Dear Matt
For the other minorities in Greece you certainly have a point. What is
peculiar with the Macedonian one, is the Prespa agreement and the
nationalist containment of the working class it produced. In a matter of
fact, as recently as of 2 July 2021, "Areios Pagos" (the Greek supreme
court) ruled that there is no Turkish minority in Greece!
As for the Turkish minority you can read this article from the journal
"Kokkini"
<https://kokkini.org/2020/05/16/%ce%b7-%ce%bc%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%b1-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b8%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%b7-%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%b7/?fbclid=IwAR2v5WtaWY23qWC5rkxSdA-vu97KzbX-0fnB4e46gd9ug9-woPdOMob_xSE>
(if you do not read Greek, google translate will do the job for its
essential part) or even watch this video from a web event we held on
Spartacos-club <https://www.facebook.com/events/258848602459894/>
Best
JA
Στις 10/7/21 6:15 μ.μ., ο/η [email protected] έγραψε:
A great article by Ioannis and a good follow-on from Michael -
especially the point that North Macedonia is no innocent in this
dispute with regard to its own sizeable Albanian minority.
If I may add my two euro cents' worth as an Irish person living in Greece.
I have travelled widely in northern Greece and have not observed an
obvious Slavo-Macedonian minority yearning either for separation from
Greece or unification with North Macedonia. My opinion is that it has
largely become an historic question, 'solved' in the usual capitalist
manner - not unique to the Balkans - of population transfers,
expulsions, emigration and assimilation (forced or otherwise). The
Greek Civil War following WW2 was a war against communism in the eyes
of the British and Americans, but on the ground was also an
opportunity to complete the expulsion of Slavo-Macedonians.
I know this is an important issue for the Greek left given the
disgusting Greek nationalist position of the KKE, but I find that
continual re-examination of this goes on at the expense of ignoring
the question of other minorities within Greece. What about the
Albanians, both the indigenous Albanians and the two generations of
immigrants? In my experience they make up a sizeable part of the
working class here. What do we have to say about the democratic rights
of the Muslims in Thrace, comprising ethnic Turks, Gypsies and Pomaks?
What about more recent immigrants from further afield such as
Pakistanis and Africans, not to mention the refugees living in modern
concentration camps on the islands?
I don't find it surprising at all that Greek capitalists descended
like vultures on North Macedonia after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Capitalists can put ethnic, religious and linguistic disputes to one
side when there is money to be made. Despite wars and civil wars
involving Britain, the Republic of Ireland and the north of Ireland,
capitalists have happily continued their investments and exploitation
while towns go up in flames and working class lives are made miserable.
Matt.
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