Pavlos Fyssas was a Greek anti-fascist rapper who was killed by members of the fascist group Golden Dawn on this day in 2013.

Fyssas, also known as "Killah P" ("Killer of the Past"), came from a working class family. He and his father were both members of the Piraeus metal union. Pavlos had been active hip hop since 1997 and is well-known for his left-wing, anti-fascist lyrics.

On September 18th, 2013, Fyssas was fatally stabbed by Giorgios Roupakias, a member and employee of the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn. Following his death, there were a series of protests and rallies against Golden Dawn throughout Europe.

During one protest in Athens, attended by 2,500-10,000 people, anti-fascists began marching towards Golden Dawn's central offices and were arrested and beaten by police. On November 1st, 2013, a shooting took place at the Golden Dawn's Neo Irakleio offices in Athens, killing two members.

In October 2020, sixty-eight members of Golden Dawn were declared part of a criminal organization, and fifteen were convicted in charges relating to Pavlos' murder.

When asked about Pavlos' character by Al Jazeera, his mother stated "You're asking a mother about what kind of a person her son was. He was a free man."

"The world has become a big prison

and I'm looking for a way to break the chains

...

Let them come and find me at the mountain top, I'm waiting for them and I will not bother with fear."

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Pavlos Fyssas: “I won’t cry, I won’t fear”

Greece mourns slain anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas

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  • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    Ah, see I'm a shuffle enjoyer. I like to have a random set of episodes I listen to everyday. Sometimes you get the same episode too close together, sometimes you hear one you haven't heard in a while. It's like a box of chocolates: you always know you're going to get chocolate.

    • President_Obama [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      Oh I did that before! My first two listen-throughs were on shuffle, and between those and this one I listened to random YouTube comps. I liked having to place the context of what I was listening to - like, this is the first ep with Adam, or this was before the Japan trip, or this was during Nick's 2nd manic episode, etc.

      But I was kinda forced to do that because VLC wouldn't sort things by date, so only by name, which resulted in a random order. Until now I hadn't figured out a way to quickly and easily en-masse rename them (used a built-in feature in Linux fedora that sequentially put 001, 002, etc. in front of the original title). And now I have the option to, chronological seems like it could be fun.

      I like your twist on the chocolate metaphor