291 Digital media strategies of the far right in Europe and the United States / edited by Patricia Anne Simpson and Helga Druxes http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6893119 Singing for Race and Nation: Fascism and Racism in Greek Youth Music Alexandra Koronaiou, Evangelos Lagos, and Alexandros Sakellariou The economic and social collapse that Greece has been experiencing since 2010 has indelibly marked both the society and the political system. 1 The crisis, as well as the complete failure to tackle it effectively either on the national or European level, brought to the surface, magnified, and accelerated extensive and profound socio-political processes that were developing during the last two decades. These crystallized in the two successive national elections in 2012 May and June and provoked an extensive restructuring of the Greek political system. These elections took place in a climate of sharp political conflict caused by successive waves of austerity and recession that had already provoked the spike in unemployment and exacerbated the conditions of extreme poverty which created a severe humanitarian crisis for large parts of the population. The collapse of the already anaemic social policy and services had resulted in a dramatic impact on people’s everyday lives: there was a marked increase in the number of people who could not afford even the day’s meals, more than 1.3 million unemployed, 64% youth unemployment, 3.9 million below the poverty line, 70% of households cutting back on food expenses, more than 3,000 suicides in three years, a dramatic explosion of homelessness rates and of those without access to basic social services, health, and social security rights. These conditions triggered a series of socio-political developments that strongly challenged the balance of power within the Greek political system, which had been dominant for the last four decades.