The Early Days of Greek Anarchism:
'The Democratic Club of Patras'
& 'Social Radicalism in Greece'
Edited and translated by Paul Pomoni

Kate Sharpley Library, 2004.
Series: Anarchist Library # 4,
ISBN 1-873605-68-4, 26 pages.
£40 (£25 for subscribers) / $30

During the days of the First International, Anarchism took root in Greece: the first Greek Anarchist Publication came out in 1861. The Democratic Club of Patras (founded in 1876) was organised to spread Anarchist ideas. Their newspaper Hellenic Democracy brought down the first wave of government repression, but the seed had been planted...

Table of Contents

1) The Democratic Club of Patras

• The Presence of Libertarian Ideas From 1860 to 1875
• From 1875 to 1880
• The First Revolutionary Group
• The Foundation — The Members
• Participation in the Bernie Congress
• The Federation "Democratic League of the People"
• The Publication of the Newspaper "Hellenic Democracy"
• State Repression
• Epilogue

2) Social Radicalism in Greece

• Reformists — Utopians — Anarchists
  (end of the 19th - begining of the 20th century)