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Alexis Tsipras, the head of Syriza parliamentary group, working closely with the Greek army high command (pre-election period, May 2012) Below is a communiqué that was published in early February 2013 by the Assembly for the Antispeciesist Action in response to statements by an MP of the main opposition party Syriza (so-called ‘Coalition of [...] Today, March 29th, we the prisoners in the first wing of Koridallos men’s prison refuse to enter in the cells at noon as a minimum token of protest against the military-style invasion of the EKAM special suppressive antiterrorist units that conducted unannounced inspections and cell searches on the night of March 28th until the [...]
In the early hours of Thursday, October 11th, a direct action group carried out an incendiary attack on a local branch of the political party Democratic Left (Dimokratiki Aristera), offices located on Ethnikis Antistaseos street in the neighbourhood of Kaisariani. This party, led by Fotis Kouvelis, is part of the [...] In the morning of March 21th in Syros island, a demonstration of students and residents took place at the central square of Ermoupolis against the presence of George Papandreou and several ministers, who visited the island to talk about “development”. The protesters shouted slogans against the merge of 2 local high schools, and government [...] Hard times for hungry politicians.. Yesterday night, government vice-president Theodoros Pangalos together with other PASOK party members went to a restaurant in Kalivia (near Keratea, Attica). Immediately, dozens of residents of Keratea that heard about the visit of another glutton member of the government, gathered outside the restaurant shouting and booing against him and [...] The vindication of the 300 migrants hunger strikers is a hope for the whole society. Solidarity Initiative to the 300 notice This was good news, but let us not trust the Greek authorities… On March 10th, the Minister of Public Order stated that the government never agreed in a reduction of the time to give [...] Interventions took place on February 21st in a speech of George Papandreou at Humbold University of Berlin. Two different groups of people from Germany and Greece managed to interrupt Prime Minister’s speech by verbally attacking against the Greek regime. Another intervention took place on February 26th in Paris during an event of director Costa Gavras [...] New complaints from soldiers come to reveal the determined decision of the Greek government, NATO and EU for organic accession and involvement of military forces in operations against the internal enemy, and more specifically in the repression of demonstrations and uprisings, that are considered as Asymmetric Threats by the world’s modern urban elites. According to [...] In the centre of Athens, inside the building of the Law School (in Solonos Street), the hunger strike of 250 immigrants-workers has begun from Monday, 25 January 2011. Similarly, 50 immigrants-workers hunger strikers inside the Labor Centre of Thessaloniki claim the obvious: unconditional legalization for all immigrants who live and work in Greece. Since [...] 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, shouting to an alderman [...] Nationwide report on the demonstrations of December 6th and the unprecedented police aggression. Solidarity actions around the world. Athens Morning demonstration: Since early this morning spontaneous gatherings and demonstrations of students take place in various neighborhoods of Athens, in order to massively move downtown , rejecting in practice the typical 3-hour absence from classes and [...] TOTALITARIANISM SHOWS ITS FACE AGAIN In 26 August 2010, in a single session, the Greek government passed the second largest amendment of the terror law or the so-called “anti”-terror law of 2001 (the first amendment was made by the former right-wing government in 2004), expanding its scope, so that any form of resistance against the [...] Approximately 100 ministry contractual employees barricaded themselves inside the Acropolis site overnight on Wednesday, 13 October, demanding two years of back pay and permanent contracts. They padlocked the entrance gates and refused to allow in tourists. Guardians of the Acropolis site (Athens, Greece) work in behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism either [...] |
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