The mobilization took place under the auspices of the World Peace Council (WPC) and was hosted by the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) in the framework of the Middle East Peace Movements Conference.
Demonstrators gathered outside the NATO base in Souda, declaring that the port should serve the peoples and not function as a launching pad for imperialist interventions and wars. With slogans such as “Souda must be a port of the peoples, not a base of the imperialists” and “NATO killers go home,” participants condemned the growing military involvement of Greece in the dangerous plans of the US, NATO and the European Union.
The mobilizations culminated in Chania, where delegates from several countries marched together, sending the message that there can be no submission to imperialism and that the peoples themselves constitute the only real force capable of confronting war, exploitation and capitalist barbarity. Speakers denounced the use of military bases across the region, expressed solidarity with the peoples of Palestine and the wider Middle East, and called for intensified common action against imperialist aggression.
Participants stressed that the peoples have no interest in choosing between rival imperialist camps and reaffirmed the demand for the closure of foreign military bases, the disengagement of countries from imperialist war plans, and the strengthening of the international anti-imperialist movement.
The events in Crete once again highlighted the role of the World Peace Council and its affiliated organizations in coordinating international solidarity and resistance against imperialist wars, militarization and foreign occupation. The common message emerging from the mobilizations was clear: the only superpower is the peoples organized in struggle.
