Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Brigante se more - Brigante si muore
A beautiful song about the Italiote fight against their Northern oppressors
Thursday, February 26, 2009
RALLY TO AFFIRM GENOCIDE IN THRACE OPPOSITE UN IN NEW YORK
WHEN: Monday, April 6th 2009, 12Noon-2PM
WHERE: UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, Between E. 42nd and E. 43 rd Street, on
First Avenue, Ralph J Bunche Park, New York City.
The event is supporting:
- Worldwide Affirmation of the Genocide of Hellenes (Greeks) in Thrace
- Recognition of the ongoing cultural genocide of Thracian Hellenes (Greeks).
Speakers include scholars, activists, and Genocide survivors.
For more information on our Rally, Contact “HLA” Grassroots: Ioannis Fidanakis,
New Jersey, Tel. (973) 464-0211, Fotis Makitoxonis (CHEUNG), Tel. (631)
804-1673. Email: HLA@THRACIANGENOCIDE.ORG
Join our E-list on the web and download our color Thracian Genocide Rally flyer
at WWW.THRACIANGENOCIDE.ORG
The Thracian Genocide website and Thracian Genocide affirmation is a cooperative
and collective effort by the Pan Thracian Union of America "ORPHEUS", the
Hellenic League of America HLA and the works , action and spirit of many
Hellenic, Phil Hellene and American scholars and activists.
WHERE: UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, Between E. 42nd and E. 43 rd Street, on
First Avenue, Ralph J Bunche Park, New York City.
The event is supporting:
- Worldwide Affirmation of the Genocide of Hellenes (Greeks) in Thrace
- Recognition of the ongoing cultural genocide of Thracian Hellenes (Greeks).
Speakers include scholars, activists, and Genocide survivors.
For more information on our Rally, Contact “HLA” Grassroots: Ioannis Fidanakis,
New Jersey, Tel. (973) 464-0211, Fotis Makitoxonis (CHEUNG), Tel. (631)
804-1673. Email: HLA@THRACIANGENOCIDE.ORG
Join our E-list on the web and download our color Thracian Genocide Rally flyer
at WWW.THRACIANGENOCIDE.ORG
The Thracian Genocide website and Thracian Genocide affirmation is a cooperative
and collective effort by the Pan Thracian Union of America "ORPHEUS", the
Hellenic League of America HLA and the works , action and spirit of many
Hellenic, Phil Hellene and American scholars and activists.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
News on Turkish Murderer of Cypriot demonstrator Solomos Solomou
For Immediate Release: February 24, 2009
Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935
NEW YORK—The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) continues to distribute
reports on the Turkish Murderers who today and every single day roam free,
without remorse and without a modicum of justice, on our illegally-occupied
towns, villages and streets, every single day, in Cyprus.
(THE ARTICLE BELOW IS REPRODUCED FOR FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES)
Solomou's murderer: 'I'd do it again' report by Hellenic Antidote blog
URL:
http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2009/02/solomous-murderer-id-do-it-again.html
In an interview published Sunday in the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, Kenan Akin,
the Turk wanted for the murder of Solomos Solomou during the Dherynia protests
in August 1996, expresses no remorse over the killing and says he would do it
again.
Akin, who is standing in forthcoming 'parliamentary elections' in occupied
Cyprus as a candidate with the Freedom and Reform party, which is part of the
coalition 'government' in occupied Cyprus, revealed in the interview that he is
regarded as a hero among Turkish Cypriots and said he doesn't understand why so
much fuss has been made over the death of 'a dog', as he refers to Solomou.
Above is the report that appeared on RIK news on Sunday (my English subtitles)
with comments from President Dimitris Christofias, leader of the House of
Representatives Marios Karoyian, and Solomou's father, who draws attention to
the fact that the actions of Akin, a settler, with connections to the Turkish
secret services and who at the time of the murder was 'minister of agriculture'
in the occupation regime, were not those of a lone 'barbarian' – as Christofias
rightly calls Akin – but the product of the occupation of northern Cyprus, which
is rooted in barbarism and that, every day of its existence, cultivates and
justifies barbarism.
