We demand that Thanasis Kourkoulas, member of “Expel Racism” Organization – Greece, be aquitted. The criminalization of antiracist and antifascist action must not be allowed to happen.
On 16th December 2013, Thanasis Kourkoulas, member of “Expel Racism” movement and militant of the antifascist and antiracism movement is to be tried in the 4th Single Judge Misdemeanor Court of Athens, as a result of the provocative and slanderous lawsuit of an extreme rightist who accuses him of “giving orders to a group of men bearing bats”, a group which he claims attacked him in 2009. This trial is a part of a whole scheme of prosecutions set up by the neonazis in the last few years, which aims at intimidating and targeting people and organizations who are giving a fight openly, collectively and in broad daylight in order to bring down the Golden Dawn gang as well as their collaborators in the state mechanisms. We condemn the unprecedented attempt to criminalize the antifascist action and we demand that Thanasis Kourkoulas be acquitted. Those who belong in prison are the neonazis of Golden Dawn, not the antifascist movement militants. Fascism never again!
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Signatories include:
Grigoris Kalomiris, Executive Comitee, ADEDY (Greek Civil Servants Confederation)
Despina Spanou, Executive Comitee, ADEDY
George Harisis, Executive Comitee, ADEDY
Themis Kotsyfakis. President, OLME (Greek High School Teachers Confederation)
Nikos Kalogiros, Administrative Council, DOE (Primary School Teachers Confederation)
Despina Koutsoumpa, President, Union of Greek Archaeologists, General Council ADEDY
Dimitris Trimis, General Council & ex. President, ESIEA (Greek Journalists Confedaration)
Marios Lolos, President, Union of Greek Photojournalists
Olga Kosmopoulou, General Council, EINAP (Union of Public Hospitals Doctors of Athens/Piraeus)
Kostas Giannakenas, President, EINA (Union of Public Hospitals Doctors of Patras)
Efi Ganiari, General Council, 2nd ATTICA ELME
Stelios Filippou, General Council, Municipal Workers of Zografou Municipality
Panagiotis Hasapakis, General Council, Workers at Red Cross Hospital
Litsa Galani, General Council, Workers at Red Cross Hospital
Andreas Makris, General Council, Workers at LAIKO Hospital
Antonis Papazoglou, General Council, Workers at GENNIMATAS Hospital
Grigoris Vogiatzis, General Council, Workers at GENNIMATAS Hospital
Dedousis Giorgos, General Council, Workers at GENNIMATAS Hospital
Despina Tosonidou, General Council, Workers at ASKLIPIEIO, Hospital
Vassilis Kostaras, President, Doctors of AGRINIO Hospital
Sarra Anastasiadou, , General Council, Workers at AHEPA, Hospital
Dimitris Christopoulos, Vise President EEDA (Greek Union of Human Rights)
Spiros Marketos, Professor of Political Science, Thessaloniki University
Thodoris Nikolaidis, Institution of Youth & Lifelong Learning
Eleni Portaliou, City Councellor, Athens
Costas Papadopoulos, City Councellor, Nikea-Rentis
Despina Spanoudi, Regional Movement of Main Greece
Petros Linardos Rilmon, Economist
Christos Roumpanis, Movement of 6th Athenian Community Inhabitants
Stathis Katsoulas, Antifascist Front in Education
Takis Giannopoulos, Antinazi Zone – YRE
Nikodimos Maina Kinioua, ASANTE
Loreta McColey, United African Women Organization
Yonous Mohamedi, Forum of Refugees in Greece
Ahmed Moawia, Forum of Immigrants in Greece
Fotis Andriopoulos, President, Open Immigrants School – Piraeus
Giorgos Korras, Film Director
Stathis Drogosis, Singer
Nikos Manios, Coordinator of SYRIZA Health Dpt
Antonis Karavas, Secretariat of SYRIZA Health Dpt
Maria Bolari, SYRIZA MP
Ioanna Gaitani, SYRIZA MP
Afrodite Stambouli, SYRIZA MP
Dimitris Tsoukalas, SYRIZA MP
Nikos Voutsis, SYRIZA MP
Alekos Alavanos, Head of Plan B Party
Panagiotis Sotiris, Steering Comitee, POSDEP – ANTARSYA
Zeta Melampianaki, General Council, ADEDY – ANTARSYA
Kostas Papadakis, ex member DSA, Layers General Council – ANTARSYA