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Monthly Archives: February 2010

#192 | What is “just” about State justice? Alfredo Bonnano denied bail; Anarchists receive 22 years for industrialist’s kidnapping; parody-trial of Alexis’ murderers continues

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The news has been coming in, one after the other: On February 12, Alfredo Bonnano and Christos Stratigopoulos had their appeal for bail rejected, despite the fact that Alfredo’s health condition is bad, and deteriorating (for background to their arrest, read the excellent piece “concerning two anarchists and a bank robbery” and the blog “After [...]

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#191 | Innocent passer-by assassinated with 9 bullets in police shoot out; minister promises “heaviest policing Athens has ever seen”

Thursday, February 18, 2010

On Tuesday, 16.2 a shoot-out between cops and bank robbers in the neighbourhood of Vironas, Athens saw an innocent passer-by assassinated by the cops: 25-year old migrant worker Nikollas Todi was unfortunate to be at the shooting range of the pigs in uniform. He was executed in cold blood, shot with nine bullets in the [...]

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#190 | Anarchist call-out ahead of next week’s general strike

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Below is the poster from the Open Anarchist Assembly for a Unified Multiform Movement, ahead of next week’s general strike. It reads “The path of revolt and revolution is paved through everyday struggles and wildcat strikes. (Labour). Our lives do not go under probation. Struggle for dignity and freedom. Gathering – demonstration. 24/2, 11am at [...]

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#189 | Explosion at JP Morgan office in Athens

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A bomb exploded today, 19.50pm, at the office of JP Morgan in Kolonaki, central Athens. The explosive device was placed at the door of the company, situated on a building’s second floor. No injuries were reported, as the bombers had made a warning call to Eleftherotypia (center-leftist mainstream newspaper) about 30 minutes earlier. More information [...]

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#188 | “The most horrid scenario would be for us to be saved” (or, when I hear the words ‘national unity’ I reach for my gas mask)

Friday, February 12, 2010

at last, hold off that emergency signal end the siren’s hysterical cries let off the steering wheel. The most horrid ship-wreck would be our own rescue!” Poem by Kostas Ouranis, as used in a recent statement by the Initiative for self-organising in education …and some scattered thoughts inspired by the same statement It’s been making [...]

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#187 | Welcome to Hell

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Translation from the blog of the Anarchist Initiative of Aigaleo (west Athens) on the situation in the women division of the Petrou Ralli prison for migrants – very close to downtown Athens. http://anarxikoiaigaleo.squat.gr (Testimony from the hell of Petrou Ralli by comrades that were detained in the prison wing for migrant women on P. Ralli [...]

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#186 | 42 migrants prosecuted after the recent revolt in the Venna “detention centre”

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The local first degree court tried the 42 migrants that were arrested as the prime movers after the recent uprising in the Venna “detention centre” (see # 181). 36 were given an 8-month suspended sentence. The other 6 were given a 4-month suspended sentence, and will be deported shortly. The migrants are mainly from Iraq, [...]

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#185 | YFANET squat in Thessaloniki comes under fascist attack

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

(This is breaking news, updates will soon follow) The YFANET squat has come under attack by fascists at about 2330 hours local time tonight. Reports now indicate that the intruders have been chased  away from the occupied building; we are expecting a report from the comrades who were inside very soon and will be publishing [...]

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