Interview with a resident of the historic Athens squat about its history, autonomous structures, the current threat of eviction, and the campaign t…
Prosfygika under threat: “We need to escalate the struggle”
Tag: Athens
Athens explosion: Marianna M sentenced to 19 years
Eight years sentence for Dimitra Z; Nikos Romanos and two others acquitted ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Eighteen months after an explosion in Athens claimed …
A left that carries the state inside it
Maoist assault on Athens anarchists exposed a hierarchical political culture shaped by patriarchal command habits ~ Blade Runner ~ Thousands took …
Attacks and memorials for Kyriakos Xymitiris
Arson in Berlin, marches and repression in Greece mark a year since fatal Athens explosion ~ Kit Dimou ~ The past week saw a series of anarchist ac…
Athens: Police tear-gas schoolchildren, blame anarchist parents
Wide coalition of teachers’ and parents’ groups organised protest over school conditions ~ Kit Dimou ~ Six children required medical ca…
Athens: Squatters face prison after years of repression
Campaign launched to cover appeal costs for Koukaki Squats Community ~ Kate Moschou ~ As their appeal trial approaches, members of the Koukaki Squa…
Three squat evictions in a week as Greek state ramps up attack on anarchist movement
The series of raids, have been labelled a desperate response as State forces struggle to contain public anger over percieved corruption and incompe…
Greece: Hellenic Train micro-bombers protest “cover-up of the crime in Tempi”
No injuries in the attack, claimed for Palestinian martyrs and Kyriakos Ximitiris ~ Kit Dimou ~ A lengthy manifesto has been published on Ath…
Athens explosion: Prominent anarchist arrested, solidarity actions worldwide
“No one will be left alone against the repressive campaign of the state and capital”, declare demonstrators ~ Kit Dimou ~ Greek anarchi…
Greece: Harsh sentencing for squatters
Matrozou 45 re-occupiers sentenced to 77 months together while 79 defenders of the Prosfygika community go on trial today ~ Kit Dimou ~ In Athens, …
Fire in the machinery of ATTIKO METRO!
The consequences of this project are not only limited to the destruction of any notion of public green space but also extend to the restructuring o…
Exarcheia: A year of occupation and the struggle for public space
While the permanent police presence in the heart of Exarcheia is worrying in some ways, it is less dangerous than the future heralded by the constr…
Happy Christmas and welcome to the streets
As 2022 draws to a close so does the ESTIA programme in Greece.
Exarcheia, the subway station, and public space
First of all it is important to underline that public transport (tram, subway, bus) is immensely important as it allows for ecological and inclusiv…
Greece: dictatorship-era anti-protest law triggers large demonstrations
Thousands of people protested in Greece yesterday in response to the new law giving the police new powers to regulate protests.
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EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
