First day of nationwide general strike 20.20 GMT+2 The police headquarters have just announced that there are 28 detainees, 5 arrestees and 25 injured cops in hospital, in Athens. 19.20 GMT+2 People start gathering outside the Athens police headquarters in Alexandras Avenue, in order to demand the immediate release of […]
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Let’s counter-attack. Let’s intervene in the feast of the union fat-cats and promote combative features in the demonstration. OCTOBER 19th: EVERYONE TO THE STREETS! ‘Against violence, wherever it comes from’: a phrase that we often hear from Adonis Georgiadis, as much as from someone who belongs to the political left, […]
Crete Island: The general assembly of the workers in the Peripheral Unit of Rethymnon decided to occupy the building of the sub region (former prefecture) on October 18th, to coordinate their actions with employees in regions across the country. Vyronas, Athens: Early in the morning of Thursday, October 18th, the […]
Earlier today, October 18th, the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) notified the passengers that its administration was ordered by the police to close all entrances at the Syntagma and Evangelismos metro stations during the two days of the general strike (October 19th–20th). It is obvious that the Greek State is […]
Friday, October 14th, at 20.00: People’s assembly in Merkouri Square Saturday, October 15th, at 15.00: Collective kitchen in PIKPA squat (Timodimou and Antoniadou streets, ‘Petrina’, Ano Petralona) Tuesday, October 18th, at 19.00: Demonstration in the neighbourhood (we meet outside Petralona metro station, from the side of the pedestrian street of […]
Once again thousands marched down central streets of Athens, mainly protesting against the hard prosperity measures. The general strike of October 5th was called by the two sold-out unions (the GSEE private sector and ADEDY public sector confederations), but students also participated in the demo. As in previous general strikes, […]
On Tuesday evening, October 4th, at around 20.30 (the day before the general strike mobilizations across Greece) strong police forces raided Victoria Square hunting and arresting dozens of immigrants —residents in the neighbourhood. Three police buses, police motorcycles, units of the Group of Crime Prevention and Suppression (OPKE) and a […]
Info about the 48hour general strike in Chile (in English) In the night of August 26th, in Jaime Eyzaguirre neighbourhood of Manuel Gutiérrez Reinoso who was shot dead by police, his relatives and friends held a candle ceremony in the memory of the deceased and marched in the streets of […]
On Tuesday afternoon, August 23rd, heavy police forces raided TIAO squat (Independent Arts and Crafts Workshop) located at Yungay Street in Valparaíso. TIAO squat has been a hub for autonomous and self-organized projects for the last five years. Cops fully armed broke the metal doors and the windows and invaded […]
In late 80s and early 90s, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and other left parties and organizations in Turkey run big campaigns against tourists’ visiting in the particular State. Their concept was simple: tourists from wealthy European countries or North America cannot come and lay their money down in a […]
Solidarity initiative’s announcement for the financial support of those arrested at the general strike of June 28th–29th: This initiative was created on Friday, July 1rst, and consists of arrestees and people in solidarity. The purpose of our initiative is to help meet the high-cost bails and juridical expenses that were […]
The people arrested during the general strike demonstrations of June 28th and 29th need our support. It is urgent that 3,000 Euros are raised for one demonstrator alone, so that he doesn’t go to jail. The money needs to be collected until Thursday night, July 7th. An initiative in solidarity […]