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Radical Greek LeftGreece is a country where the left wing and communist parties are very strong. List of Parties KKE, radical communist sovietist party of the greek exterior, gains 5% of the greek voters KKE-ML, traditional communist marxist-leninist M-L KKE, marxist-leninist traditional communist party of the greek interior DHKKI, popular mainstream leftist patriotic ecological non-radical, gained 2% of the greek voters, now disbanded Synaspismos (Coalition), popular radical leftist ecological anti-neolibertarian modern coalition, gains 3% of the greek voters ASKE, radical left communist ANTICAPITALISTIC COALITION, radical revolutionist communist ENKE, coalition of the centre OIKOLOGOI ENALLAKTIKOI, ecological PASOK, mainstream popular socialist euro-democratic omni-party with strong leftist bases and tradition, gains about 40-45% of the greek voters In addition to the political parties there are many political presure groups like these: PAME (Go!), popular radical leftist anti-neolibertarian labour union GSEE, public sector labour union with strong political power, primary force behind organized strikes Greek People who are involved in Greek Left Politics Mikis Theodorakis, composer with strong influence over the Greek society, supporting Synaspismos, offered to become President of Greece. His songs have lyrics like 'you the poor people, dont forget the fascism and the darkness' Manolis Glezos, the WW II who tore down the Nazi flag flying from the Acropolis, a prominent politician and grassroots democracy activist. Aleka Papariga, bilingual communist speaking Greek and Russian, general secretariat of KKE Alekos Alavanos, president of Synaspismos Nikos Konstantopoulos, former President of Synaspismos, major leftist politician Papanikolas, ecologist organized in DHKKI and owns the radio-levisiontation THLE-FWS (Tele-light). Dimitris Tsovolasformer PASOK politician, founder of DHKKI, disbanded DHKKI in 2004, probably future President of Greece. Kostas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece until 2004, former PASOK president, promoting a european style modern socialism Georgios Papandreou, PASOK president, promoting a mainstream all-encompasing political ideals Andreas Papandreou, old PASOK president and Prime Minister, leftist-socialist, opposed NATO History of Greek Left oriented politics In Greece in the 1940s after the German occupation there began a civil war with the communist army fighting the Greek right governments but the Greek right won. Many Greek lefts emigrated to Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Albania, and other socialist communist countries. Greek socialists support the Olympiakos football team. The right-voters support the Panathinaikos football team. Some Greek regions are traditionally very radically communist, like Pireas, Nikaia, Koridalos, Renti, Nea Ioania and close regions, the greek islands, Crete. The greek mountain regions where land owners live are right-voters.
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