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)
  2. Νίκος Ντόκας, Βασίλης Καλαμαράς (2006-12-22). "Homo Poeticus". Βιβλιοθήκη. Ελευθεροτυπία. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  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
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