From: 32 political prisoners in Aegina prisons
To: Fellow communist parties
Date: 25/12/1971
Topic: Political statement and status analysis
Dear comrades, accept from the cells of the dictatorship’s prisons, from the Greek communist political prisoners, our best wishes for the New Year. We wish you to continue even more the work of your party, the ongoing anti-imperialist struggle you are conducting for prosperity in Europe and global peace, for the victory of the forces of progress and Socialism all over the world.
In our country for almost five years now, the fascist dictatorship has been oppressing our people with the terrorism of arbitrariness. Precisely because we resisted and continue to resist neo-fascism, we the communist political prisoners, are in prison with heavy long-term sentences.
The recent arrests of KKE(Interior)* and among them members of our party’s leadership, testify to the uninterrupted ongoing resistance of our people against a brutal dictatorship imposed on the Greek people by the imperialist circles of the USA and NATO. They also testify that despite the demagoguery of the Greek junta, the military marriage, the military courts in peacetime, and all the multifaceted police repression continue to thrive in our homeland.
Our party, KKE(Interior), to which the majority of communist political prisoners belong, faithful to the principles of Marxism-Leninism, implements the policy of unity of all anti-dictatorial forces in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in our country: a policy confirmed by the creation of the National Resistance Council (EAS), in which four major resistance organizations participate. This success has filled us with hope for the unity beyond all anti-dictatorial organizations, for a unified action of our entire people for the cause of democracy.
Accept, dear comrades, our thanks for your support in the struggle of our people, which is also a struggle of all anti-fascist forces in Europe for the elimination of fascist resurgence. We particularly thank you for your help to us ourselves and for your significant contribution to the global protest that was expressed with the recent arrest of members of our party’s leadership.
The struggle of the Greek people, along with your support and that of all progressive humanity, achieved last year the abolition of concentration camps for political exiles and the release of the vast majority of them.
Today, about 350 political prisoners from all political factions remain in prisons, and over 50 citizens are exiled on various islands of our country. We believe that your solidarity with the struggle of our people will continue for the granting of general amnesty, the abolition of the courts-martial and the military world, and the restoration of democracy in our country.
with comradery greetings,
32 political prisoners of Aegina prisons
*KKE is the communist party of Greece