First day of nationwide general strike 24.00 GMT+2 Downtown Athens has become a battlefield. Yet, the people remain on the streets despite the relentless use of tear gas and the fierce attacks by cops, which culminated during the night. The protesters are in urgent need of aid; whoever withdraws from […]
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‘Through the sadness of endless mediocrity that suffocates us from everywhere, I console myself that somewhere in a closet several stubborn people struggle to counteract the spoilage.’ [Odysseas Elytis] We are summoned to appear before the Prosecutor’s Office of Bologna, Italy, on June 28th in order to participate in a […]
On June 23th, 2011, anti-fascists undertook a direct public action, painted with tar and sealed with a metal mesh the entrance of the nationalist hangout ‘Desmi Ellinon’ (Bonds of Greeks) that had recently opened in the neighbourhood of Kato Toumba (29, Passalides Str., Aghios Fanourios) in Thessaloniki. There is […]
… financial and economic crisis, loans, memorandum, unemployment, fascism, racist pogroms, social cannibalism, abolishment of labour rights, wages and pensions cuts, rents, cost and price increases… ‘— Should we take our sea bucket and move on to another beach?’ ‘— I don’t believe so, Takis…’ Summer self-managed hangout [steki] in […]
Update, June 17th Ioannina: A counter-information and solidarity PA’s (microphonics) gathering along with distribution of flyers took place in the morning of June 17th in the central square of the city regarding the events of yesterday’s repressive operation against Orfanotrofio squat. Thessaloniki: A demo of solidarity and counter-information was called […]
In the city of Patras more than 5,000 demonstrators participated in the march of the general strike on June 15th that started from the central Olgas square. The popular assembly of Georgiou square also participated in the demo, as well as the movement Den Plirono (‘I won’t pay’), students, associations […]
Update, June 17th: Both occupations have ended after assemblies’ decisions. A demo in solidarity with the arrested protesters of June 15th and against State violence was called for June 17th, at 20.00 in Eleftherias square in Serres. On June 15th, the popular assembly of Agora square in Chania has decided […]
The last hours of Pompeii (some thoughts from Syntagma today) updates also here 01:05 AM (+2 GMT) It appears that the government reshuffle will be announced on June 16th and the vote of confidence will be held by Sunday, June 19th. 22:25 (+2 GMT) In a televised message, Greek PM […]
Targeted attack with double recipient On June 7th, at 4.30 after midnight an arson attack was acted out against my mother’s car that I drove lately, since the police refuses to return my vehicle after 14 months, which is held on the pretext of investigation. Along with my mother’s private […]
In the framework of the cooperation between Athens free radio station 98 FM and the translation counter-information network Contra Info, another live broadcast under the title ‘Beyond borders’ [Ektos synoron] was held on June 13th —from 20h30 to 23h00 (GMT+2). Comrades from Spain participated in this Monday’s radio show with: […]
The popular assembly of Syntagma square called for the blockade of parliament — The new IMF agreement shall not pass On June 11th the popular assembly of Syntagma Square announced a call to blockade the Greek parliament ahead of the voting of the so-called Mid-term agreement between the Greek government […]
Aris Seirinidis is an anarchist who was arrested on the evening of May 3rd, 2010, in central Athens, at a police check-point set up for an irrelevant to him case. Initially he faced a misdemeanor charge but in the end the anti-terrorist unit pulled out a forgotten case related to […]