translation by contrainfo A 3-day queer festival will be held in Athens from tonight up to Sunday. The poster reads (the translation is not 100% word-to-word): “What Queer Fest? Gender, class, nation, body, sexuality, desire 3 days with talks, performances, screenings, collective cooking and collective resistances; our stances are our pursuits, which reflect our desires; [...]

Today in Athens: – The mainstream trade unions (ADEDY and GSEE) are calling for an abstaining from work between 1200 and 1500 hours and a demonstration at 1pm in central Athens. The mobilisation is against the measures introduced by the budget for 2011. The trade unions of the national power corporation (GENOP-DEI) and the national [...]

Translation of this post on Athens IMC. Comrades, the trial of Bonnano and Stratigopoulos in the city of Larisa resulted in Alfredo Bonanno getting convicted to 4 years of imprisonment for participation to the robbery, while Stratigopoulos was convicted for the armed robbery to 8 years and to 3 months for each of the misdemeanors [...]

[ Brief report, first photos ]. In total, almost 100 people were detained yesterday in Athens, which saw its largest Polytechnic uprising commemorative demonstration in more than a decade. Of those detained, 29 have been arrested – while there are also four demonstrators injured. Information on them will be published here as it becomes available. Even [...]