========================
Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)
2578 Broadway #132
New York, NY 10025
New York: Tel. 917-699-9935
Email: cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
www.cyprusactionnetwork.org
========================
The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is a grass-roots, not-for-profit
movement created to support genuine self-determination and human rights for the
people of Cyprus.
To be added to CANA's Action Alert e-mail distribution list, or to introduce
CANA to a friend or colleague, please forward the pertinent name and e-mail
address, with the subject heading "Add e-mail to CANA distribution list", to
cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
You are encouraged to forward this action alert to five or more individuals who
may have an interest in our e-distributions or in CANA’s mission.
You may post any CANA article, press release or action alert on the internet as
long as you credit CANA and the author(s).
Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935
NEW YORK—The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) continues to distribute
reports on the Turkish Murderers who today and every single day roam free,
without remorse and without a modicum of justice, on our illegally-occupied
towns, villages and streets, every single day, in Cyprus.
(THE ARTICLE BELOW IS REPRODUCED FOR FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES)
Solomou's murderer: 'I'd do it again' report by Hellenic Antidote blog
URL:
http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2009/02/solomous-murderer-id-do-it-again.html
In an interview published Sunday in the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, Kenan Akin,
the Turk wanted for the murder of Solomos Solomou during the Dherynia protests
in August 1996, expresses no remorse over the killing and says he would do it
again.
Akin, who is standing in forthcoming 'parliamentary elections' in occupied
Cyprus as a candidate with the Freedom and Reform party, which is part of the
coalition 'government' in occupied Cyprus, revealed in the interview that he is
regarded as a hero among Turkish Cypriots and said he doesn't understand why so
much fuss has been made over the death of 'a dog', as he refers to Solomou.
Above is the report that appeared on RIK news on Sunday (my English subtitles)
with comments from President Dimitris Christofias, leader of the House of
Representatives Marios Karoyian, and Solomou's father, who draws attention to
the fact that the actions of Akin, a settler, with connections to the Turkish
secret services and who at the time of the murder was 'minister of agriculture'
in the occupation regime, were not those of a lone 'barbarian' – as Christofias
rightly calls Akin – but the product of the occupation of northern Cyprus, which
is rooted in barbarism and that, every day of its existence, cultivates and
justifies barbarism.
========================
Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)
2578 Broadway #132
New York, NY 10025
New York: Tel. 917-699-9935
Email: cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
www.cyprusactionnetwork.org
========================
The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is a grass-roots, not-for-profit
movement created to support genuine self-determination and human rights for the
people of Cyprus.
To be added to CANA's Action Alert e-mail distribution list, or to introduce
CANA to a friend or colleague, please forward the pertinent name and e-mail
address, with the subject heading "Add e-mail to CANA distribution list", to
cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
You are encouraged to forward this action alert to five or more individuals who
may have an interest in our e-distributions or in CANA’s mission.
You may post any CANA article, press release or action alert on the internet as
long as you credit CANA and the author(s).
Sunday, February 22, 2009
WELCOME HOME HARRY NICOLAIDES!
For Immediate Release: February 22, 2009
Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935
NEW YORK—The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is happy to announce that
Political Ethnic Greek Prisoner of Conscience Harry Nicolaides has been
officially released from prison in Thailand and is back home with his family in
Australia. CANA was the only organization in the organized Greek and Greek
Cypriot communities in America to actively campaign for Harry Nicolaides’
unconditional release from prison in Thailand. We thank the thousands of
activists on the CANA E-List, the vast network of bloggers and internet
community groups who responded to our organized e-Alerts, letter writing
campaigns and demonstration outside of the Thai consulate in New York last
month. HARRY IS NOW FREE! WELCOME HOME BROTHER! WELCOME HOME HARRY NICOLAIDES!
We extend best wishes to his family in Australia and Cyprus, and we were proud
to act and march for our brother’s freedom. We did not forget you, and WE WILL
NEVER FORGET OUR ETHNIC GREEK BROTHERS.
Related News:
Greeks rally to free Harry by Helena Smith, Published 19 February 2009
Urgent petitions, launched mostly by ethnic Greeks living in America and
Australia, have been started in cyberspace. . A blog, Bring Harry Home, has
collected nearly 9,000 signatures since its launch early this month. In letters
written from jail (penned in Greek using Latin script, in an ingenious move to
avoid being understood by prison guards), Nicolaides has described the awful
conditions of incarceration.
