Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece)
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Εργατικό Επαναστατικό Κόμμα
Ergatikó Epanastatikó Kómma Workers Revolutionary Party |
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| Leader | Savas Matsas |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Kapodistriou 38, 10431 Athens, Greece |
| Ideology |
Communism, Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International |
| Colours | Red |
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| http://www.eek.gr/ | |
The Workers Revolutionary Party or EEK (Greek: Εργατικό Επαναστατικό Κόμμα, Ergatiko Epanastatiko Komma, EEK) is a Trotskyist communist political party in Greece, taking part in the elections independently, since the departure from Radical Left Front (MERA, ΜΕΡΑ) coalition in spring of 2009. EEK does some cooperative work with the Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA), which the rest of MERA joined in 2009.
The party's newspaper is Νέα Προοπτική (Nea Prooptiki, New Perspective). Another of its publications is Επαναστατική Μαρξιστική Επιθεώρηση (Epanastatiki Marxistiki Epitheorisi, Revolutionary Marxist Review), a theoretical magazine. EEK also publishes classic Marxist writings.
Its youth section is OEN (Οργάνωση Επαναστατικής Νεολαίας, Organisation of Revolutionary Youth). OEN's monthly magazine is Konservokouti (Κονσερβοκούτι, Tincan), a title deliberately ridiculing far-right propaganda that used to claim for decades that the Left used tincans to cut their opponents' throat through the Greek Civil War.
The party concluded its 10th Congress in October 2008. EEK's General Secretary is the prominent Trotskyist Savas Mihail Matsas, former secretary of the International Committee of the Fourth International.
EEK is the Greek Section of the Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International.
ΕΕΚ's history goes back to 1964. The internal crisis of the 4th International was followed in 1958 by a crisis inside its Greek section, ΚΔΚΕ – Κομμουνιστικό Διεθνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (Kommounistiko Diethnistiko Komma Elladas, Communist Internationalist Party of Greece) causing the departure of many members that rejected Pabloism and entrism sui generis. Among them were Trotskyist revolutionaries that were legends for the Greek movement since the 1920s, such as Loukas Karliaftis aka "Kostas Kastritis" or Mastroyiannis – Theotokatos. Also there were many youth industrial workers who created along with other mechanics a struggling workers organization and published the magazine "O Μηχανουργός" ("The Mechanic").
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