Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece)

For other similarly named political organizations, see Workers' Revolutionary Party.
Ergatikó Epanastatikó Kómma
Workers Revolutionary Party
Εργατικό Επαναστατικό Κόμμα
LeaderSavas Matsas
Founded1985
HeadquartersKapodistriou 38, 10431 Athens, Greece[1]
IdeologyCommunism
Trotskyism
Euroscepticism
Anti-Imperialism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationCRFI
ColoursRed
Party flag
Website
EEK

The Workers Revolutionary Party (Greek: Εργατικό Επαναστατικό Κόμμα (ΕΕΚ), Ergatiko Epanastatiko Komma, EEK) is a Trotskyist communist political party in Greece, taking part in the elections independently,[2] since the departure from Radical Left Front (MERA, ΜΕΡΑ) coalition in spring of 2009.[3] EEK does some cooperative work with the Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA), which the rest of MERA joined in 2009.[4]

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).[5] 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.[6] 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.

  1. ^ "Contact page". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  2. ^ (in Greek) Δελτίο Τύπου «Tο Eργατικό Eπαναστατικό Kόμμα στις Eυρωεκλογές με διεθνές ψηφοδέλτιο» Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Το γραφείο τύπου του ΕΕΚ, 30 Απριλίου 2009
  3. ^ "???". www.eek.gr. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23.
  4. ^ "EEK answers ANTARSYA's call (in Greek)". ANTARSYA. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Οργάνωση Επαναστατικής Νεολαίας". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  6. ^ "???". www.eek.gr. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18.