Savas Matsas Explained

Savas Mihail Matsas (or Savas Michael Matsas or Savas Michael-Matsas;^[1] Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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.

Links

• Fascism in Europe. Lecture of Savas Matsas (Greece)

Notes and References

1. http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/IMG/pdf/IV382.pdf Letter to support the creation of the Livio Maitan study centre (Retrieved July 8, 2013)
2. Web site: Homo Poeticus . 2008-02-12 . Νίκος Ντόκας, Βασίλης Καλαμαράς . 2006-12-22 . Βιβλιοθήκη . Ελευθεροτυπία .
3. Web site: 2013-09-01 . It's absurd that Golden Dawn is being allowed to hound my friend into court Maria Margaronis . 2022-12-07 . the Guardian . en.
4. Web site: Interview: Greek Trotskyist facing charges by Nazis linksunten Archiv . 2022-12-07 . linksunten.indymedia.org.
5. Web site: Banks drag general index 0.4 percent lower eKathimerini.com . 2022-12-07 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
6. http://mtl-fi.org/2013/06/29/greece-stop-the-trial-of-savas-matsas/ Stop the Trial of Savas Matsas
7. Web site: He needs your help against the fascists . 2022-12-07 . SocialistWorker.org . en.
8. Web site: Log in or sign up to view . 2022-12-07 . www.facebook.com . en.
9. http://po.org.ar/blog/2013/06/27/grecia-por-el-desprocesamiento-de-savas-matsas/ article (Spanish)
10. Web site: 2013-06-29 . PETIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE IN DIFESA DI SAVAS MATSAS E L' EEK . 2022-12-07 . PCLAVORATORI.IT.
11. News: Court acquits former rector, leftist of charges brought against them in lawsuits filed by Golden Dawn. 5 September 2013. Ekathimerini. 4 September 2013.
12. Web site: 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