Kostas Kappos

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Kostas Kappos (Greek: 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[1]. He was set free in 1971. In 1972 he become member of the Office of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Youth of Greece and in 1973 became member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece.[1] In 1974 he was captured again, then set free after Junta's fall.[1]

In the Greek legislative elections of 1974 he took a seat in the Parliament.[1]

He was elected a member of the CC of the CP of Greece in every Congress since June 1989.[1]

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.[2]

He wrote 9 books and also contributed to the communist theory with his essays.[1] Kappos' core idea about the construction of Socialism in developed in his book "Criticism of the Soviet formation".[3]

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".[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Biography from http://www.kostaskappos.gr
  2. ^ Short bio from his death announcement
  3. ^ Mpatikas, Kostas (October-December 2000). "Kostas Kappos: "Criticism of the Soviet formation"" (in greek) (Book review). "Αριστερή Ανασύνταξη" (17). 
  4. ^ Valavani, Nantia. "For comrade Kostas Kappos", Epohi, 2005-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-03-12. (Greek) 

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