CUARTA INTERNACIONAL
QUATRIÈME INTERNATIONALE
The new trial of Nikos Charalampoloulos for supposed slanderous defamation of a military dentist is one of
the numerous acts of persecution and revenge against the Spartacus Network of Free Conscripts and the
Committee of Solidarity for Conscripts by the Greek state and army. This, in turn, is an attempt to intimidate
the movement of conscripts against repression and exploitation in the army, as well as against nationalism
and militarism.
In 2022, the military budget of Greece, as a proportion of the GDP, was among the highest worldwide, being
the first among the NATO members (3.54%, as against 3.46% in the USA). At the same time when the
Greek state spends billions to foster belligerence in the Eastern Mediterranean and to safeguard the EU
borders against refugees, conscripts perform their military service without any compensation and under
unacceptable conditions of living. In this toxic militarist and exploitative framework, any form of unionism
among conscripts is forbidden, and any action of resistance is targeted!
The Fourth International stands in full solidarity with the Spartacus Network of Free Conscripts and the
Committee of Solidarity for Conscripts. We share their struggles against nationalism, militarism,
imperialism, racism, exploitation and repression in the army. We demand that all charges against Nikos
Charalampopoulos are dropped immediately.
Adopted by the International Committee of the Fourth International
In its plenary session in Amsterdam
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