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/02/nicolaides-thailand-cyprus
Author Harry Nicolaides freed from Thai jail By Simon Mossman AAP February 21,
2009
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25086273-2,00.html
========================
Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)
2578 Broadway #132
New York, NY 10025
New York: Tel. 917-699-9935
Email: cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
www.cyprusactionnetwork.org
========================
The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is a grass-roots, not-for-profit
movement created to support genuine self-determination and human rights for the
people of Cyprus.
To be added to CANA's Action Alert e-mail distribution list, or to introduce
CANA to a friend or colleague, please forward the pertinent name and e-mail
address, with the subject heading "Add e-mail to CANA distribution list", to
cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
You are encouraged to forward this action alert to five or more individuals who
may have an interest in our e-distributions or in CANA’s mission.
You may post any CANA article, press release or action alert on the internet as
long as you credit CANA and the author(s).
Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935
NEW YORK—The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is happy to announce that
Political Ethnic Greek Prisoner of Conscience Harry Nicolaides has been
officially released from prison in Thailand and is back home with his family in
Australia. CANA was the only organization in the organized Greek and Greek
Cypriot communities in America to actively campaign for Harry Nicolaides’
unconditional release from prison in Thailand. We thank the thousands of
activists on the CANA E-List, the vast network of bloggers and internet
community groups who responded to our organized e-Alerts, letter writing
campaigns and demonstration outside of the Thai consulate in New York last
month. HARRY IS NOW FREE! WELCOME HOME BROTHER! WELCOME HOME HARRY NICOLAIDES!
We extend best wishes to his family in Australia and Cyprus, and we were proud
to act and march for our brother’s freedom. We did not forget you, and WE WILL
NEVER FORGET OUR ETHNIC GREEK BROTHERS.
Related News:
Greeks rally to free Harry by Helena Smith, Published 19 February 2009
Urgent petitions, launched mostly by ethnic Greeks living in America and
Australia, have been started in cyberspace. . A blog, Bring Harry Home, has
collected nearly 9,000 signatures since its launch early this month. In letters
written from jail (penned in Greek using Latin script, in an ingenious move to
avoid being understood by prison guards), Nicolaides has described the awful
conditions of incarceration.
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/02/nicolaides-thailand-cyprus
Author Harry Nicolaides freed from Thai jail By Simon Mossman AAP February 21,
2009
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25086273-2,00.html
========================
Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)
2578 Broadway #132
New York, NY 10025
New York: Tel. 917-699-9935
Email: cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
www.cyprusactionnetwork.org
========================
The Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) is a grass-roots, not-for-profit
movement created to support genuine self-determination and human rights for the
people of Cyprus.
To be added to CANA's Action Alert e-mail distribution list, or to introduce
CANA to a friend or colleague, please forward the pertinent name and e-mail
address, with the subject heading "Add e-mail to CANA distribution list", to
cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
You are encouraged to forward this action alert to five or more individuals who
may have an interest in our e-distributions or in CANA’s mission.
You may post any CANA article, press release or action alert on the internet as
long as you credit CANA and the author(s).
Welcome Home Harry Nicolaides!
I would just like to take a moment and welcome our Brother, ethnic Hellene Harry Nicolaides home after three unjustified years of imprisonment by the Thai government. Welcome home Brother! We did not forget you, Hellenism did not forget you!
Author Harry Nicolaides freed from Thai jail
By Simon Mossman
Read Full Article Here
Sad touch to Harry Nicolaides' homecoming
James Campbell
February 22, 2009
Read Full Article Here
Author Harry Nicolaides freed from Thai jail
By Simon Mossman
Read Full Article Here
Sad touch to Harry Nicolaides' homecoming
James Campbell
February 22, 2009
Read Full Article Here
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Italiote Reality
The Hellenic identity of Southern Italy is one that most Southern Italians or ‘ethnic Italiotes’ fail to embrace or realize. In recent times some ethnic Italiotes have begun to advance the concept of a Southern Italian identity, however, they have failed to capitalize on their Hellenic origins. These Hellenes, italianized or not, can not be past over solely because they are no longer Hellenic speaking or Orthodox Christian in faith. To deny them their own place inside Hellenism against all the cultural and historical connections between Southern Italy and Hellas, would be a crime against Hellenism. The region, whose true name is ‘Magna Graecia’ or ‘Megali Ellada’, has been an important part of Hellenic civilization since the eighth century BC.
