Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 1)

GICREF010A

Interview Details
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Content
Media
Participants
Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 1)
Intervieweer(s)
Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Vasilis (Bill) Molos
Date and Location
October 19, 2023
Toronto, ON
Languages
English
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF010A
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Categories
Canadian Society
Economy
Historical Events
Homeland Activism
Tags
Anti Junta Movement
Greek Community
Junta
Decades Referenced
1960s
1970s
Locations Referenced
Burlington Iowa, California, Toronto, Ottawa, Athens
Occupation(s)
Political Scientist
Parents Occupation(s)

[00:00:30] His educational background and arrival in Toronto

[00:03:00] York University in 1968

[00:06:37] Relationships with other Greeks

[00:09:58] Andreas Papandreou and involvement with PAK

[00:22:49] PAK after 1971

[00:26:17] Papandreou renouncing NATO  

[00:31:05] Tensions with other groups and the PAK newsletter

[00:37:00] Differences between PAK and other organizations

[00:39:55] Papandreou’s personality

[00:42:58] Council of Europe meetings  

[00:55:04] PAK planning acts of sabotage

[01:01:10] Law School occupation and the Polytechnic Uprising

[01:04:33] PAK under surveillance and the hunger strike

[01:09:31] Sentiments of Toronto Greeks regarding the Junta

[01:13:00] His arrest in the USA and the Polytechnic events

[01:19:27] Assessing anti-junta activism

[01:21:59] Papandreou’s movements in summer 1974

[01:26:56] His trip to Greece

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