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Politics of the 1970s Greek community
George Lekakis.
George Lekakis describes the politics of the 1970s Greek community and its role in developing multiculturlaism
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unknown
Date Added:
18 February 2009
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source not available
Format:
mov (Quicktime);
File size:
1.9 MB
Length:
00min48sec
Transcript
Lekakis:
00:10
I had been involved with a whole lot of Greek Australians who challenged the world and its views, we were quite radical at the time, there was a revival, the post-Hunta revival in Greece, that sent a strong message across the world that Greeks had a democratic spirit again and could challenge the world and radicalisation in all its forms impacted upon young groups at that time.
00:37
You were either part of the left or the right in the Greek community. And I joined up with a lot of Greek Australians who simulated me in the discussion about the (UNCLEAR 00:47) at the time.
00:48
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