In Antiquity, Italiotes partook in all aspects of the ancient Hellenic Civilization, with representatives from their many city-states participating in the Pan-Hellenic Olympic Games. These rich and powerful Italiote cities would rule the countryside, most important where such places as Neapolis (Naples), Syracuse, Capua, Acragas, Tarentum, Croton, Elea, and Bari. Until the rise of the Roman Empire, Magna Graecia was nothing more then an extension of the cities states of Central and Southern Hellas.
During the middle Ages, Magna Graecia became a favorite destination for Byzantine Christian Hellenes fleeing the east, whether during the Gothic War or the fall of Constantinople. As the Western Roman Empire fell and was divided between Barbarian tribes, part of Magna Graecia maintained its allegiance to Constantinople and Christian Hellenism. This Eastern Roman province known as the Catepanate of Italy was ruled by a local governor, with his residence in Bari, an ancient Hellenic city from antiquity. Unfortunately this small hope for Hellenism in Italy would disappear and be replaced by the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, which would help begin the ‘italianization’ of the region. Although not a Hellenic kingdom, it did maintain a sense of southern Italian identity across the ancient region of Magna Graecia, even if it wasn’t Hellenistic in orientation.
It has been the legacy of this Kingdom of Two Sicilies that has been able to maintain a southern Italian identity even against the wishes of today’s central government in Rome. However, if Southern Italy is to truly find itself again and become a free and independent nation, it must embrace its Italiote identity. An identity that can not be denied any longer, with plenty of evidence proving the Ancient Hellenic character of most Southern Italians and Sicilians. Researchers have found using autosomal DNA a strong affinity between Southern Italians and Hellenes. Ethnic Italiotes must de-Italianize themselves so that they may taste true freedom once more. This can and will only happen once Italianized Italiotes reawaken their Hellenic roots and identity and rejoin Hellenism as equals and defenders of Western Hellenism or specifically Italiote Hellenism.
In Antiquity, Italiotes partook in all aspects of the ancient Hellenic Civilization, with representatives from their many city-states participating in the Pan-Hellenic Olympic Games. These rich and powerful Italiote cities would rule the countryside, most important where such places as Neapolis (Naples), Syracuse, Capua, Acragas, Tarentum, Croton, Elea, and Bari. Until the rise of the Roman Empire, Magna Graecia was nothing more then an extension of the cities states of Central and Southern Hellas.
During the middle Ages, Magna Graecia became a favorite destination for Byzantine Christian Hellenes fleeing the east, whether during the Gothic War or the fall of Constantinople. As the Western Roman Empire fell and was divided between Barbarian tribes, part of Magna Graecia maintained its allegiance to Constantinople and Christian Hellenism. This Eastern Roman province known as the Catepanate of Italy was ruled by a local governor, with his residence in Bari, an ancient Hellenic city from antiquity. Unfortunately this small hope for Hellenism in Italy would disappear and be replaced by the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, which would help begin the ‘italianization’ of the region. Although not a Hellenic kingdom, it did maintain a sense of southern Italian identity across the ancient region of Magna Graecia, even if it wasn’t Hellenistic in orientation.
It has been the legacy of this Kingdom of Two Sicilies that has been able to maintain a southern Italian identity even against the wishes of today’s central government in Rome. However, if Southern Italy is to truly find itself again and become a free and independent nation, it must embrace its Italiote identity. An identity that can not be denied any longer, with plenty of evidence proving the Ancient Hellenic character of most Southern Italians and Sicilians. Researchers have found using autosomal DNA a strong affinity between Southern Italians and Hellenes. Ethnic Italiotes must de-Italianize themselves so that they may taste true freedom once more. This can and will only happen once Italianized Italiotes reawaken their Hellenic roots and identity and rejoin Hellenism as equals and defenders of Western Hellenism or specifically Italiote Hellenism.
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