Eleni Varika, daughter of the historic leader of the Trotskist movement Vasos Varika, was born in Athens in 1949 and studied at the Philosophical School of the University of Athens, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the University of Paris 7.
She participated in the Trotskist Communist Revolutionary Front in the Metropolitan and since 1977 in the OKDE after the unification of the two organizations. Shee was a key member of the newspaper Roadblock and was active in the (…)

As Iran's new wave of nationwide protests enters its 12^th day—and as reports of a widespread internet blackout since last night circulate—an old debate has returned to the center of political discussion with new speed: are “calls to action” from political figures driving the streets, or are they mainly an attempt to ride a movement that is already happening?
BBC Persian tackled this question on its program Goftogoo-ye Vizheh, hosted by Farnaz Ghazi-Zadeh, in a conversation with Leila (…)

Le vendredi 9 janvier 2026, Eleni Varikas s'est éteinte à Paris. Son travail s'est concentré sur la théorie féministe, le colonialisme, les origines du racisme et les problématiques de l'exclusion. À travers une lecture exigeante de l'universalisme moderne, Eleni Varikas n'a cessé d'en interroger les angles morts, les exclusions constitutives et les hiérarchies qu'il prétend pourtant abolir.
Le vendredi 9 janvier 2026, Eleni Varikas s'est éteinte à Paris, ville où elle a vécu et travaillé (…)