death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date image article_title name occupation
04 january 2008 thessaloniki , greece foça , ottoman empire 200px 1908 tamtakos_skitso . jpg yannis tamtakos
 yannis tamtakos social and political activist
yannis tamtakos

yannis tamtakos -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1908 -- january 4 , 2008 -rrb- was a greek political activist , initially of trotskyism and later of anarchism .
due to his political activity , he was chased by the greek state and stalinists .
for quite a few years before his death , he was the oldest survivor among the active participants of the great strike of 1936 , in thessaloniki .
