THEY’VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO BURY US, BUT THEY FORGOT THAT WE ARE SEEDS. We occupy the empty buildings. We base our life on equality and solidarity. The roots of self-organization are spreading by diffusing revolutionary projectualities, until the foundations of every form of oppression are demolished. Against the reality of […]
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Children paint (at) Labidona, October 1st, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpmhied-7y4 At the beginning of autumn, an initiative of residents in Vyronas (a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens) worked together to create a new Social-Cultural Centre downtown, in Aghias Triadas Grove. They transformed the derelict ‘Labidona’ into a space of self-expression. […]
On Tuesday, October 4th (one day before the previous general strike), the initiative of Secondary/University Students-Workers-Unemployed in Heraklion on Crete Island occupied the studios of two local corporate TV channels and intervened in their central evening news shows, in view of nationwide strike mobilizations. The first video includes English subtitles […]
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 […]
Read about the occupation of the studio of state TV channel NET by students on Occupied London The following video was made by the students themselves. It includes their announcement on education issues, the new higher education reform bill, the general economic situation, layoffs and job precariousness. They also recorded […]
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 […]
During the May 11th general strike demonstration, thousands of protesters voiced their opposition to the Greek government’s anti-social measures which directly effect the workers. While the predatory policy of the ‘Troika’ along with the cooperating Greek government is pushing ever large sections of the society toward absolute poverty and destitution, […]
The building of the rectorate of Athens University in Propylaea, Panepistimiou Street, Athens, is currently occupied by comrades, on the occasion of the events that took place on May 11th general strike demonstration. At least three demonstrators had to undergo medical operations the last 24 hours as result of their […]
On Monday, March 28th, the following text was sent from inside the consulate of Chile in Athens (in Kifissia suburb), which was occupied for hours in a symbolic solidarity gesture to the Chilean anarchists that are persecuted with the anti-terrorist law for the ‘bomb case’: Today, we occupy the consulate […]
Critical moments for the 300 migrants hunger strikers in Athens and Thessaloniki on their 38th day of hunger strike. 100 of them are already hospitalized while the government waits for the first deaths. Tomorrow a demonstration is called by people in solidarity in Athens while many solidarity actions, state building […]
On Friday, 18 February 2011, two of the students of the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki received summons from the Magistrates’ Court of Thessaloniki, “to give explanations about the occupation.” It’s not clarified in which occupation these summons refer to. It should be noted here that the students’ association has made […]
On Wednesday 11.10.1910 at 11.30 am, an occupation of the ESIEMTH building (Union of Daily Newspapers Journalists of Macedonia – Thrace) took place in Salonica, in solidarity with the comrades Gerasimos Tsakalos and Panagiotis Argirou and the 5 “wanted” persons for the “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” case. Banners were […]