Thousands of people, workers, men and women of every age, participated on Thursday afternoon in demonstrations across Greece, against the Greece-U.S. “defense cooperation agreement” which upgrades and extends the american military bases in the country. The rallies were organized by the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE), the Federation of Greek Women (OGE), Workers' Unions and Associations, Students' Unions and other groups of the people's movement.
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Friday, January 31, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
KKE MPs blast Greek government: “You give everything to the U.S-NATO killers”
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Communist MPs Giorgios Marinos and Thanasis Pafilis. |
“The agreement is very dangerous for the country and the people and we demand its withdrawal” said Giorgos Marinos, MP and Politburo member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), during the discussion at a Parliamentary Committee.
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Friday, January 10, 2020
KKE slams ND-SYRIZA: "They are firm U.S allies and continue fooling the Greek people"
In a comment published on 902 portal, regarding the Greek-U.S agreement on military bases and the stance of the Greek political parties, the Press Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) points out:
"The acceleration of the ratification of the Strategic Agreement between Greece and USA by the government of ND and the recent Prime Minister's trip in the U.S. prove that this government too is focused on the implementation of the dangerous US-NATO plans in our region.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
KKE calls the people to condemn the “criminal” Greek-US agreement on military bases
The
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) on Friday issued a statement in which it sharply criticizes the conservative government
of New Democracy (ND) for "tabling in Parliament, on Christmas
Eve, the Greece-US Agreement for expansion of military bases that was
signed in October 2018 following the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Athens, in the framework of the 'Strategic Dialogue' began by the
SYRIZA government."
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Mitsotakis, Pompeo shake hands, transforming Greece into a vast U.S-NATO base
The second round of the Greece-United States Strategic Dialogue began on Monday in the wake of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Athens, which marked an upgrade of the Defence Agreement with Greece.
As we have mentioned in previous articles, the Agreement includes the modernization and expansion of the U.S. military installations in Greece.
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Saturday, October 5, 2019
POMPEO GO HOME: Thousands demonstrated against the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State in Greece
Thousands of workers, people of every age, participate in today's demonstrations in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities against the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
With slogans like "neither soil nor water to the murderers of the people" and "Close down the bases, no participation in NATO's wars", the demonstrators gathered at Syntagma Square in Athens. The protest was attended by the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas who, talking to reporters, pointed out the following:
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Friday, October 4, 2019
STATEMENT OF KKE: "No to the renewal of the Greece-USA Agreement on Military Bases; No to the visit of Mike Pompeo in Greece"
NO TO THE RENEWAL OF THE GREECE-USA AGREEMENT ON MILITARY BASES
NO TO THE VISIT OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE M. POMPEO
Statement by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the KKE.
The KKE calls on workers, the people and the youth to rise against the visit of the US Secretary of State, M. Pompeo, and above all against the conversion of Greece into a vast US-NATO base. This is also the content of the “Strategic Dialogue” with the US, initiated by the former SYRIZA government in Phase I and enhanced by the ND government with the current Phase II.
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New Democracy,
SYRIZA,
US Naval Base in Souda,
USA
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
POMPEO GO HOME: Greek anti-imperialists to protest against Mike Pompeo's visit in Athens
The anti-imperialist movement in Greece prepares a militant "welcome" for the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who is going to visit the country on Saturday 5th of October.
Demonstrations against the renewal of the Greece-U.S. Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) and the visit of Pompeo have been scheduled to take place in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities.
In a statement issued today, the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) calls "the workers, the people and the youth to rise against the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and mainly against the transformation of Greece into a vast US-NATO base".
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USA
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Greece — U.S. military installations in Crete and the mainland to be upgraded and extended
Greece's involvement in the imperialist plans of U.S. and NATO increases as a result of the agreement between the U.S. and Greek governments which upgrades and extends the american military installations in the country.
According to an exclusive report published in "Rizospastis" on Monday, within the framework of the "Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreeement (MDCA)", the governments of the United States and Greece have agreed to extend the U.S. Naval Base in Souda, Crete, as well as to proceed to the creation of new military installations. The agreement is due to take place in 2020.
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Greece-US Strategic Dialogue,
Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement,
Imperialism,
Mike Pompeo,
NATO,
US Naval Base in Souda,
USA
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Greek anti-imperialist movement calls for action against USA-Greece military agreement
In a statement issued this week the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) announces that it will undertake initiatives and organize mobilizations against the "Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement".
Under the slogan "NO TO BASES, NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS", EEDYE calls the people's movement to stand against the dangerous imperialist plans in the region, focusing on the upcoming visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Athens in the beginning of October.
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EEDYE,
Greece,
Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement,
Imperialism,
Mike Pompeo,
NATO,
US Naval Base in Souda,
USA
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