Interview with Melina Mercouri

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Eleanor Fischer interviews Melina Mercouri, a Greek actress and activist whose Greek citizenship was revoked by the Junta after the coup in 1967. Fischer talks to her about getting her citizenship taken away, and Mercouri talks candidly about the current government being fascist. She discusses the reasons why she feels comfortable speaking out against the Junta, and it is because she loves her country. She also mentions that outside countries' opinions of the Greek people being passive during the coup is wrong. She talks about the possibility of an underground resistance, but she does not give any details.

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