Stop the persecution to Savas Michael-Matsas (EEK’s General Secretary)
and Constantinos Moutzouris (former dean of the Athens’ Polytechnic school)
ANTIFASCISM IS
NOT A CRIME!
Let's organize rallies in greek embassies everywhere next September 3rd
Greek State, ruled by New Democracy (right) and PASOK (Socialist Party),
backed a complaint done by nazi group Golden Dawn to many left organizations in
Greece. The charges are “defamation” and “violence instigation”, due to the
call to a demonstration against the attacks on immigrants made by this
ultra-right and fascist organization.
The complaint, dated 2009, was raised again after the Golden Dawn rise
in 2012 elections (they got 21 MPs), so the next September 3rd EEK’s General
Secretary Savas Michael-Matsas, and former dean of the Athens’ Polytechnic
school Constantinos Moutzouris will testify. Savas Michael-Matsas should
testify about an article (without his sign) in EEK’s newspaper (“New
Perspective”) in which Golden Dawn is called “nazi” (something evident). The
fact that this is persecuted cannot be tolerated because it is a political
offensive against anti-fascists opinion. The organizations that sign this
article are with Matsas and Moutzouris and we shout: Antifascism cannot be
accused!
REPUDIATE THE
ANTI-MARXIST, ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-WORKERS, COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY AND FASCIST
ATTACK
This attack to Savas Michael-Matsas and to Constantinos Moutzouris,
baked by the greek Samras’ government unleashed an anti semitic campaign, which
tries to utilize the jewish origin of Savas Michael: there are flyers saying
“kill the Jewish rat” with his picture. This attack shows that the “democratic”
greek state, gives money, backs and legitimize this nazi Party, who has beaten
KKE’s deputies (Communist Party) in a TV show, and immigrants killings. The
neonazis, who have the favour of the prosecutor, were called to the declare in
2012, but they rejected through a written letter and their lawyers. Meanwhile
they denounced Savas as “an agent of the jewish global conspiracy against greek
nation, aiming to promote a civil war and establish a jewish-bolshevik regime”.
The “socialist” PASOK and DIMAR (split from Syriza which was part of the
austerity government until two months ago) are accomplice of Samaras’ policy,
what is clear both due to their actions and silences. The ERT (public TV)
shutdown was saluted by Golden Dawn. The links are undoubted. Many of the
ministers of this authoritarian and repressive government come from the
extreme-right: the assessor of the Immigration Minister, Kostoulas, is the
author of a book which denies the holocaust and vindicates the Third Reich (he
is part of New Democracy); the ND spokesman,
Makis Voridis, is a former leader of the “Nationalist Youth Movement”
promoted by the bloody dictatorship of Papadopoulos (1967-1974).
The conclusion is clear: the attack to Savas Matsas is a direct attack
to the left, the working class and the struggle for proletarian dictatorship.
They spit on him because he is part of an expression of the workers movement
uprising against Troika’s plans, what pose a revolutionary outlook for the
european peoples. They attack Savas Matsas because the fascists see him as a
representative of those who fight for the proletarian dictatorship and the
Socialist United States of Europe.
THEY ATTACK THE VANGUARD
TO DISCIPLINE WORKERS: AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!
On Monday 26th the government stated that 12.500 civil servants will be
placed in the mobility scheme (meaning they be suspended on reduced pay and
fired unless they can find a new job in the public service within eight
months). Greece is committed with the troika (IMF, European Central Bank and
European Union) to fire at least 4.000 civil servants this year and 15.000 at
the end of 2014. Even some members of the government stated that a third
financing program (the current one ends in 2014) of 10.000 million euros could
be agreed, what will mean new austerity measures. That means that the attack to
the revolutionary left has the aim to reinforce the already big attack against
the masses. That is why the antifascist struggle is very well linked to the
struggle to make capitalists pay for the crisis and for the workers’
government.
AGAINST FRONT POPULIST PARALYSIS,
LETS MAKE A WORKERS UNITED FRONT! ORGANIZE ANTIFASCISTS SELF DEFENSE COMMITTEES
AGAINST GOLDEN DAWN GANGS
Only one week remains before Savas Michael’s and Moutzouris’ statement,
and neither Syriza nor KKE had say a word about this. Only Antarsya and OKDE
Ergatiki Pali issued a solidarity call. This is not by chance: the KKE is
against unitary anti-fascist actions, and Syriza has already showed his
paralysing nature, or even xenophobic and reactionary. For instance, when they
govern Manolada (southeast Greece), some bosses shot strawberry immigrant workers,
harming more than 30 workers. Facing
this very serious racist and anti-workers event, Syriza didn’t even participate
in the demonstration organized in Manolada. The same was seen when in 2012, the
mayor supported by Syriza, in Patras city, after an attack of the fascist
against immigrant workers, requested more police . Moreover, inside Syriza,
some currents don’t want to talk about the issue in order to ‘not lose votes’.
We do promote the opposite way to the Syriza’s one: The working class
unity for a powerful anti-fascist action is timely. As it was achieved in the
anti-fascist journey on last January 19th, we do have to defeat Syriza’s
leadership orientation and impose its participation (or at least of its local
committees and organizations, some of which like Kokkino and DEA has declared
their solidarity) in this struggle. This struggle should also be developed
inside the unions: GSEE and ADEDY should should take position. In addition, is
very important to increase the international solidarity based on the
comprehension of the strategic meaning of the trial outcome: when Savas Matsas
is accused, fascists are smashing the left and the movement as a whole. It is a
change of the political regime, as now anti-fascism could be punished by law.
So, we want to join this struggle, mainly developed by the CRFI (Coordinating
Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International, whom Greek sections
is the EEK) among lots of political organizations and trade-unions. To defeat
fascism, is necessary to overcome the paralysing and reactionary influence
of greek front-populism (in any
variant). The fight against fascist outbreak is a central political issue in
the working class struggle for the revolutionary overcome of the decomposed
capitalist regime. The fascist in Greece, shall not pass!
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