A collective text on the events of October 20th in Athens.   Popular revolts and dentist appointments (or, what to do in the case of Stalinist betrayal?) In the past few days we have struggled to put together thoughts on what unfolded before our eyes in Syntagma on October 20th – let alone to put [...]

22.23 Athens IMC reports police shoot warning shots in Exarcheia. 21.36 Riot police are storming Exarcheia square. 21.34 Parliament votes in latest round of austerity cuts   20.24 Mass detention of approximately 30 people at the Akropoli metro station. 18.32 Confirmed report that a 53-year old builder has just died from police’s chemical warfare. 17.26 [...]

17:52 PM Syntagma has been completely evacuated by the police. A huge, diverse crowd has attacked the Bank of Greece, trashing it inside. Large groups of demonstrators are trying to regroup in Syntagma. There is an urgent need for medical help at the square. 17:42 PM Cops try to “scoop clear” Syntagma, attacking from different [...]

History does not pause for a moment. And yet throughout our lives, time is compartmentalised over and over again into fraction after fraction, and the illusion of stagnation lingers. In the endless repetition of the everyday, in the relentless struggle for survival, it is only too easy to deceive ourselves that the wheels of history [...]