Savas Matsas

Savas Mihail Matsas (or Savas Michael Matsas or Savas Michael-Matsas;[1] Greek: Σάββας Μιχαήλ Μάτσας; born as Sabetai Benaki Matsas (Σαμπετάι Μπενάκη Μάτσας)[2] 1947, Athens) is a Greek Jewish intellectual, leader of the Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece). He is an antizionist and internationalist author of a considerable work of culture about literature, philosophy, religion and class struggle.

Political prosecution

In 2009, the far-right Golden Dawn party filed, before the Greek justice, many documents against several left-wing Greek authors. The police wanted to interrogate all of them, but they jointly agreed not to appear in court and jointly signed a document stating they legally rejected the accusations. After reviewing the documentation, two of them were brought to justice by the Attorney General: Savas Matsas and Constantin Motzouri, the former rector of the National Technical University of Athens. There was an international petition in his defence.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

On 4 September 2013, an Athens court acquitted Matsas and Moutzouris of all charges.[11][12][13]

Works

  • Figures du Messianique (1999) (A compilation of essays published in that year; in French)
  • Golem. A propos du sujet et d’autres fantômes (2010) (About Golem, Kafka, Hölderlin, Lacan, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Hegel, Marx and modern Greek poets such as Andreas Embirikos, universal literature and revolutionary marxism.

References

  1. ^ Letter to support the creation of the Livio Maitan study centre (Retrieved July 8, 2013). Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Νίκος Ντόκας, Βασίλης Καλαμαράς (2006-12-22). "Homo Poeticus". Βιβλιοθήκη. Ελευθεροτυπία. Retrieved 2008-02-12.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "It's absurd that Golden Dawn is being allowed to hound my friend into court | Maria Margaronis". the Guardian. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  4. ^ "Interview: Greek Trotskyist facing charges by Nazis | linksunten Archiv". linksunten.indymedia.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ "Banks drag general index 0.4 percent lower | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. ^ http://mtl-fi.org/2013/06/29/greece-stop-the-trial-of-savas-matsas/ Stop the Trial of Savas Matsas
  7. ^ "He needs your help against the fascists". SocialistWorker.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  8. ^ "Log in or sign up to view". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  9. ^ http://po.org.ar/blog/2013/06/27/grecia-por-el-desprocesamiento-de-savas-matsas/ article (Spanish)
  10. ^ "PETIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE IN DIFESA DI SAVAS MATSAS E L' EEK". PCLAVORATORI.IT. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  11. ^ "Court acquits former rector, leftist of charges brought against them in lawsuits filed by Golden Dawn". Ekathimerini. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Enetenglish.gr".
  13. ^ http://www.eek.gr/index.php/englishtext/1856-the-trial-of-september-3-4-against-the-eek EEK statement following their acquittal