ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a review of the history and characteristics of the Greek radical left during the Metapolitefsi and outlines the characteristics of the crisis era, and provides a detailed analysis of how the crisis has impacted on Greek revolutionary groups during the last six years. Following social movement theory the chapter talks about political violence as another form of contentious politics, a tactic that rises as a result of the escalations of social conflicts between movements, counter-movements, and authorities. The current instance is thus recognized as a critical case where revolutionary groups' violence developed through the interaction with the radical left movement and the Greek state, and offers original insights to the radicalization process of militant groups. Specifically, through a framing approach it focuses on the collective action frames, diagnostic and prognostic, that the revolutionary groups used to legitimize their violence and delegitimize institutional politics.
