Greece

Heraklion, Crete On January 26, a demonstration in solidarity with squats under attack across Greece saw approximately 1,000 anarchists gather and march through the streets of Heraklion, in what might very possibly be the largest anarchist demonstration in the history of the city (fourth largest in the country, with a population just under 200k). Along with ...

Greek anarchists on anarchist movement in Greece

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Last weekend in the largest show of strength in over a decade thousands of anarchists marched to protest against the violent eviction of the squats of Villa Amalias and Skaramagka and Patision Sts in Athens and also the very repressive climate that police and state have created the last months in Greece. Below is an [...]

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2012 Year In Review: Austerity Protests Rock Europe’s Capitals

Photos of protests of against austerity in Spain, Greece and Portugal in 2012. Related PostsSamir Amin: Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion and Democracy: A Critique of Eurocentrism and Culturalism (1988-) [FR, EN, ES] Mark Bergfeld, “Portugal: ‘I Prefer the Horses in My Lasagne to the Donkeys in the Government’” Occupy Paris: How an Elderly Radical Defined Europe’s [...]

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A-infos: (en) Reports from Greece – Austeiry Measures and General Strikes – November 2012

The following is a report send to the Anarchist Federation and other from our comrades in
the the Libertarian Communist Group (LCG, Athens) about the events of last week in Greece.
Members of the LCG took part in strike action and the popular prote…

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Greece: anarchists claim to be behind Golden Dawn attack

(Editor’s note: Maybe the Greek arm of this?) An organization called Informal Anarchic Federation has claimed responsibility for a dynamite attack last Tuesday against the neo-nazi Greek Golden Dawn party in the north-western district of Aspropirgos in Athens. The claim was sent Saturday to the Indymedia website which posted it on the internet. Police officials [...]

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A-infos: (en) Media: Greece: thousand anarchists protest, clashes in Athens

DECEMBER 7 – A protest held in Athens to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the death
of 15-year-old student Alexis Grigoropoulos at the hands of a policeman in Exarchia
(anarchists’ area of the Greek capital) slid into violent clashes on a day …

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A-infos: (en) Greece, Solidarity with the Contractor AUTH (gr, fr) [machine translation]

Internationalist – Action – Rosinante – OKDE: Press Release —- On Sunday, Dec. 2 meeting
was held with the participation of the political collective initiative DIETHNISTIS, labor
newspaper ACTION, the anarcho-syndicalist initiative ROSINANTE and …

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A-infos: (en) Greece: for international solidarity! (gr, fr) [machine translation]

On November 7, as part of the general strike 48 hours, Protesters clashed with police in
front of the Parliament building, then at the same time, new severe measures against the
workers and society in general were voted. —- On November 14, as par…

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Greece: The infirmary of Social Solidarity Thessaloniki

Early November 2011 saw the creation of the infirmary of Social Solidarity Thessaloniki’s (SKS). The project deals with providing basic he…

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A-infos: (en) Anarkismo.net: Greece, The infirmary of Social Solidarity Thessaloniki (gr)

Early November 2011 saw the creation of the infirmary of Social Solidarity Thessaloniki’s
(SKS). The project deals with providing basic health care to the growing percentage of the
population Thessaloniki’s that due to the capitalist austerity …

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A-infos: (en) Greece: Urgent call for international solidarity!

Comrades, The purpose of this message is to inform you briefly about what is happening the
last days in Greece and to appeal an international call of solidarity to all anarchists
worldwide. —- Greece is at a critical turning point, and many criti…

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The Rise of Fascism in Greece

Waiting is Not an Option

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Greeks march to mark 1973 student revolt against junta

ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greeks protesting against austerity policies rallied in Athens on Saturday to mark a bloody student uprising almost four decades ago against the military junta that ruled the country at the time. The annual protest often becomes a focal point for groups protesting against government policies and comes against a backdrop [...]

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Νίκος Δήμου: Η δυστυχία του να είσαι Έλληνας (1975) [Greek]

“If Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal have a Greek analogue, it is Nikos Dimou, one of the most fertile minds of his generation. This book is a series of 193 mostly brief, often cutting and at times satirical aphorisms about Greece and Greeks. In the postscript, Dimou writes: I have tried, simply, to articulate my [...]

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Tariq Ali on the Future of Greece

“Greek Democracy is in Tatters”

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Anti-austerity strikes and protests across Europe turn violent – live

  Live• HOW TO SHARE YOUR PICTURESEurozone crisis live: Day of Action underway across Europe• Video: clashes in Milan• Protests in Spain• Why the protests were called• Details of the strikes and protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/14/eurozone-crisis-general-strikes-protest-day-of-action   Finance chief condemns austerity It’s worth noting that the man who represented Greece’s creditors in this year’s bond restructuring (in [...]

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Chaos in Athens: Greek police use water cannons, tear gas against protesters (PHOTOS)

Flames from molotov cocktails flare up near Greek riot police during clashes with protestors at a 48-hour strike by the two major Greek workers unions in central Athens.(Reuters / John Kolesidis) A standoff continues between demonstrators and police in Athens, as tens of thousands gather to protest in front of the Greek parliament. Demonstrators are [...]

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A-infos: (en) Greece, Initiative anarchist-anti-authoritarians: A stance on the current reality – If capitalism creates crises totalitarianism take it (gr) [machine translation]

The global capitalist restructuring carried out with violent pace in the last three years
across the length and breadth of the land reveals the true face of the dictatorship of
capital and bosses over the lives of the subordinate classes. The econo…

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