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Monthly Archives: July 2010

# 335 | Anarchist prisoner Nikos Maziotis goes on hunger strike

Nikos Maziotis, an anarchist imprisoned in relation the Revolutionary Struggle case , has gone on hunger strike. Below is a translation of his letter announcing the commencing of the hunger strike. The treatment reserved by the state for the imprisoned revolutionaries and its political enemies is standard: Revanchist actions, sadism, physical and psychological violence, disrespect [...]

#334 | Little stories from IMF-run Greece: record number of debt-related suicides in Crete

The following news item made it to the back pages of Athens daily Eleftherotypia (Greek original). Debt-related suicide in Crete A fruit-seller ended his life with a shotgun, as he could not handle the pressure caused by the debts of his privately run business. Two days ago the 58-year old fruit-seller from the village of [...]

#333 | The trial of the murderers of Alexandros Grigoropoulos is drawing to a close

The trial of the murderers of Alexandros Grigoropoulos (special police forces Epaminondas Korkoneas and Vasilis Saraliotis) in the remote town of Amfissa is now drawing to a close, with the court testimonies of the two accused – who have been released, it is reminded, since June 6 (as the maximum, 18-month period allowed for their [...]

#332 | “Tomorrow has come, to banish today” (a poster distributed in Athens these days)

The poster below is distributed on the streets of the Northern suburbs of Athens. Making a play of words with a popular saying (the original saying is “the wild animals have come to banish the tamed”) the poster reads: Tomorrow has come to banish today The crisis has come to confirm that today, same as [...]

#331 | Nameless group claims responsibility for the attack against the office of the minister of public order

With a four-page letter sent to Athens daily “Eleftherotypia”, a nameless group has claimed responsibility for the letter bomb sent to the minister of public order, Michalis Chrisochoidis, killing 52-year old Giorgos Vasilakis, a high-rank policeman and close aide of the minister. In its communique, which is treated as original, the unnamed group develops a [...]

#330 | Statement by the Lelas Karagianni squat in Athens regarding the reppresive operation against it

Greek original here. HANDS OFF THE LELAS KARAGIANNI 37 SQUAT In a period of intensification of social and class antagonism due to the generalised attack of state and capital on even the most elementary interests and rights of the workers the unemployed and the youth, and during the attempt to raise social and political defences, [...]

#329 | July 8: Strike in all sectors / The dismantling of the social security system is a reality

The workers in the public and private sector stike today, 8 July, the day that the government decided to dismantle at once the whole social security system, that the modern, post-dictatorial country was based on. The hospitals will function only for emergencies, the buses, metro, tram remain halted in Athens and are their timetables are [...]

#328 | Protest in the town of Amfissa against the cover-up of the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos

The “Open Innitiative for Action Against the Cover-up of the State Assassination of Alexandros Grigoropoulos” has issued a callout for a demonstration in the small town of Amfissa on Wednesday, July 7th. It seems like this date will be the first of the defense of the two murderers, after which a verdict should be expected [...]