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16 HIV-positive sex workers are jailed and pilloried by the Greek state and mainstream media, as discourse in the country takes a purely Nazi turn

In a stunning move toward an openly sexist and nazi-like discourse, the Greek ministry of health along with workers from KEELPNO (the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention) have been storming prostitution houses across Athens, examining and arresting sex workers inside. Astonishingly, the pretext for the raids was to protect (in the words of the minister [...]

“The people do not know their true power” (anti-electoral poster from the anti-authoritarian haunt at Panteion University)

“The people do not know their true power” Anti-authoritarian haunt at Panteion University

Mayday, Athens in Exarcheia – new video by Ross Domoney

May Day, Athens, Exarchia. Video rush 2012 from Ross Domoney on Vimeo. Small clashes took place in Exarchia on May day 2012. The police tear gassed the square, where people who were not partaking were forced to flee the restaurants and cafe’s. Filmed and edited by Ross Domoney

CCF – victory of the hunger strikers

English original Athens – CCF – VICTORY OF THE HUNGER STRIKES -ANNOUNCEMENT 1-5-2012 May 1, 2012 by actforfreedom | 0 comments Translated by boubourAs/Act for freedom now! CCF – VICTORY OF THE HUNGER STRIKES ANNOUNCEMENT 1-5-2012 “A battle has been won but the war does not end here…” After 23 days of hunger strike, we [...]

Untold: a joint exhibition of Aletheia Photos with Firefly Photofilms

Aletheia Photos is an independent collective of documentary photographers and film makers. The collective, which has provided important coverage of under reported human interest stories from countries such as Nepal, Burma and Congo has also played an important role in documenting the current social change which is taking place in Greece. At a time when [...]

Little stories from IMF-run Greece: migrant concentration camp opens in Athens; racist Greek assassinates Albanian worker near the camp in cold blood; FRONTEX border force causes the death of yet another three migrants

“When I hear of order, it smells of human flesh” (Odysseas Elytis) Today, the Ministry of so-called Citizen Protection announced the inaugural transfer of 56 undocumented migrants to the first so-called ”closed hospitality centre”, in the settlement of Amygdaleza, NW Athens. How many euphemisms can fit in a single sentence? The centre is the first concentration camp in the Greek [...]

Nazis rooted out of villages in Crete; anti-fascist gathering in Heraklion today

The nazis of Golden Dawn attempted to enter a number of villages in Crete, including Amira Viannou. The village saw the execution of 114 of its male members in September 1943, by the nazi occupation force. The local holocaust survivors’ association, along with anarchists and anti-fascists from Heraklion, set up a block preventing the nazis [...]

Riot police storm the Panteio student hall occupation in Athens

As of 08:10 GMT+2, riot police had surrounded and entered the occupied student hall of Panteion university, in Athens. The eviction operation is most likely an attempt similar to that of Vox a few days ago. Vox, a recently abandoned cafe/cinema by Exarcheia square recently turned into an occupied social centre, was evicted by police [...]