The kidnap of Alexander Haitoglou
To mark Freedom Press’s fundraising campaign to publish A Normal Life, the autobiography of “Greek Robin Hood” Vassilis Palaiokostas, this piece recounts the events of when Vassilis and his brother, Nikos, kidnapped and ransomed a Greek industrialist in 1995. The brothers, whose nicknames range from "The Phantom" to "The Greek Robin Hood", were known throughout the 1990s and 2000s as the country's most successful bankrobbers and prison escape artists — and among the working classes for their habit of robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
Fascists burn down social centre in Thessaloniki
Submitted by Ed on Jan 22 2018 13:41
Report on yesterday's fascist violence in Thessaloniki, Greece, which saw two social centres attacked, including Libertatia, a libertarian communist social centre, which was burnt down. Also includes a statement from the Libertatia collective, calling for a demonstration this evening.
Freedom November 8 2005
The lead article for November was on wildcat postal strikes, which saw 30,000 walk out over "terms and conditions. After the Communication Worker’s Union’s (CWU) ballot over national strike action was lost the Royal Mail management have tried to press ahead with "modernisation" of the service. Modernisation of course being destruction of the union, wage cuts and slashing up to 30,000 jobs.
The bloody May of 1936 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Submitted by welcometospace on May 7 2016 16:45
A general strike of the tobacco workers and other unions on May 8th 1936 led to the bloody events of May 9th. The police confronted the massive strike by opening fire on the protesters. 12 dead and hundreds of wounded in one of the most important days in greek working class history.
