Running against the grain of defeatism, the steelworkers at “Greek Steelworks” (Elliniki Halivourgia) have already achieved what would have seemed inconceivable only a few weeks ago. They took on their boss and his threat to cut down their salary cuts dramatically (by 40%) and to fire those who instigated the strike – and it seems like they [...]

The side streets by ASOEE, Athens’ Economic University, have oftentimes been a scene of an obscure battleground, recently. Migrant street traders who try to sell their goods there have been repeatedly attacked and arrested (and have their products confiscated) by scores of riot police, DELTA motorcycle forces and the like. Slowly but surely, the street [...]

Successive messages flying into your inbox, did you read this? The minister of health, Andreas Loverdos, was present at a “workshop for the promotion of public health” in Athens yesterday, December 15, 2011. The minister comes from the social-democrat PASOK party, and he has ambitions of becoming its next leader and then possibly enough, a [...]

Athens saw two commemorative demonstrations for Alexis Grigoropoulos today: the first one in the morning called by high school students, and the second one called by anarchists, leftists and grassroots trade unions. Both demos saw clashes with the police around Syntagma square; as of this time (21:10 GMT+2) some lower intensity clashes continue around the [...]