Fighting Socialist Party of Greece
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The Fighting Socialist Party of Greece , (ASKE), is a leftwing Greek political party founded in February 1984.
The main core of its founding cadres consisted of members of the organisation committee of PASOK
, who immediately after the Greek parliamentary elections in 1981
, after which PASOK came to power, protested against it for the absolute violation of its founding proclamations and resigned from their party posts. This opposition was expressed with Nikos Kargopoulos's opposite proposal to the PASOK Central Committee in the summer of 1983 and led to their expulsion from PASOK.
Along with other elements who came from the broader left-wing and progressive movement, they founded the Social Movement, which finally became ASKE in February 1984. Its fundamendal views are the struggle for independence from foreign (non-Greek) power blocs, such as the EU and NATO), and for socialism, which the party argues must rely on self-management, the complete respect of personal and political rights, and democracy.
ASKE publishes a newspaper every two months.
In the 2004 Euroelections ASKE gathered 11,598 votes which is its best result since its foundation.
The main core of its founding cadres consisted of members of the organisation committee of PASOK
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
, who immediately after the Greek parliamentary elections in 1981
Greek legislative election, 1981
The Greek legislative election held on 18 October 1981 marked a new era in the modern history of Greece.Panhellenic Socialist Movement , led by Andreas Papandreou, faced New Democracy, led by Georgios Rallis. Papandreou achieved a landslide and PASOK formed the first socialistic government in the...
, after which PASOK came to power, protested against it for the absolute violation of its founding proclamations and resigned from their party posts. This opposition was expressed with Nikos Kargopoulos's opposite proposal to the PASOK Central Committee in the summer of 1983 and led to their expulsion from PASOK.
Along with other elements who came from the broader left-wing and progressive movement, they founded the Social Movement, which finally became ASKE in February 1984. Its fundamendal views are the struggle for independence from foreign (non-Greek) power blocs, such as the EU and NATO), and for socialism, which the party argues must rely on self-management, the complete respect of personal and political rights, and democracy.
ASKE publishes a newspaper every two months.
In the 2004 Euroelections ASKE gathered 11,598 votes which is its best result since its foundation.
External links
- ASKE webpage (mostly in Greek)
- ASKE newspaper in Greek