On Tuesday morning Athens’ only squatted gym was evicted and demolished with a bulldozer.
Greece: occupied gym in Exarchia evicted and demolished
Tag: Greece
Greece: Pola Roupa sentenced to life plus 25 years imprisonment
Pola Roupa, a member of Greek urban guerrila group Revolutionary Struggle, has been sentenced to life and 25 years imprisonment over the bomb attack on the Greek National Bank and the offices of the IMF in Athens in April 2014.
The shambles of Moria 35 Trial
On 18th July 2017, 35 refugees in Moria camp on Lesvos were arrested.
Greece: police raid three anarchist squats in Athens
At early hours of Monday, a coordinated police operation to clear out three anarchist squats in central Athens has resulted in arrests and evictions of the properties.
Five injured after attack on Greek anti-fascist center
Five people were injured and two taken to hospital after Golden Dawn attacked anti-fascist social center in Piraeus in Greece.
Greece: Free Transportation For All: A paradigmatic anarchist campaign in the difficult years of Syriza
In early 2016 in Athens, a far-reaching campaign begun with a fairly modest announcement: “Free Transportation for All”.
Human aspect of refugee crisis: When can my life start again?
This text is published with permission from Are You Syrious (AYS): a group of volunteers working with refugees across Europe.
Greece: Libertatia occupied centre burned by fascists
Members of a mass nationalist rally in Thessaloniki attacked and burned a squatted social centre Libertatia in the city today, though fortunately no injuries have been reported.
Greek Floods and Gentrification
In November, flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 23 people and caused significant destruction in central Greece.
Greece Passes Gender Recognition Law
In October, the Greek parliament passed a bill enabling citizens to determine their gender identity without having to undergo any physical or psychological examination from the age of 15.
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Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
