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Daily Archives: November 12th, 2011

Anti-fascist demonstration in Nikaia, Athens, November 12th at noon: no passaran!

  16.22 GMT+2 Demonstrators holding open assembly at Perivolaki, Nikaia. The neo-nazis of the Golden Dawn (Chrysi Augi) have called for a fascist gathering in the working class, traditionally leftist neighbourhood of Nikaia, in Athens. In response, anarchist and leftist collectives have called for an anti-fascist demonstration at Davaki Square in Nikaia at 12 (local [...]

Far-right thug with an axe becomes the new minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in Greece

The photograph above depicts the newly appointed minister of infrastructure, transport and networks in Greece, Makis Voridis. Voridis is member of the far-right, populist party LAOS which participates in the government of ‘national unity’ with four members. Voridis was the same person pictured above, in 1985, holding a hand-made axe and forming part of a [...]

The far-right and the bankers are now openly in power – exactly, that is, where they’ve always been

Walter Benjamin’s eight thesis on the concept of History, as timely as ever: VIII The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the “emergency situation” in which we live is the rule. We must arrive at a concept of history which corresponds to this. Then it will become clear that the task before us is [...]