How many people know that the idea to occupy the Athens Polytechnic on 14 November 1973 came from a small group of students at the Athens School of Fine Arts? Or that the first student to announce “This is the Polytechnic” on air, who also helped build the makeshift radio station, was an art student?
Fifty-three yea...
with Nikol Liakostavrou
“The pre-appointed hero is the future tyrant…”
An interview with Manos Hadjidakis for Tachydromos magazine, published on October 19, 1973 — one month before the Polytechnic uprising.
Happy listening!
Tonight, we welcome a day that symbolises the enduring struggle for democracy—for bread, education, and freedom. A day inseparably linked to the uprising at the National Technical University of Athens and its lasting imprint on collective memory and political expression.
The meeting point for tonight’s jou...
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