Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

INTERVIWE DATE:

October 25, 2023

Interviewer:

Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas

Vasilis (Bill) Molos

language:

English

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Toronto, ON

OCUPATION:

Political Scientist

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

GICREF010B

Participants

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

Intervieweer(s)

Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas

Vasilis (Bill) Molos

Date and Location

October 25, 2023

Toronto, ON

Languages

English

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Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF010B

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Economy

Historical Events

Homeland Activism

Anti Junta Movement

Cyprus 1974

Greek Community

Junta

Polytechnic1973

Decades Referenced

1960s

1970s

1980s

Locations Referenced

Toronto, Athens, Washington

Occupation(s)

Political Scientist

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced

Andreas Papandreou, Archbishop Makarios III, Nicholas Skoulas

[00:00:37] Andreas Papandreou and the Cyprus issue

[00:05:40] Joining PAK and his role in public relations

[00:09:25] Dynamic resistance strategy in Toronto

[00:16:15] Third World politics and PAK

[00:18:27] Nick Skoulas’ role and receiving death threats

[00:23:02] Impact of anti-dictatorship movements

[00:24:13] Skoulas as a focal point and internal frictions

[00:27:20] Relations with the Left and KKE

[00:34:24] The restoration of the King after the Junta

[00:37:12] Events of 1974 and Karamanlis - Papandreou relations

[00:49:03] Arrival in Athens and Papandreou's strategy in 1974

[01:00:08] The election of November 17, 1974

[01:07:00] Break with PAK and continuation of studies

[01:13:05] Return to Greece and work for the government

[01:18:19] Papandreou’s visit to Washington as Prime Minister

[01:22:32] Editing an English-language magazine

[01:25:25] NATO and dissolution of Third World ideology

[01:28:28] Papandreou’s visit to Toronto and York in 1983

[01:39:24] Changes in the Greek community of Toronto

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Speaker Background:

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

GICREF010B

Participants

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

Intervieweer(s)

Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas

Vasilis (Bill) Molos

Date and Location

October 25, 2023

Toronto, ON

Languages

English

Permalink

Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF010B

Categories

Economy

Historical Events

Homeland Activism

Tags

Anti Junta Movement

Cyprus 1974

Greek Community

Junta

Polytechnic1973

Decades Referenced

1960s

1970s

1980s

Locations Referenced

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced