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The first recorded exercise for demonstrations’ suppression by the Greek army forces was held on 13 March 2002 in Veria (northern Greece). It was part of the 2nd Army Corps’ training, which was prepared for ‘pacification missions’ for the treatment of demonstrators. The pretext was the preparation of ‘pacification missions’ […]
On April 2007, an uprising in Koridallos prison was held in solidarity to the detainees in Malandrino prisons, who had revolted after the anarchist Yannis Dimitrakis was beaten up [inside the same hellhole]. The revolt in Koridallos prison wings was suppressed by police squads. On 14 January [2011], 23 prisoners […]
Each new year’s eve we do not forget those who are buried in the prison cells of the republic. One more year, we found ourselves next to imprisoned comrades and all those detained who do not bent neither bow their head, who dared to resist and fight against the regime. […]
From a street poster of December 2010 (in Athens): Frontex makes war at borders! THE WAR AGAINST IMMIGRANTS CONTINUES AND IS EXACERBATED The advent of several hundred ‘professional’ murderers of Frontex (since early November of 2010) moves towards this exacerbation. The Frontex has not arrived just to capture or ‘redirect’ […]
Various cops of all kinds raided the Maragopouleio occupation in Patras, on December 28th, at 7:30 am; 11 comrades that were in the building were detained for a couple of hours and 9 of them were charged with a misdemeanor (“disturbance of domestic peace”). Around 30 people gathered in solidarity […]
Since late November, Afghan refugees stay in tents at Propylaea (central Athens) protesting and requesting asylum. The authorities together with para-state fascist scums try to repress their struggle but the refugees don’t give up. On December 2nd some fascists (or secret cops?) attacked the refugees at Propylaea destroying their photo-dashboards, […]
He was walking in the center of Thessaloniki on the night of December 6th, 2009… He was arrested on charges of criminal organization and possession of Molotov cocktails. On December 13th, 2010 in Edessa he underwent a trial with no evidence, 2 cops as prosecution witnesses, and was sentenced to […]
Wednesday night in Volos was particularly enjoyable.. After a day that began with safeguarding the strike at Volos’s industrial zone and went on with the demonstration of 2000 people, we thought of “cancelling” the concert that DAP(rightwing student union) intended to organise at the university with a pop singer. It […]
Nationwide report from the General Strike in Greece, December 15th 2010 No doubt remains, not even for the most naive, that the State – in close cooperation with all its supporters and mechanisms – has decided to wage a full-scale war against society. They are afraid of the natural social […]
On Saturday, December 11th, a gathering and a demonstration took place in central streets of Athens, organized by “Anarchist Assembly” in response to the crisis and its effects on society. Around 1,000 people marched on the frozen streets of Athens shouting slogans against the state, corrupted unions, bankers and state […]
Some days ago, under the pretext of the crisis and of these festal days,the civil governor of the province of Attica (Athens) Sgouros, well-known henchman of the ruling party PASOK – and the president of E.S.A. (Athens Trade Association), illegally decided to keep the stores open on Sundays 12 and […]