Just got back from Syntagma square in Athens. The situation there is very odd: of the hundreds (could easily be in the thousands, too, it’s very hard to estimate) of lorry drivers there, many are carrying greek national flags, they cheer the soldiers guarding parliament and some, as the tv news reported, even cheered the [...]

In June 2003, thousands demonstrate decisively against the EU summit in Thessaloniki. Police attacks them with barbarity. Hundreds of detentions – tens of arrests. Four demonstrators are convicted at first degree to excruciating convictions, under fabricated charges. Solidarity: Court of Appeals, September 24. No hostage in the hands of the state. Counter-information event. Kamara, Thessaloniki, [...]

Tomorrow, Wednesday 22.09, is the day when the government is planning to vote in the law “opening up” truck driving, so far a closed profession (for more background on the strike, follow our lorry drivers tag). In response, approximately 1.500 lorry drivers are currently (13.00 GMT+2) gathered outside their union’s office in Piraeus Avenue in [...]