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Monthly Archives: May 2011

#606 | After nearly three weeks Yiannis Kafkas, the demonstrator injured by riot police, leaves hospital

Yiannis Kafkas, the demonstrator injured seriously by riot police at the General Strike demonstration of Ma 11th, left hospital on Monday. Yiannis had been in intensive care in the days following his life and there were fears for his life. Outside the hospital, a group of people in solidarity welcomed him – the banner bellow [...]

#605 | Decisions of the Popular Assembly in Syntagma, May 29

Upcoming mobilisations and call-outs Monday, May 30th at noon, Stadiou and Sofokleous str: Support of the workers at the Post Bank against its privatisation Monday May 30th, Mars Field (Alexandras and Patision Ave):Demonstration through neighbourhoods to end up at Syntagma square Tuesday May 31st, Karaiskaki square, Piraeus: Support of the dockworkers fighting against the sell-out [...]

#604 | The wonderful nights of Syntagma square

Greek original.   The Wonderful Nights of Syntagma – 27 May 2011, 8am I have just come home from Syntagma and the time is 7.15am. Sleepless, I am trying to put my thoughts, feelings, impressions in some sort of order. The second day of the Syntagma movement was in many respects more interesting, more ripe [...]

#603 | Resolution by the Popular Assembly of Syntagma square

… an assembly attended by 3,000 people. Greek original. For a long time now, decisions are taken for us, without us. We are workers, unemployed, pensioners, youth who came to Syntagma to struggle for our lives and our futures. We are here because we know that the solution to our problems can only come from [...]

#602 | Videos from Syntagma square, nights 1 and 2

Today there were as many people as yesterday at the square; many are organising and determined to stay, indefinitely. There have been at least nine working groups formed up (general coordination, cleaning, cooking, translation/ media, technical support, legal support, medical aid etc). The fascists were few and isolated by the huge crowds. Come to Syntagma, [...]

#601 | A poem dedicated to our sisters and brothers in Barcelona’s Plaza de Catalunya

… who were swept away from the police in order for the spectacle to continue uninterrupted. Katerina Gogou: One morning I will open the door and I will go out in the streets as I did yesterday. And I won’t be thinking about anything other than just one piece of the father and one piece [...]

#600 | Minutes from the Open Assembly of Syntagma Square, May 25 2011

More, thousands of people gathered in Syntagma and other squares across Greece today, too. An update along with fresh minutes will follow tomorrow. The minutes of the first assembly at Syntagma square, on May 25th 2011, were uploaded on this website and they are not, of course “official” – there is no such thing in [...]

#599 | Some thoughts by an anarchist who was at Syntagma square in Athens last night

Greek original (04.36 GMT+2). I just came back from Syntagma due to a very unfortunate personal incident (I had otherwise planned to stay the night) and I have the following to report: 1) The people who came out today were literally in the hundreds of thousands; do not buy into the estimates that massively understate [...]