The area west of Patision Avenue in Athens (including Panteleimonas, Attica square, Victoria etc) is where neo-nazis and  fascists have tried to establish a permanent and visible presence recently: taking advantage of the presence in large numbers of impoverished migrants en route to central/Northern European countries, the fascists are trying to mobilise locals in a [...]

The department of Statistics of the Athens University of Economics has just published the results of a survey on the impact of the austerity measures here in Greece, seven months on. The results of the survey, based on a 1,200-strong sample, are staggering. According to these: 1 in 11 people in the prefecture of Attica [...]

During the night of October 16th, Attikis square in Athens became the setting for yet more pogrom-like attacks against migrants in the area. A group of fascists and so-called “enraged citizens” attacked a local Bangladeshi-owned mini-market. The people there, in their attempt to escape, ran toward the local mosque, only 30 meters away. They were [...]

“How dare they tarnish a National Symbol”, scream the bodiless heads through the TV sets. Access to the otherwise “sacred” monument is guaranteed by scores of Riot Police, by beating and tear-gassing. The ministry of culture employees must be doing something right… (The contractual employees of the ministry of culture, unpaid for 22 months and [...]