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The Guardian view on Greece and Golden Dawn: defeating the politics of hate | Editorial

Editorial: Guilty verdicts for the leaders of the fascist party show that the far right can be challenged and beaten

Defeating extremism requires tackling the real economic grievances that feed it as well as confronting its ideology and organisation. In the case of Golden Dawn, it took years of committed activism and then mass anti-fascist protests before the government took action. The hope is that this week’s verdicts may be the death knell for the movement in Greece and perhaps the catalyst for improvements abroad. But as the activist DeRay Mckesson has written: “Hope is not magic. Hope is work.”