The festival, which is traveling in many Greek cities throughout July and August, includes numerous political and cultural events.
The festival, which is traveling in many Greek cities throughout July and August, includes numerous political and cultural events.
For another year, thousands of students supported the lists of Panspoudastiki thus giving a significant boost for the regroupment of the students movement, especially during a period when the conservative New Democracy (ND) government tries to implement reactionary reforms in Education.
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13th Congress of KNE. Photo: 902.gr |
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Left to right: D. Koutsoumbas, A.Garcia, K.Okuyan, P. B.Cabrera |
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Celebration for the electoral victory in Athens. |
"No to the school of capitalists", reads the banner. |
The demonstrations, in which the Front of Communist Youth (Fronte dela Gioventú Comunista) has a leading role, were triggered after a student, 16-year-old Giuseppe Lenoci, died in a road accident on Monday while he was on board a truck for a school-work internship.
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas visited the festival on Thursday 16 September, while the central political event took place on Friday with a speech delivered by the KKE Political Bureau member Kyrillos Papastavrou.
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Dimitris Koutsoumbas (KKE) and Kemal Okuyan (TKP) |
According to a recent survey conducted by Axios/Momentive, socialism has positive connotations for 41% of adult U.S. citizens, 2 per cent up since 2019. Furthermore, Socialism has positive connotations for 60% of Black Americans, 45% of American women and 33% of non-white Republicans. Those numbers have grown over the past two years from 53%, 41% and 27%, respectively.
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The posters of this year's festivals in Portugal and Greece: Festa do Avante! and the 46th KNE-Odigitis Festival. |
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Source: 902.gr |
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Riot police forces during the raid at the university campus. |