In the 1930s, he was publishing the newspaper Πάλη των Τάξεων [=class struggle].According to some historians, he behaved in an authoritarian manner and opposed democratic processes.
[2] According to communist activist Agis Stinas, Giotopoulos received money and gave directions to his comrades in the name of a higher authority which did not really exist, as he took all decisions himself.
Trotsky suggested that Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece should adopt the slogan "for a peasant-worker government."
He also pointed out that the Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece supported the self determination of Cyprus and of the Dodecanese; on the other hand, the alliance of KKE with the Bulgarian nationalists had diminished it popular appeal.
[6] In 1934, the Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece split from Trotsky's movement after significant ideological fallout.