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Daily Archives: December 14th, 2010

#447 | “They hold the scissors, we hold the rock” – General Strike in Greece, December 15th 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

“They hold the scissors, we hold the rock. General Strike, 15.12.2010. Workers from the book sector.”

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#446 | High school student call for Wednesday’s General Strike

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

It would be impossible to gather and translate all the call-outs for the General Strike demonstration of December 15th in Athens  – there are far too many. As an indication of the spirits in the city, however, we are posting a translation of the text issued by the collective “High School Students with Memory”, which [...]

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#445 | Striking transport workers occupy four out of Athens’ seven bus depots to continue the strike

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

This week has already seen an unprecedented wave of strikes planned by transport  workers, with so called “work halts” (half day strikes) called for most days of the week and a strike called for the 15th, of course – the day of the General Strike. However, workers at the city’s buses decided to take things [...]

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#444 | Third day of rioting in Keratea, Attica against waste burial site construction sees riot police van and policeman set alight; court orders temporary halt to the works; Greece counts hours to its seventh General Strike in 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Fierce battles between riot police and locals resisting the construction of a waste burial site have continued for a third consecutive day in the area of Keratea, Attica (around 10 miles south of Athens International Airport). This morning, a court ordered a temporary halt to the works. A small victory, which could however very easily [...]

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