Nikos Maziotis, an anarchist imprisoned in relation to the Revolutionary Struggle case, has gone on hunger strike. Below is a translation of his letter announcing the commencing of the hunger strike. The treatment reserved by the state for the imprisoned revolutionaries and its political enemies is standard: Revanchist actions, sadism, […]
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Greek original HANDS OFF THE LELAS KARAGIANNI 37 SQUAT (ATHENS) In a period of intensification of social and class antagonism due to the generalized attack of state and capital on even the most elementary interests and rights of the workers the unemployed and the youth, and during the attempt to […]
The night of 1 July 2010, four people locked themselves inside the shafts of the old Itsasondo mines in the Basque Country (on the Spanish side of the border) in order to stop the construction of the High-Speed Railway (HSR) and to denounce the ‘social’ model of which these construction […]
A ZACF statement on the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa The 2010 Soccer World Cup must be exposed for the utter sham that it is. The ZACF strongly condemns the audacity and hypocrisy of the government in presenting the occasion as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for the economic and […]
The general strike on May 5, in Greece, against the harshest financial anti-social measures imposed the last decades became the moment for the expression of a combative social and class dispute of the entire bankrupt political-economic system. That day, we witnessed the manifestation of the accumulated popular rage and resentment, […]
The signs of war on the horizon are clear. War has the same smell as fear; and now it exudes its stench in our land. Rebellious Subcommander Marcos, December 2007 If the signs of war were evident in December 2007, attacks in recent months show that war breaks out continuously […]
The following post is part of the ‘Recent Past, Present Day‘ counter-information bulletin What occasioned the uprising in prisons all over Greece was the fact that the anarchist Yannis Dimitrakis was beaten up in the prison of Malandrino on Monday 23rd April 2007. Detainees initially protested about the incident, but […]
Unrest is prevalent among the workers of the Metropolis store chain, after the notification from the new administration, (Andreas Kouris of MAD group – son of Makis Kouris, owner of the “Paron” newspaper), of his intention to unilaterally establish an obligatory 4-day work schedule with a corresponding reduction in wages, […]
Nikos Maziotis Responding to the question “Do you accept or deny the charges?”: “I am a revolutionary, and I am fighting an unjust, criminal regime known as the state and capitalism. If anyone should make a plea in defense, it is not me but those who are accusing me: the […]
The brutal beating of Carmen M., a worker of a café at Stadiou St., by henchmen outside her home, on March 27th late in the evening , cause she “dared” to claim compensation for her dismissal from her employer, inevitably brings to our mind the”Case of Kouneva“. The attack was […]
Immediately after the uprising of December 2008, the state attempted to restore its wounded prestige and re-establish a funereal social peace, fearing riots and unrests that could erupt in anticipation of the economic recession.
Introduction In my new book, extracts of which follow, an outline of the drug command of all prisoners in Greek prisons by cognitive degrading is attempted. My experience I have gained from psychotropic substance administration has proven useful for the writing of this book – “with rape and rape of […]