Greece
Letter of imprisoned revolutionary anarchist persecuted under the Nuclei of Fire case
The following letter was written by Panayotis Masouras, one of the 3 people arrested and kept in prison pending trial in relation to the Nuclei of Fire case in Athens, explaining the situation of his arrest and his position regarding his persecution.
On Wednesday September 23 and at 8.15 as I was leaving my house in Galatsi on my way to the gym, I was arrested by 25 persons of the anti-terrorist squad.
Letter of anarchist wanted for the Nuclei of Fire case
Konstantina Karakatsani, an anarchist wanted in relation to the case of the Nuclei of Fire urban guerrilla group publishes a devastating letter against her accusers.
In the last few weeks the counterinsurgency plan of the greek state has concentrated in the issuing of secret warrants of arrest against people that the Ministry of Public Order is targeting as members of the urban guerrilla group Nuclei of Fire Conspiracy.
Update from Athens: Reactions to repression
The mass repression of the 36th Polytechnic Anniversary March in Athens has led to reactions from students, pupils and even some rectors, as arrested protesters are taken to court. Meanwhile the anti-guerrilla farce was exposed once again with the latest girl arrested set free in lack of evidence.
The day after the mass repression of the 36th anniversary march of the Polytechnic Uprising and Massacre, which saw the detention of 277 people in Athens only, and the arrest of 13 throughout the country, the reaction to the latest leg of socialist counterinsurgency was voiced today 18/11 in a variety of way.
Athens in siege: police Hq attacked, hundreds detained and many wounded
This is a first posting on the developing situation in Athens where the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising against the colonels' junta has been marked by long and sustained battles with the police during which hundreds of people have been detained. At the time of writing all central Athens is off bounds.
21:30 17 November 2009 At the time of writing all central Athens is off-bounds and cordoned off by thousands of police forces as battles between protesters and police are developing after the end of the 36th anniversary march for the Polytechnic 1973 uprising and massacre.
Reactions towards latest arrest in relation to Nuclei of Fire in Athens
Reactions towards the latest arrest in relation to urban guerrilla group Nuclei of Fire, as lack of evidence points at criminalisation of the anarchist scene in toto.
After an initial freeze, the arrest of a 22 year old girl last Friday in relation to the urban guerrilla group Nuclei of Fire Conspiracy (also transl. as Cells of Fire), reactions start pouring both by the guerrilla group itself, and by aspects of the social anarchist movement.
The Greek Makhnovists
A short account of the role of the Black Sea Greeks in the Makhnovist movement.
Greeks had settled along the north coast of the Black Sea in what is now Ukraine and Crimea from at least the 5th Century BC. At the time of the Revolution of 1917 there were around 180,000 of these Pontic Greeks in the region.
Rehearsal of repression in Athens
The Socialist government has launched a rehearsal of repression in preparation for the anniversary of the November 17 1973 and the December 2008 Uprising. In the last few days two people have been arrested and most central Universities in Athens have been sealed.
The rehearsal of repression in scope of the next thirty days including the anniversary of the 1973 and 2008 uprisings as well as the trial of Alexandros Grigoropoulos' assassins came when on the 11th of November many students found their universities sealed on the pretext of the swine flu outbreak.
Konstantina Kuneva's case buried in political and legal manouvres
The Greek government's effort to hide the closing of Kuneva's case in plain sight.
In the last week Konstantina Kuneva's case made it into the front pages. Kuneva herself spoke to tv channels and newspapers. The ministry of employment offered her an apartment.
Migration and policing updates from Greece
Update on several stories from Greece, including an assessment of the reactions to the recent Global Forum on Migration and Development.
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An assessment of the reactions to the Global Forum on Migration and Development
(appeared in clandestinenglish here)
Greek riots 2008 eyewitness reports
Daily reports, eyewitness and participant accounts and documents from the December 2008 uprising in Greece following the police killing of 15-year-old Alexander Grigoropoulos.
The reports cover the murder of Alexander 6 December 2008, participants then document the rebellion on a daily basis from 8 December to 20 December 2008.
These reports were compiled daily at the time by libcom.org and were grouped together retrospectively in order for easy browsing in November 2009.
