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Monthly Archives: August 2010

#353 | Vaggelis Pallis severely wounded in the prison

The prisoner Vaggelis Pallis was found severely wounded in his cell a few days ago. The guards came after more than an hour, after the whole prison was yelling, and claim that Vaggelis was wounded with glass by himself, a claim that is not easily believed by most people that know him. Now he is [...]

#352 | Attacks for Solidarity to the Anarchists in chile

The night of Saturday 28th of August attacks occured against 5 diplomatic vehicles in Thessaloniki. The action was claimed by a group named “Diplomatic Body of Arsonists (for the intensification of international solidarity)” and is dedicated to the comrades in chile that are prosecuted, with 8 of them being imprisoned and 6 more facing charges.

Festival of Direct Democracy, Thessaloniki, September 8-10, 2010 – schedule announced

Check the website of the festival for up-to-date info. in the path of freedom against the crisis of the bosses WITH DIRECT DEMOCRACY FOR SOCIAL ANTIAUTHORITY Wednesday 8th of September CRISIS the outlet from the crisis 18.00 : Crisis in the workplace. From the traditional trade unionism to the autonomous workers’ struggles. Lars Rφhm (Freie [...]

#351 | Call for Global Anti-IMF Demonstrations, October 8-11

The IMF Resistance network has issued the call-out below. Please translate and disseminate! (Scroll down for Spanish version.) The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have a well-deserved reputation for being the loan sharks of global capitalism. Both institutions are infamous for forcing poor countries in the global south to ruin their own economies [...]

#350 | “In the name of class dignity, fellow passengers are requested…”

A sticker circulating around public  transportation (metro, buses) in Athens: “Passengers are requested, in the name of elementary class dignity, should they have validated their ticket, to hand it over to passengers without a ticket, once they have completed their journey. In this way, possible quarrels will be avoided with those sad leeches, the ticket [...]

A Dublin II Deportation Diary

Repost from The Border is the Problem Download the Dublin II Deportation Diary (pdf, 700kb) Why did you want me back in Greece?, ask the refugees being returned due to the Dublin II regulation from different other European countries. The deportation diary carrying the same name evolved out of a short visit in Athens, where [...]

#349 | “Will the Public Power Corporation’s syndicalists win or lose?” – some thoughts on the upcoming struggle over electricity in Greeece

(Translator’s note) The text below is a brief analysis from the blog “Within the multitude” , about the forthcoming contestation over electricity in Greece: after the defeat of the truck drivers, the next major field of struggle come autumn is very likely to be the Public Power Corporation (PPC, or ΔΕΗ) and the attempted privatisation [...]

#348 | Unemployment in Greece rises by 43% year-to-year

According to information released by Greece’s statistical authority (ELSTAT), the number of those registered unemployed in the country narrowly exceeded 602,000 in May 2010. This counts for 12% of the country’s workforce, compared to 8.5% and 11.9% in May 2009 and April 2010 respectively. According to the same data, the total number of those in [...]