- Kostas Kappos
Kostas Kappos ( _el. Κώστας Κάππος) (born March, 1937 in Kefalovriso,
Argolida - died September, 2005,Athens ) was a significant Greek communist.During Junta he was captured and sent to Laki in
Leros where he was tortured for his ideas [http://www.kostaskappos.gr/bio.html Biography from http://www.kostaskappos.gr] ] . He was set free in 1971. In 1972 he become member of the Office of the Central Secretariat of theCommunist Youth of Greece and in 1973 became member of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of Greece . In 1974 he was captured again, then set free after Junta's fall.In the Greek legislative elections of 1974 he took a seat in the Parliament. In 1975 he testified at the
Greek Junta Trials .He was elected a member of the CC of the CP of Greece in every Congress since June 1989.
In 1989, he expressed his disagreement with CPG's decision to form a joint government with the conservative party of New Democracy and he participated in the formation of a new organisation named
New Left Current where he was elected member of its 31-member Committee. [http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=648838&lngDtrID=244 Short bio from his death announcement] ]He wrote 9 books and also contributed to the communist theory with his essays. Kappos' core idea about the construction of Socialism in developed in his book "Criticism of the Soviet formation". [cite journal |last=Mpatikas |first=Kostas|url=http://www.anasyntaxi.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=29|title=Kostas Kappos: "Criticism of the Soviet formation"|format=Book review|journal="Αριστερή Ανασύνταξη"|year=2000|month=October-December|issue=17|language=greek|accessdate=2008-05-21]
Until his death Kostas Kappos was sending part of his Parliament retirement pension to
Fidel Castro and the Cuban government as "help to the Cuban revolution".cite news |last=Valavani |first=Nantia |url=http://epohi.gr/1892005_social_kappos.htm |title=For comrade Kostas Kappos |publisher=Epohi |date=2005-09-18 |language=Greek|accessdate=2007-03-12]References
External links
* [http://www.kostaskappos.gr/ Page about Kostas Kappos] (in Greek)
* [http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=648838&lngDtrID=244 Announcement of his death in the media] (in Greek)
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