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articles criticizing local municipal activities, engaged with broader current affairs, and
encouraged the formation of a unified anarchist community.
It is interesting that, following the restoration of democracy and the official
decline of the KKE, anarchist-communist groups begin to form. Ideologically this
phenomenon is understandable considering the close proximity OfBakunian theory to
Marxism121; however, considering the years of suffering anarchists endured at the hands
of communists, it would seem surprising that social support would exist for the formation
of a group following such an ideological hybrid. Of course, numerous anarchist groups
unrelated to communism also arose after democracy was restored. These are numerous,
but the largest and most vocal is the Libertarian Syndicalist Union (Eλευθεpη
∑υvδtκαλtστtκη 'Evωση) based in Athens but with nodes in Paros, Rhodes, and Trikala.
This group has published a lot of material mostly addressing issues relevant to the
working class.
There are also other notable more recent anarchist publications of this style.
These are put together by anarchists from Athens, but also Nea Smymi, Peloponnesus,
Thessaloniki, and elsewhere, by casual supporters of the movement seeking to raise
awareness of particular issues or to criticize the state and its agents, but also by well
educated individuals including a number of students involved with university
publications both in Greece and elsewhere in Europe who engage in the more
philosophical aspects of anarchy. The most important texts include: “The Children of the
Gallery” (Ta ∏atδιa της Γaλaptaς) which is still publishing; “Red Thread” (K6κκtvo
Nημa) which is an editorial group that has produced several books and translations of key
anarchist theory; “New Topology” (Nεα Toπoλoγia) which is also still publishing;
1211 refer here to classical Marxism (as in Marx et al. 2004) rather than Leninist communism.