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Monthly Archives: October 2009

#103 | To live and die under socialism: Another migrant dies after police beating; the occupation of Exarcheia continues

Sunday, October 11, 2009

On the night of September 26 fifteen cops raided the house of Mohammad Atif Kamran, a 25-year old migrant living in the neighbourhood of Nikaia in Athens, shouting and beating him and his family. At the time, there was a complaint against Kamran for a child beating. Eyewitness neighbours say he was dragged from the [...]

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#102 | Exarcheia sees night of terror, hundreds of cops in the neighborhood, around 50 people detained

Friday, October 9, 2009

Hundreds (literally) of cops flooded the neighborhood of Exarcheia of Athens on Thursday night, in what seemed like an attempt to show they were still in control despite the solidarity action that had taken place earlier in the day. The cops raided cafes and bars indiscriminately, detaining tens of people and taking them to the [...]

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#101 | Central Athens banks and corporations attacked in solidarity with anarchist prisoners

Thursday, October 8, 2009

At around 2pm local time on Thursday a group of people attacked, in broad daylight, banks and corporations on Solonos and Charilaou Trikoupi streets on the edge of the Exarcheia district in Athens. The attacks were in solidarity with Masouras, Hadjimichelakis and Yospas, the three youths detained and charged with participation in the “Conspiracy of [...]

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#100 | Bonanno and Stratigopoulos ordered in pre-trial detention

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

After a 9-hour interrogation at the Court House of Trikala, Alfredo Bonanno  and Christos Stratigopoulos were ordered in pre-trial detention last night. This, according to greek law, can last up to 18 months.Eye-witnesses from the court house speak of the climate of terror by armed and undercover cops, who were quick to eject from the [...]

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#99 | “Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire” claim last night’s bomb attack; police-fabricated charges collapse

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Last night (Friday October 2) at about 8.15pm, a low-intensity bomb went off only a few meters away from the podium where PM Karamanlis was delivering his last speech, signalling the end of the pre-election period (elections are on Sunday the 4th). A lengthy communiqué published on Athens IMC claims responsibility for the attack by [...]

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#98 | Alfredo Bonanno and a yet unnamed 46-year old man have been arrested in Greece

Friday, October 2, 2009

Alfredo Bonnano (born 1937, an insurrectionary anarchist from Italy) and a yet unnamed 46-year old were arrested in the city of Trikala in Northern Greece on Thursday. According to mainstream media reports the two are accused of participating in a bank robbery that took place in the centre of Trikala on Thursday morning. Apparently, the [...]

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