riots
Articles about riots related to class struggle, social movements or labour unrest.
58,000 mass incidents in China in first quarter as unrest grows to largest ever recorded
There were 58,000 “mass incidents”, the Chinese state's euphemism for strikes, street protests, roadblocks and other forms of mass protests, in China in the first three months of this year.
Chinaworker.info reports the monitoring agencies in Hong Kong, and cites the pace of job losses and migrants being forced to return home as the main causes. The figure covers protests which involved 25 or more people.
The report said that if this trend continues, then 2009 would break all previous records with over 230,000 'mass incidents', compared to 120,000 in 2008 and 90,000 in 2006.
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.
Prison activist's death sparks uprising in women's prison of Thebe, Greece
The second uprising in the Greek prisons in only two days was sparked by the death of Katerina Goulioni, inmate activist against vaginal inspection in jail. Clashes have erupted outside the prison between riot police and solidarity protesters. Koridalos Athens prisons also in turmoil.
The death of Katerina Goulioni, a female prison activist known for her struggle against vaginal inspection of inmates sparked a violent uprising in the Women's Prison of Thebes on Sunday 22/3. Inmates have refused to return to their cells, and are setting fires and smashing the jail premises, while a protest march in solidarity to Goulioni clashed with riot police forces outside the prison.
Student protests across Europe
As neo-liberal education reforms are planned across Europe, students in the continent have been taking to the streets leading to battles with riot police in several cities.
On Wednesday morning, the day before the general strike over one million workers, students clashed with riot police in Paris after a demonstration over the university reforms. Universities across France have been barricaded and picketed for almost two months in a standoff over these higher education reforms.
Riots in Athens and Salonica in solidarity with anarchist on trial
Riots broke once again in the two big Greek cities, this time in relation to the trial of an anarchist accused of bank robbery. The troubles come at the end of yet another tense week in Greece.
In the morning of Friday 13/3 riots broke out in Athens and Salonica in relation to the coming trial of an anarchist, Yorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis, who was arrested 18 months ago and is accused of bank robbery.
1990: Accounts of the poll tax riot
An interesting series of personal recollections of individuals participation and experiences of the poll tax riot in London's Trafalgar Square in 1990, which marked the beginning of the end of the Thatcher government.
1. I BOOKED A BABYSITTER
Warm weekend in Athens: protests, street battles and occupations
The first weekend of spring has been another warm one for Athens with protest marches, street battles, and occupations over a variety of social issues.
On Friday 6/3 afternoon protestors occupied the metro/ISAP station of Attiki a central transit station between the two urban rail systems in solidarity to K. Kouneva. All ticket machines were disabled so that transport could be rendered free of charge. Despite propaganda from the megaphones of ISAP, damage was done to the station.
Anti-fascist protests end in riots, neo-nazi headquarters torched to the ground in Athens
Protest marches in response to the fascist-parastate handgrenade attack against the Immigrants’ Social Centre in Athens erupt in riots seeing neonazi national offices burned.
Riots broke out twice during the last week, both times in during protest marches against the fascist-parastate attack against the Immigrants’ Social Center in Exarcheia with a hand-grenade on the 24th of February.
1985: Battle of the beanfield
A short account of the brutal police attack on a convoy of travellers and others on their way to the annual the Stonehenge Free Festival.
[I] "All of us were shocked by what we saw: police tactics which seemed to break new grounds in the scale and intensity of its violence.
Continued tension in Greece with strikes, riots and urban guerrillas
A second tense week of strikes and protest marches in Greece seeing hospital doctors, public transport and lorry drivers on strike, solidarity demonstrations with K. Kouneva erupt in riots, and a return of the spectre of urban guerrilla warfare.
As K. Kouneva is slowly recovering from the assassination attempt against her with sulphuric acid in December by corporate thugs, solidarity towards her and the cleaners subcontracted by OIKOMET and other companies to the civil service and state-owned enterprises is on the rise.
