This summer, Greek dockworkers shut down ports and prevented shipment from sailing to Israel. Tens of thousands of workers from all sectors and across the whole country later participated in coordinated strike actions and demonstrations, marking a powerful show of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. These mass mobilisations didn’t emerge spontaneously, they were led by P.A.M.E. (All-Workers Militant Front), a trade union federation that has become a central force in Greek labour politics.
P.A.M.E. operates as a class-oriented alternative to mainstream union federations and maintains a close political alignment with the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). What distinguishes P.A.M.E. is its ideological commitment to Marxist-Leninist principles and its consistent proletarian internationalist stance. It positions trade unionism not merely as a tool for negotiating within capitalism, but as a mechanism for building class consciousness and advancing revolutionary strategy towards socialism-communism.
This Friday, the 24th October, we will discuss how P.A.M.E. has achieved widespread support within the Greek labour movement, its relationship to the broader political project of the KKE, and its role in shaping worker-led mobilisation. As Marxist-Leninists, we must critically examine the function of trade unions in revolutionary praxis, not only to understand their potential, but also to learn from their limitations. P.A.M.E.’s deeper significance lies in its disciplined, class-conscious organising and our task is to understand how such formations contribute to building a vanguard rooted in the everyday struggles of workers.
Join us as we begin a collective inquiry into P.A.M.E.’s significance, its strengths, and the lessons it may offer for building revolutionary capacity in Britain.
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