Greek unrest
Protest march climaxes struggle for the liberation of imprisoned December insurgents in Athens
The protest march of Saturday 11/4 marks a climax for the solidarity struggle regarding imprisoned insurgents of the December uprising in Athens
On Saturday 11/4 noon a big protest march took to the streets of Koridallos, Athens, towards the central jail of Greece. The march was in protest to the continuing imprisonment of last December insurgents against who all evidence are little more than circumstantial.
Protest marches and occupations and anti-church attacks despite police-state threats in Greece
Police-state threats of extraordinary measures of repression and control fail to hamper social antagonism in Greece.
The week before Easter was marked by rising tension in a wide range of social milieus in Greek cities in a climate of defiance to police-state promises made almost daily by the frail right-wing government. On Monday 7/4 the government called a closed doors security meeting comprising of ministers, high civil servants, head of police and of the army.
Cleaners' subhiring company smashed in Thessaloniki
Protesters attack and smash slavedriver's offices in Salonica in solidarity to the cleaners' struggle and the plight of K. Kouneva.
On Saturday 4/4 protestors attacked the offices of Ecological Ltd., a partner of the OIKOMET directed subhiring trust that has been letting cleaners to hospitals, universities and civil services in Thessaloniki. OIKOMET has been denounced as responsible for the December attack with sulphuric acid against the gen. secretary of the autonomous union of Athens cleaners (PEKOP), K.
Domino of university occupations in Greece, in midst of turmoil
The decision of academic authorities to evict Dean's offices occupation in Thessaloniki leads to a domino of university administration occupations across Greece. At the same time protest marches paralyse Athens in the final run-up to the Thursday's general strike.
The decision of the Dean of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Manthos, to evict the occupation of the University administration headquarters by students and radicals who are demanding the immediate end of all university contracts with subcontracting cleaning companies in solidarity to K.
Firefighters clash with riot police in Athens
Firemen from all around Greece gather in Athens to demand permanent employment and clash with riot police forces
Tension rose to new levels in the Greek capital last week when two bodies of public security, the firemen and the riot police clashed in the center of Athens during the former's national campaign to protest against the non-implementation of promises made by the Ministry of Interior. Last year, the ministry promised permanent employment for 5,500 firefighters across the country by April 1st 2009.
Lawyers General Union against anti-anarchist legislation in Greece
The Lawyers General Union of Greece has condemned and is threatening to mobilise against the police-state measures proposed by the Ministry of Justice.
The general council of Lawyer Unions of Greece has expressed its opposition to the criminalisation of masking and hooding and the return of the fascist law regarding "insulting authorities".
Protesters clash with riot police during insurgent prisoner's trial in Larissa.
Clashes erupted between protesters in solidarity to V. Pallis in the greek city of Larissa during his trial over the prison uprising in Malandrino in April 2007.
Clashes erupted on Monday 23/3 between protesters and riot police during the disciplinary trial of Vagelis Pallis, a veteran prison activist and symbol of the prison abolition struggle in Greece who was tried for his role in the uprising at the prison of Trikala in April 2007.
Prison uprising in Chania, Crete, over dehumanising living conditions
Uprising breaks up in Chania Prison, Crete, due to inhumane living conditions. Inmates pledge to fight state terrorism.
On Saturday 21/3 the prisoners of the Chania Prison, in the Greek island of Crete led an uprising against their captors decrying the conditions in the jail, occupying the prison yard and setting up barricades. The inmates are demanding the immediate decrowding of the cells.
State repression targets squats, in the midst of new wave of occupations in Greece.
As the State Prosecutor Mr Sanidas has announced a plan to evacuate all exist occupations in the country, the old mansion of the famous opera singer Maria Callas in down town Athens was occupied by radicals, nurses occupied the Ministry of Health, and students the Deans' HQs of the Salonica University, TV channel and Radio offices and the Labour Inspection of the city.
On Thursday 19/3 morning, and despite the climate of repression prevailing in the Greek capital, anarchist and autonomous radicals occupied the 1600 square meters mansion of Maria Callas, at Patision street, opposite the Archaeological Museum of Athens. The house which had been abandoned after the 1999 earthquake belongs to NAT, the naval workers' social security bureau.
Police state rehearsed in Athens
New repressive and legislative measures aim to create state of siege for the Greek capital.
After holding meetings with the Scotland Yard as well as American security advisers, the frail Greek government with only one MP majority has announced the imposition of draconian measures aimed to halt the rising social antagonistic movement across the country.
