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Monthly Archives: September 2010

#384 | September 29: Fuck the sold-out unions, we strike

Today is the European Day of Action against austerity measures. In Greece, GSEE, the largest trade union in the country, sees not much going wrong and so, they have decided not to call a strike. Luckily, people have started taking matters in their own hands: – The book worker’s base trade union has called for [...]

#383 | Scab lorries have been shot at with a shotgun

As reported in mainstream media earlier today, a convoy of approximately 25 scab lorries, which was accompanied by two police cars, was shot at twice with a shotgun. The incident took place in the area of Malakasa, outside Athens. The two lorries were shot at their cooling systems and so they were immobilised and had [...]

#382 | Lorry drivers vow to continue their strike

Earlier today it was announced that lorry drivers have vowed to go ahead with their mobilisations, despite the law being voted in and the government openly threatening them with legal/ police action. In the general of their unions, 76 voted in favour of continuing, while only 6 voted against and 14 absented. Already, more than [...]

#381 | Footage proving – once again – that cops and fascists in Greece work together

The news-portal tvxs.gr has uploaded the short clipping below: here, we see members of the neo-nazi organization Golden Dawn (Chrisi Augi). According to the testimony of the person who shot the footage, the neo-nazis arrived in the area of Larissis Station (in central Athens) on September 22, at about 10pm, transported there by the police [...]

#380 | Occupation at the Foreign Press Association of Greece

On 27th of September an occupation took place in the building of the foreign press association of greece. The purpose was the counter-information about the case of the political prisoners accused of being members of the revolutionary organization ‘Revolutionary Struggle’. The banners above read: ‘No prosecution for Nikotopoulos, Kortesis, Stathopoulos’ (3 of the anarchist prisoners [...]

#379 | The court of appeals of the Thessaloniki 4 has been deferred for January 14, 2011

This morning, the court of appeals of the Thessaloniki 4, the last remaining defendants of the 2003 EU summit demonstration, was deferred for January 14, 2011. More information on the case and on solidarity initiatives will be published here in the build-up to the court of appeals in January.

#378 | Mainstream Greek trade unions are not joining the European General Strike day – and why should they?

September 29 has been named a European day of action by the European Trade Union Confederation: the Confederation has called its local members to declare a general strike on the day. In Greece there has been some deafening silence from the side of GSEE and ADEDY, the two largest trade unions in the country. No [...]

#377 | As the government votes in the new law, lorry drivers block off roads across Athens and the rest of Greece

Last night, the proposed law opening up the lorry drivers’ profession was voted, in the first of a series of votes required for it to become state law. In response, lorry drivers have blocked off main avenues in Athens and national roads across the country. As of 14.30 GMT+2, the following roads are blocked off: [...]