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Daily Archives: January 27th, 2011

#484 | Solidarity gatherings with the hunger strikers in Athens, Chania, Thessaloniki, Volos, Mytilene, Kozani, Iraklio, Xanthi. To the streets! For solidarity, for dignity.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

As the police operation against the migrant hunger strikers in the Athens Law school seems imminent, impromptu solidarity gatherings have been called at the following Greek cities (list to be updated). All gatherings at 7pm GMT+2 Athens (Exarcheia Square) Chania, Crete (Agora) Thessaloniki (Labour Union) Kozani (main Square) Xanthi (Polytechnic) Volos (Migrant Haunt, 9pm) Mytilene [...]

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#483 | Decision by the assembly of the 300 hunger strikers of the Law School

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Rough translation of the full text of the migrant hunger strikers’ assembly which has triggered, as it seems, the immenent police operation in the Law school. Greek original DECISION BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE HUNGER STRIKERS Us, the 250 hunger strikers Who are already on the 3d day of hunger strike in the Law School, demanding [...]

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#482 | Police completely cordon off Athens Law School; raid is imminent; people gather in Exarcheia and Propylea in Athens; Leftist party Synaspismos denounces the hunger strikers

Thursday, January 27, 2011

19.15 GMT+2 There are approximately 300 hunger strikers and another 300 people in solidarity in the Law School of Athens which is now completely cordoned off by heavy police forces who are only awaiting, it seems, the final signal to start off their raid operation. People have also gathered in solidarity behind the police cordons and also in Exarcheia [...]

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#481 | Riot police encircle the Law School in Athens in apparent preparation for a raid as migrant hunger strikers vow to stay – constant updates

Thursday, January 27, 2011

At this moment (17.45 GMT+2) heavy riot police forces have encircled the Law School building in Athens, immediately after the decision by the 300 migrants in hunger strike to stay in the building. The migrants’ assembly decided they would stay despite the demand by university authorities and the government that they move out. The assembly justified the decision based on [...]

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#480 | Call for solidarity to the 300 migrants hunger strikers in Greece

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Call for Solidarity to the 300 Migrants Hunger Strikers in Greece On January 25, 300 migrant workers went on hunger strike in Athens and Thessaloniki. Their main demand is to be legalized. At this moment, when the financial crisis has violently erupted and ultra-right political forces have come to the fore, this may sound as [...]

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