolution" (Georgio Cartmanieri, Italian philosopher).
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Political influence
The gate 32 organization has been described in the Greek media as somewhat of a master of puppets in the Greek political scene. It is a common secret (although no public acknowledgment of the fact has ever taken place) in Greece's social and political elite that a significant number of prominent Greek businessmen and politicians are in fact Albanians. Their true origin has been previously concealed from the public in order to aid their rapid attendance in the Greek political and business world. They consist the so-called "gate 32 shadow division" and are -according to pundits- a neuralgic part of the Albanian Revolution which plans to plant bombs simultaneously in the foundations of both the Greek political and social structure.
Source: www.economist.com
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